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Love What You Play

For the Love of the Game

Each week For the Love of the Game meets with the top experts in the youth sports field to provide parents and coaches with the insight, knowledge, and resources they need to ensure kids love what they play.

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13: Teaching Bullies | Dr. Jennifer Fraser

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2018/11/26

CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes discussion about harassment and suicide “Kids don’t have money so no one is going to invest in protecting them unless we advocate for them.” Dr. Jennifer Fraser is renowned for her work in calling to action those participating in the fight against child abuse, specifically that done by teachers and coaches. In this powerful talk, Dr. Fraser discusses the tendency of major sports organizations to protect abusers as opposed to the victims, implementations

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12: Pulling Together | Jason Dorland

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2018/11/19

“The way we played not only garnered national titles; it developed great people.” As a young athlete, Olympic rower Jason Dorland was coached to fear failure, and that there was no tactic or strategy that was unacceptable in trying to attain the goal of winning. Using this attitude as a coach himself, he realized how afraid his athletes were of disappointing him. In this talk, Jason discusses the importance of loving your sport, the true spirit of the Olympics, and the exceptional results that

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11: Lessons from Behind the Glass | Allyson Tufts

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2018/11/12

“[The parents] look at all these kids doing all these clinics, doing all these extra things, and thinking, this is what I have to do. If I’m going to put my child through this sport, I need all this money to do the extra.” Author Allyson Tufts has done a fantastic job in articulating the highs and lows of being a parent to a child athlete in her debut novel Lessons From Behind the Glass. Through the anxiety-ridden experiences of watching her children navigate their respective sports, Allyson has

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10: Loving the Sport | Martin Reader

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2018/11/05

“When you don’t have the ball, what are you doing to improve yourself? To improve the outcome of the game? To move yourself forward?” After representing Canada in the 2012 Olympics, Martin Reader changed paths and now uses his knowledge of both mental and physical health to tackle his goals of reducing lifestyle diseases and keeping younger populations active. Here, Martin discusses the coaching techniques used by his most memorable Olympic coaches; the athlete’s ability to train the mind; and

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9: The Pure Joy of Improvement | Nate Leslie

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2018/10/29

“'Because I said so' as a coach shouldn’t be good enough. We should be able to answer 'Why?' and if we can’t, it’s because we’re unprepared.” While hockey has long been his background, playing 4 years of Junior and professional seasons across Europe, Nate Leslie is renowned for his passion for coaching and his West Coast Hockey Prep Camp. Nate joins us to talk about the integration between coaching and educating, as well as two of the four sources of motivation: Mastery and Service. Nate

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8: The Role of Parents, Coaches, and Athletes | Donna...

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2018/10/22

"When we think of their physical development, the mental expectation that we have of kids is much higher than what a lot of them can cope with." Donna Perry is a mental training specialist and has consulted elite, amateur and professional athletes in most sports. In this talk, Donna highlights the roles of not only the parents in development, play time, and asking questions, but the roles of coaches and athletes as well. Donna also discusses the importance of open lines of communication very

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7: The Capacity to Inspire | Wayne Goldsmith

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2018/10/08

“The game is their teacher. The drills aren’t their teacher, [the] engagement exercises aren’t their teacher. No one lies in bed dreaming of doing drills. They lie in bed at night dreaming about playing more with their friends.” Coaching from junior sporting events to the Olympic Games has given Wayne Goldsmith international credibility as a “whole sport” innovator and educator. He shares some of his experiences with us and what he’s learned in the meantime. In this talk, he discusses the

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6: Transformational Leadership | Dr. Jean Côté

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2018/10/01

“Confidence is very important for an Olympic athlete, and confidence is very important for a 10-year-old. But for a 10-year-old, as a coach, you’re probably going to be using different strategies to be building confidence.” As director in the School of Kinesiology of Queen’s University, Dr. Jean Côté’s most recent work has examined the influence of different coach-athlete relationships on athletes’ outcomes. We talk with him about the theory of transformational leadership, transformational

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5: Creativity Is the Key to Innovation | Matt Young

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2018/09/24

"We don't do enough to engage the kid. We're doing too much to engage everybody else except that kid." Matt Young takes pride in his company, Personal Sport Record, being different from other athletic development software in that it focuses on the measure of a complete athlete (competence, character, connection, and confidence). Even more, it highlights the importance of safety in two fields: concussions and abuse. Matt talks with us about coaches’ clearly articulated visions for their seasons,

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4: Evidence-Based Implementation | Dr. Joe Eisenmann

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2018/09/17

“From a research standpoint… we kind of know what to do, but the key thing now is not only coach education and the translating of that research into practice, but also helping sport leaders and coaches implement it into their clubs, schools, and communities.” Dr. Joe Eisenmann has published 160 peer-reviewed papers and has held faculty positions from the University of Wyoming to York University. However, Dr. Eisenmann has since left academia to pursue what he deems imperative to the development of

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3: The Role of Physical Education | Glenn Young

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2018/09/10

“When we look at sports in a high school setting, unfortunately it’s about banners and championships and all-stars, and it’s wrong. It’s all about the result and it’s not about the process.” With over 35 years of educational experience, specifically with elementary, middle, and high school athletics, Glenn Young has a wealth of knowledge on the importance of Physical Education and how it prepares young students for learning. Glenn finds his mission in kids who don’t have inherent athletic ability,

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2: Active Living | Elisa Maruzzo

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2018/09/03

“You put your own oxygen mask on before you put on anyone else’s.” Working across a plethora of fields for the past 10 years, as a coach, kinesiologist, facilitator, speaker, strategist, and consultant, Elisa Maruzzo works to make active living the easy and desirable choice. In parallel with one of her core beliefs, Elisa discusses with us the importance of active education across the whole lifespan. As well, she examines Physical Education as a classroom, making sure coaches know their impact

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1: Unleash the Athlete | James Leath

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2018/08/27

“If you coach scared because you’re afraid to lose your job, it’s just like playing scared. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Having worked with youth sports, professional sports, and eSports teams, James Leath is well versed in training character development through a leadership and mental conditioning curriculum. James talks about the parallels between traditional sports and eSports, not having to work with parents in eSports, and the mental training, teamwork, and bonding that goes into being a

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