Things Discussed:
It’s all about learning from other sports and coach Caliendo invites childhood friends from 9 years old on the show. Ken is an NHL coach who started off as a stick boy with the Blackhawks. With determination, hard work, knowledge, willingness to constantly learn, passion, communication skills he made it to the NHL as a top coach and instructor. This is about learning from each other’s sports. Some things discussed. Hockey development as a team and individual. How to take the hockey development and use it in baseball to develop other skills to be used in baseball. Cross-training sports. How Ken uses fun with NHL players in team practices. How they split up into small competition groups. Having a pulse of your players is critical in building chemistry. Training the Black Hawks during the strike year and the team learning and having so much fun, why? Development of individual skills, where to start and end. How to get ready for the real game experience. Writing things are on a chalkboard is not the best way to get players to learn, How then? Playing hockey in the allay developed certain skills you cannot teach. Mental toughness is important in both sports, how to train it. Scouts are vital to the selection of players and coaches/technology develop them, how you can use each other’s sports for your advantage. Being progressive one reason Blue Jackets have a winning organization. John Tortorella is a straight shooter, tells it like it is, important to gain your players’ respect. Top players coming from all over the world, Sweden and Finland developing top players, practice more than play. Being a multi-sport athlete is an advantage in developing skills. Recovery for players is vital, how does hockey do it. Fun quiz the blue jackets are using now during the coronavirus shut down, competitive and players love it. So much more, www.baseballoutsidethebox.com @twitter
Your Host Peter Caliendo www.baseballoutsidethebox.com
Twitter @baseballout Email: Caliendo19@gmail.com
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