Getting to Know Athlete By Design and Jeremy Boone

Jeremy Boone is an internationally recognized coach/author/speaker/researcher and the owner of Athlete By Design, a coaching and consulting company for over twenty five years dedicated to making athletes better.  Since 1995  he has served as the off season speed and conditioning coach with the NFL Carolina Panthers for eight years, worked with professional soccer teams in the USA, France, England, Canada, and Brazil, published a variety of training DVD’s, Books, and original scientific research, provided mental performance training for NASCAR teams,  provided dryland training programs for six Olympic Gold Medalists, and currently travels and consults around the world with various high school, college, and Olympic organizations on program design for physical/mental performance, leadership, and building winning cultures using a 5 part framework for high performance.

In 2006 Coach Boone was a part of a small group of professionals dedicated to bringing Formal Axiology, the science of human value and decision making to the world of sports.  He is currently considered the world’s leading expert in what is now known as Sports Axiology, the science of human value and decision making in sport.  With this science, he has profiled thousands of athletes world wide and created a number of educational programs for athletes, coaches, and parents helping them to reach their potential both in performance and as people.

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Coach Boone’s Athlete By Design programs will include his iTunes featured podcast ‘Coach Your Best’, interviewing New York Times best selling authors, world wide recognized sports scientists, and elite coaches helping coaches make their athletes better while reaching well over 100,000 listeners.

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If you’d like to ask Jeremy Boone a question, or make a comment, please use the space below.

Getting to Know Game Changing Dads and Ray Matz, Jr

Ray Matz is a former professional roller hockey player, three time world champion, and an entrepreneur. However, the most important role he holds is that of husband and dad. Each week, Ray is here to help you remember how to stay motivated as a husband and father. His goal is to motivate and encourage husbands and fathers to lead, love, and live!

As for his Game Changing Dads program, Ray says, “Celebrating success is when you can look at what you’ve achieved that is special, bold and daring. With all of the craziness of our lives, sometimes we don’t see that success worth celebrating as easily as we should. Sometimes, it’s just like scoring a goal, you haven’t won the game yet, but you contributed to getting there.”

Ray Matz would love to hear from Game Changing Dads listeners, and he hopes you’ll address questions and comments in the space below.

A Little About Mike Mahony and the Strength Tips Podcast

Athletes spend a lot of time practicing their chosen sport. They spend time executing drills and learning plays to make themselves superior to other athletes in their sport. One place they need to be in order to get and maintain an edge is in the gym. Strength Tips is aimed at giving clear and concise tips on improving the time spent in the gym. By honing their gym time and improving their strength, hockey players and other athletes prepare themselves to dominate their opponents. While there is a lot of information about strength training available today on the internet, Mike Mahony says “I want to help people wade through the sea of misinformation and lead them directly to the reputable few.”

Mike Mahony has a passion for helping others achieve their health and wellness goals. For the past 10 years Mike has worked with athletes, bodybuilders, unhealthy men and women and helped them build a better physique and a healthier lifestyle. He recognized early on that the internet, while full of great advice, is also full of horrible misinformation. Mike began compiling a list of what he terms The Reputable Few–trainers and professionals who consistently give correct information–and guides people towards them.

Mike was responsible for the off-ice training program for the Long Beach Junior Ice Dogs AAA and the Southern California Ice Hockey AAA programs. In this capacity he designed strength programs for youth hockey players in the range of 13 to 17 years of age. These programs were designed with very specific hockey-centric goals in mind.

Mike has run a very successful bodybuilding website for the past 8 years. He has helped thousands of people reach their health and wellness goals. He is an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer and an amateur bodybuilder.

Mike lives in Buena Park, California with his wife, Torya, and his 4 children: Ashley, Matthew, Alyssa and Mitchell. His two oldest are into their careers. His two youngest participate in cross-country and club soccer.

Mike Mahony welcomes listener questions or comments below, and he promises to address them in future Strength Tips Podcasts.

Hockey Talk Radio is proud to bring a new and special collection of podcasts to our listeners…

Junior Hockey Podcasts

An awesome promotional concept, that should be greatly appreciated by Junior hockey fans, team players and their parents, as well as potential recruits…  It’s hoped that Junior hockey organizations understand why we plan on only accepting one team podcast from any given league.  With that, it’s further hoped that interested teams will contact me as soon as possible.  I can help get your show on board.

— Dennis Chighisola – Executive Producer, Hockey Talk Radio US

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Phoenix Knights – The Phoenix Knights are prelude members of the Tier-II, Jr A Western States Hockey League. The league and its members are governed by AAU and the United Hockey Union. Players progressing through our program may go on to play higher levels of juniors, NCAA or ACHA Hockey, or minor professional hockey in the US and Europe.

The Knights are dedicated to the development of young men as persons, students and hockey players. It is our goal to make anyone who comes into our program better across the board when they leave. We prepare players to play at the next level, and promote the skills that will help them be successful no matter the path they choose in life.

Listen in regularly to Knights play-by-play broadcaster Steven Force, joined by Knights color commentator Kevin Brozek and podcast producer Charles Woodall-Pike.

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Hey, let’s work together…

Up front, swapping links is good for our SEO, and swapping links with sites of similar interest is especially good for us.  That’s just one of the reasons I’d like to trade the placement of a Hockey Talk Radio player on your site or blog with the placement of your site’s logo and link on this page.

I honestly believe your visitors — if they’re into hockey — will enjoy listening to Hockey Talk Radio, and I also sense that my convenient player will keep folks longer on your site, and perhaps have them coming back more often.  I can even see visitors staying to listen until a radio program ends before leaving your site or blog.  (From my side of things, there’s no advantage for me to have visitors leave your site and come to mine; I’m doing well if more people just listen to my station, wherever that might be.)

As I often joke, placing the Hockey Talk Radio player on your site or blog is easy-peasy.  You pick the type of player you’d like to display, I provide you the code, and you paste code into your sites home page.  Save the page, click the Hockey Talk Radio graphic, and listen away.  (I’ve placed one of three sized graphics at the very bottom of this page, it’s live, and you can listen just as your site’s visitors might.)

Leave a message below, and I’ll attempt to help you in any way I can.  Again, my aim would be for us to work together and have us both prosper.

— Dennis Chighisola – Executive Producer
Hockey Talk Radio

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A Little About Shaun Goodsell and the Mental Edge Podcast

EXPERTS AGREE one’s mental approach can separate the ordinary achiever from the exceptional one.  A positive mental approach is also strongly correlated with those individuals who derive a positive experience from their participation in athletic competition.  However, the skills required to achieve individual goals are often overlooked because the primary focus for development is concentrated more on physical attributes than mental approach.  Says, Shaun Goodsell of the Mental Edge, “Our mission is to increase personal achievement and elevate the experience of individuals through mentoring and the teaching of competencies necessary to achieve a positive experience, on and off the field of play. We believe personal satisfaction is fundamental to participation in sports … and in life.”

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Shaun Goodsell has had a passion for working with and helping kids and adolescents for the better part of his life. He has been working with kids in adverse situations for twenty years and has seen many of them through the most horrific of situations. He grew up playing hockey and running cross-country for his local high school and has also run an amazing six marathons! With a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and his undying love for athletics and young people, Shaun has combined his academic background, his innate love for working with kids and adolescents and finally, his passion for sports in general to create The Mental Edge. A company which not only guides athletes toward a higher ground in measures of performance, but also in their every day lives.

Shaun has worked with LPGA Golfers, National Championship Hockey Players, Professional Triathletes, State Champion Football and Hockey Players, as well as those athletes who simply want to make “the team.” Every athlete deals with certain mental interferences and life impairments no matter what level they may be at competitively. There is no such thing as right and wrong, or, good and bad, in Shaun’s mind. I do not look at life in these terms. As a Performance Coach, it is my challenge to help each individual athlete develop a new way of defining his/her performance – it is not about good or bad, but about looking at what factors go into a quality performance and what each athlete can do and/or change, individually, to experience just that. With Shaun’s ability to teach and to inspire, along with his ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly, he is able to help each person he works with identify and look at ways they might be engaging in self-defeating patterns of thinking and/or acting, which results in an overall empowering experience for the individual, raising their level of mental toughness and overall self-esteem. Shaun also works extensively with coaches and parents of athletes in large groups, focusing on their integral roles in athletes’ overall mental development and their lives in general. Each coach and parents leaves these presentations and workshops inspired and better equipped to manage athletes with aim, purpose and compassion.

Shaun resides in Elk River with his wife, Dawn, and their four children: Katlynn, Elisa, Matthew and Gracie. Shaun and Dawn enjoy exercising, golfing, movies, reading, and relaxing by the pool with their children. Their kids are actively involved in sports and keep them on the go between soccer fields, basketball courts, figure skating rinks, and dance performances!

Shaun continues to take on new clients of all ages and backgrounds. He has recently been working extensively with large associations and boards of directors in developing cultures of excellence and strong leadership among teams, coaches, parents, athletes, and in the overall associations themselves.

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Justin Johnson often joins Shaun on goaltender oriented podcasts.  As for Justin, has been a hockey goaltender for over twenty years. He grew up playing in the Blaine Youth Hockey Association through High School where he set school records, participated in a State Consolation Championship, and was elected All-State Honorable Mention in 1999. After two years of competing at the junior level, Justin went on to play at the Division I level for four years with the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers where he was a three-time winner of the Donald M. Clark Community Service Award, selected for the 2003 WCHA All-Tournament Team, and was a two-time National Champion in the years of 2002 and 2003. Throughout his career, Justin went through times of overwhelming disappointment to the breaking point of nearly quitting hockey altogether in the year 2000. In persevering through these difficult times in his life, Justin’s greatest asset was his ability to lead by example – through hard work, a reconnection with, and the strong belief in his abilities and his strengths, he was able to get himself back on track athletically and in his every day life. I’ve always felt that my ability to lead through my passion for hard work and my love for competition has been what has kept me going.

Justin has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota and has recently published a book called, Game Day. Game Day is an interactive and completely customized preparation manual for hockey goaltenders. It is geared toward helping each individual define their personal physical and mental game day routine in order to be able to reach their optimal performance level on a consistent basis. Justin has taken his personal experience and combined it with his extensive academic research in psychology in order to create this literally groundbreaking manual, which will no doubt lead goaltenders to a higher level of mental toughness and self-esteem through this step-by-step preparation guide.
In addition to Game Day, Justin has contributed his expertise to numerous publications including the USA Hockey Goaltending Coaches Manual and Goalies’ World Magazine.

Justin currently resides in Blaine, Minnesota and is entering his third year as the goaltending coach for St. Cloud State Men’s program. During his tenure at St. Cloud he has coached Hobey Baker Finalist Bobby Goepfert, and NHL Draft Picks Jase Weslosky and Dan Dunn. Justin’s on ice coaching experience also includes the University of Minnesota Women’s hockey team and US National Development Camps.

Over the past three years Justin has developed an ability to work effectively with athletes of all ages and athletic goals. Because of Justin’s highly competitive and elite athletic background and also his personal experiences overcoming adversity in his athletic career. His ability to combine a solid understanding of the demands of sports physically, psychologically and experientially gives him the edge in working with athletes of all ages and backgrounds.

Ask the Vegas Hockey Podcast guys a hockey question or make a comment down below. They’d love to hear from you.

A Little About Susan Salzbrenner and her Fit Across Cultures Podcast

If you’ve ever thought about playing your sport abroad, Susan is the one to check with first — about everything related to that venture.  As one of her former clients says, “You may know all about playing your sport, but there is a lot more to being an athlete, than what you do on the field.”

Each of her podcasts explores a different part of being an athlete.  And, even if you’re not immediately thinking about playing overseas, our hockey listeners — from coaches to parents to older players — should discover a lot about sports participation at a high level.

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Susan Salzbrenner is an organizational psychologist (M.A.) and a certified intercultural trainer and consultant.  She supports teams, professional athletes, and (future) global leaders to navigate across cultures and careers. Susan has worked with Fortune 500 companies as well as professional athletes,spoken at conferences and published articles and academic papers on the topic of intercultural communication, cultural intelligence in sports, diversity & inclusion initiatives, and living abroad.

She started her passion for sport at the age of three with gymnastics and ballet, and was introduced to basketball during an exchange year in a U.S. high school.

She has lived and worked in six different countries (Germany, USA, Australia, Denmark, China and France), traveled extensively around the globe, learned (and failed at) many languages, and played basketball along the way.  She is currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Susan would love to field your feedback or questions, if you’ll just leave a comment down below.

A Little About Your Target Practice Podcast & Host

The “Target Practice” podcast promises to bring new ideas for goaltending practice to Hockey Talk Radio.  Through weekly episodes, host Chris Dyson hopes to help team coaches, youth parents and goaltenders with the struggles of a very demanding position.

Chris Dyson is passionate about hockey — specifically, goaltending. He believes enjoyment of the game for minor hockey-aged goalies is paramount, and that this can be achieved by developing better skills, which will inspire confidence through improved play.

Chris’ mission is to change the game of hockey from the grassroots up, by providing coaches with the tools and knowledge to properly help their goaltenders and keep the game fun for everyone.

For nearly 30 years, Chris has instructed students from over 18 countries, presenting Puckstoppers Goalie Schools in Europe, USA, and Canada. He has received accreditation for his professional coaching skills and personally instructed literally thousands of goaltenders, parents, and coaches.

As a Goalie Coach/Consultant, Chris has seen many disheartening situations, involving well-meaning coaches who lack knowledge and understanding of the very skills they are trying to teach to impressionable young goaltenders.

For many years, Chris and Puckstoppers (his goalie training company) have offered free seminars to minor hockey coaches in an effort to help educate and eliminate this situation.

Mr. Dyson is now on a personal mission to develop an awareness of proper goaltender training throughout minor hockey, with a goal of achieving 100% compliance for all coaches to learn and understand the Essential Core Goaltending Skills (ECGs).

Chris Dyson welcomes listener questions or comments below, and he promises to address them in future Target Practice hockey podcasts.

On occasion, we’ll be bringing you some special guest shows.  In most cases they’ll be single episodes, but in every case they’ll contain advice that will be helpful to our faithful listeners.  Some shows will be directly related to hockey, while others will provide very useful background information.

Guest Podcasters To Date:

• Shaun Goodsell (The Mental Edge) and Justin Johnson (Mega Goalie Training)  – The Mental Side of Goaltending
• Susan Salzbrenner is host of the “Fit Across Cultures” podcast series, which helps athletes discover the benefits of playing sports overseas.

Actually, our first two guest podcasters have now become full-time members, with their episodes aired each week.

Special Guest Podcasts on Hockey Talk Radio

Please let us know in a comment box below if there are any shows you’d like to hear repeated more frequently.