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Today's guest is Adam Pilotte, a Chateauguay, QC. native and fifth-year defenseman at McGill, currently studying Physical Education.
Before McGill, Pilotte played Jr. ‘A’ for the Yarmouth Mariners (MHL), Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL), and Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL). In his spare time, Adam currently runs his hockey school, Advanced Player Development. Pilotte would begin his collegiate career in 2018 and has since resembled the meaning of being a Redbird. Indeed a dedicated individual, “Piller” exemplifies a tenacious work effort that is unmatched. After his playing career, Pilotte aspires to pursue a career in coaching.
In this episode we discuss the importance of a good mentor, time management, coaching, and so much more!
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Today's guest is Emanuel Vella (#30), a Toronto, Ont. native and fourth-year goaltender at McGill, currently in management (commerce).
Before McGill, Vella was drafted 47th overall by the London Knights in the third round of the 2014 OHL Priority Selection. In 2016, he was a member of the CHL Memorial Cup champion London Knights. He would go on to play in 95 games over five seasons with various OHL teams (London, Owen Sound, Mississauga, & Flint). Vella also attended the New York Islanders NHL Development Camp in 2018.
Vella would begin his collegiate career in 2019 and has since excelled in the classroom and on the ice. He was an Academic All-Canadian for posting over a 3.7 GPA in his first year. Last season (2021-2022), Emanuel took home the Albert Fyon Memorial Trophy, which has been presented since 1953 to the team's most improved player. The 6-foot-4, 191-pound goaltender saw duty in 13 of the team's 27 games, including all four playoff contests. He posted a 5-7 record, with a 2.68 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage.
Off the ice, Vella has a passion for finance and aspires to pursue a career in private equity after his completing his studies. Emanuel is a high-character, intelligent individual with many natural leadership characteristics. Looking to lead the team between the pipes once again this year, Vella is excited about his senior season.
In this episode, we discuss his career path in finance, 2022 play-off run, recruitment trip, and so much more!
For more info about Emanuel, check out: https://mcgillathletics.ca/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/emanuel-vella/11980
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/emanuel-vella-863490176
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Today's guest is Michael Campoli, a recent winner of the TV Show Wall of Chefs (Season 2 - Episode 8).
Born in Point-Claire, QC., Michael began his college hockey career playing for the Boston College Eagles. After one season in the NCAA, he left to join and captain the Saint John Sea Dogs in the QMJHL until ultimately becoming a McGill Redbird in 2019. During his U Sports career, Michael scored two goals and four assists throughout 28 games.
Perhaps his most notable achievement came last week when he was a contestant on the Food Network's TV Show "Wall of Chefs." After completing three unique cooking challenges against four other competitors, the 24-year-old delivered under pressure and won the $10,000 cash grand prize.
Michael graduated from McGill (2021) with a degree in Economics and Finance. After his studies were complete, he was offered and accepted a full-time position as a financial advisor for Deloitte.
In this episode, we discuss his passion for cooking, experience on the TV show Wall of Chefs, and so much more!
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Today’s guest is Brandon Skubel (#11), a second-year at McGill, studying Industrial Relations.
Born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON., Skubel joined the Redbirds in 2020 after playing three seasons for the Drummondville Voltigeurs in the QMJHL, where he registered 41 goals and 74 assists in 178 games.
The six-foot, 205-pound power forward has scored 4 goals and 1 assist through 9 games this season. Skubel was also recently named McGill's athlete of the week on December 5th after his hat-trick performance in the Corey Cup victory over the Concordia Stingers.
Off the ice, Brandon exuberates an entrepreneurial spirit and is an avid learner. As if balancing hockey and his course-load wasn't enough, Brandon also can be found trying to grow his business as the owner/operator of Student Works Painting in the Niagara region.
In this episode, we discuss his incredible work ethic, intriguing hockey career path, and so much more!
For more info about Brandon, check out: https://mcgillathletics.ca/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/brandon-skubel/9859
Season interrupted: NOTL's Brandon Skubel plays hockey for McGill: https://www.niagaranow.com/news.phtml/5492-season-interrupted-notls-brandon-skubel-plays-hockey-for-mcgill
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Today’s guest is Alexandre Gagnon, a second-year at McGill, studying Physical Education.
Born in Gatineau, QC., Gagnon captained the Cote-du-Sud Everest of the LHJAAAQ where he registered 67 points in 38 games. The five-eleven 176-pound forward joined the McGill Redbirds in 2020.
Gagnon is a speedy and tenacious forward that has tallied 1 goal and 2 assists through 12 games so far in his USPORTS career. Off the ice, Alex is a hard-working individual with great time-management and leadership skills. Alex's brother, Mathieu, has committed to play for the Redbirds next year and is currently the captain of Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL).
In this episode, we discuss his insane fitness testing score, adjustments to taking classes in English, and so much more!
Also, it was a great week for McGill alumni Louis-Philip Guindon (2016-2021) and Ryan Penny (2018-2021).
For more info about Alexandre, go to: https://mcgillathletics.ca/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/alexandre-gagnon/9849
McGill hockey grad Guindon wins first AHL start, deep in the heart of Texas: https://mcgillathletics.ca/news/2022/1/29/mens-hockey-mcgill-hockey-grad-guindon-wins-first-ahl-start-as-laval-edges-texas.aspx
Four goal penny leads blaze to victory: https://www.coventryblaze.co.uk/2022/01/24/four-goal-penny-leads-blaze-to-victory/
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Today’s guest is Taylor Ford, a fourth-year at McGill, studying Education.
Born in St. Lazare, QC., Ford was drafted 38th overall by the Halifax Mooseheads in the second round of the 2013 QMJHL Draft before being traded to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, where he netted over 240 QMJHL games. The six-foot 195-pound defensemen joined the McGill Redbirds in 2018, where he currently serves as an alternate captain.
Ford brings a physical presence to the lineup while recording 7 points and 58 penalty minutes as a valued teammate in 63 games. Aside from his on-ice contribution, Taylor also has a passion for sharing his love of the game with today’s youth. With over eight years of experience coaching hockey at the minor level, Taylor aspires to combine his education and hockey experiences to influence the next generation of athletes. In this episode, we discuss his decision to major in Education, his experiences so far at McGill, his aspirations to play professional hockey, and so much more!
For more info about Taylor, go to: https://mcgillathletics.ca/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/taylor-ford/9847
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In 2012, McGill won their first Canadian Championship in Men's Ice Hockey. It was the culmination of a run of 5 spectacular seasons for the Red & White which had them win 4 of 5 Queens Cups. McGill has not had such an amazing streak since the 1930's where they won 10 of 12 Queen's Cups with WWII in between.
This trio of captains, however, took it to the top after a bitter loss in the final game in 2011. It was the captain, himself, Evan Vossen who scored the "Golden Goal" in overtime, to culminate his 5th and final year at McGill with a storybook finish.
Marc-André Dorion was playing with a broken thumb and Maxime Langelier-Parent had just helped kill a 5 minute man-disadvantage to set up the overtime. This Captains Meeting has a very special chemistry to it as clearly these 3 are still "walking tall" ten years later.... lets listen in..... -
McGill hockey game recaps against Carleton, UQTR, and Concordia twice. Former hockey captain Nathan Chiarlitti joins the show to talk about his book "More Than A Game," his time at McGill, and more!
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McGill Hockey Game Recaps against UQTR, Concordia (OUA Season Opener), and Ottawa (FMH Homecoming). Also, a discussion with alternate captain, Jordan Ty Fournier about his epic shootout game-winner, growing up with two older brothers, and more!
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Red birds symbolize passion, courage, war, health, well-being, culture, and tradition. There are many red birds with many different symbols, yet they all have one thing in common: their bold and passionate nature. This absolutely symbolizes our new Redbird associate coach and former captain, Patrick Delisle-Houde. As you listen to the podcast, you will remark that each one of these adjectives above are in his story and the way he tells it.
Patrick Delisle-Houde has been appointed as full-time associate coach with the McGill University men's hockey program.
A native of Quebec City who turned 30 on Aug. 15, Delisle-Houde (BSc Kinesiology '15, MSc '17), returns to his alma mater after four years with the Montreal Canadiens, where he served as the NHL team's strength and conditioning coordinator. Currently working on his doctorate thesis at McGill, he has published several essays dealing with training methods, strength and conditioning and physiology to name a few.
"The ultimate team player, Pat has a relentless work ethic and commits himself to improving his craft on a daily basis," said Urquhart, who first mentored him while serving as assistant coach at McGill. "He brings passion, strong leadership skills and an understanding of how sports science contributes to team success."
Both bench bosses have earned undergrad and master's degrees from McGill which provides the program with arguably one of the most educated coaching tandems in Canadian university hockey history.
"PDH", as he is known, missed only four games over his five seasons at McGill, from 2012 to 2017, where he served his final two years as team captain. The 6-foot-1, 194-pound forward tallied 171 points, including 68 goals, in 204 games overall, to go along with 318 penalty minutes. He ranks second in the team record book for most career contests played, seven shy of the standard set by Evan Vossen.
In 2012-13, PDH merited OUA all-rookie team honours and he culminated that freshman campaign with the Guy Lafleur Trophy, presented to the Quebec university player who best combines hockey excellence with academic success and citizenship. In each of his five seasons, he earned Academic All-Canadian status as well as making the Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll.
Prior to enrolling at McGill, PDH skated four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, suiting up with both Rimouski (2008-2011) and Moncton (2011-12), where he posted a combined 70-113-183 record in 286 regular season games.
Source: https://mcgillathletics.ca/news/2021/8/11/mens-ice-hockey-pdh-leaves-habs-to-become-full-time-associate-hockey-coach-at-mcgill.aspx -
McGill Hockey Game Recaps vs. Queen's (Oct. 13th), RMC (Oct 16th), and Concordia (Oct. 22nd & 23rd). Also, captain Sam Tremblay sits down with host Quinn Syrydiuk to discuss philosophy, the upcoming season, and more!
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David Urquhart was appointed full-time head coach of the McGill University men's hockey team in May, 2021. A 2018 inductee to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame, Urquhart spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach of the San Diego Gulls, an American Hockey League affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks. During that span, he helped guide the team to a 92-60-17 record in regular season play and three playoff berths. The 36-year-old native of Thorold, Ont., is the 30th bench boss in team history and the 13th former McGill player to take the helm of the historic 144-year-old program, which played its first game on Jan. 31, 1877. He replaced Liam Heelis, who was serving as interim bench boss. Urquhart played for McGill and served four years as a full-time assistant coach (2014-2018) under the direction of Kelly Nobes. He also was head coach of the Serbian national team at the 2018 IIHF Div. 2 world hockey championship.
A graduate of McGill's Desautels school of management in 2008, Urquhart majored in finance and entrepreneurship. In 2019, he completed a master's degree in sports psychology at McGill. For his thesis, he interviewed six of the most successful coaches in U SPORTS and the NCAA to discuss their coaching vision and learn how they built cultures of excellence to win multiple national championships for their respective programs.
Urquhart was recruited to McGill in 2004 out of the GHJHL, where he skated for the Welland Cougars (2001-2004) and Thorold Blackhawks (2000-2002). During his McGill playing career, Urquhart was a three-time OUA all-star from 2004 to 2008. He also merited All-Canadian honours -- earning a berth on the second team in 2006-07 -- and concluded a brilliant university career with 23 goals and 107 points, along with 330 penalty minutes, in 147 games overall. More than a dozen years after his last varsity contest, he remains tied with Mike Babcock as the ninth-highest overall point-scoring defenceman in McGill history. He trails Marc-André Dorion (192 points), Dominic Talbot-Tassi (190), Gilles Hudon (152), Martin Routhier (135), Ryan McKiernan (117), David Bahl (110), Bryan Larkin (109) and Luc Latulippe (109). Named to the OUA all-rookie squad during his freshman year, Urquhart won the Bobby Bell Trophy as Team MVP in his third collegiate season and in his senior year, he captained McGill to the Ontario University Athletics conference championship in 2008. It marked McGill's first Queen's Cup league title since 1946.
Fluent in three languages -- including French and Italian -- Urquhart also speaks some German. He was a two-time OUA conference nominee for the Randy Gregg trophy, awarded nationally for combining hockey ability with academics and citizenship. He made the Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll, merited Academic All-Canadian honours, won the Richard Pound Trophy for athletics leadership over his McGill career and received the University's prestigious Gretta Chambers Award for student leadership.
Urquhart went on to a solid professional career, including stints in the AHL with Hartford (2008-10) and Hamilton (2010-11), where the six-foot, 195-pound rearguard played 130 regular season games, scoring six goals and 23 points to go along with 78 penalty minutes. He also had stints in the East Coast Hockey League with Charlotte and Wheeling. He then headed overseas to play for three years in Italy, where he patrolled the blueline for teams in Valpellice (2011-12) and Pontebba (2012-13) before guiding Ritten-Renon to a league championship in 2014.
Source: https://mcgillathletics.ca/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/coaches/david-urquhart/1176 -
Allan reminisces and recounts with host Ken Tyler, the experiences, events, mentors and methods, benefits and beliefs from his journeys from Montréal and McGill to today.
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Bio: Francois has been the president and CEO of TC Transcontinental since 2008. Francois skated for McGill from 1985 to 1988 before graduating with a science degree in agriculture. Prior to thathe played junior for St. Jean and Verdun and was a draft pick for the Boston Bruins. His former coach, Ken Tyler, described him as “a very responsible up and down winger with good speed and puck skills. He was a terrific teammate and very popular and respected in the dressing room.”
Prior to joining TC Transcontinental, François worked as General Manager of Canada Packers. He is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. He also serves on the boards of directors of CAE, The Conference Board of Canada, the Flexible Packaging Association and the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation, in addition to actively supporting Portage. In this regard, in 2018, the non-profit organization paid tribute to him as a distinguished Québec business leader on the occasion of the Soirée des Grands Philanthropes. Furthermore, Francois and his brother Martin recently contributed to create The Francois and Martin Olivier Athletics Award, that provides scholarships for francophone members of the McGill’s men's hockey program.
Show notes:
Favourite time at McGill:
Team building on the trip to Czechoslovakia
Book recommendations:
Good to Great – Jim Collins
Leave No Doubt – Mike Babcock
Quote:
Believe in yourself. Having your mind in the right place and having your head down and working hard can bring you a lot of success.
Advice:
Find people that you trust. Invest in surrounding yourself with the right people. Find mentors to give yourself a sounding board. Avoid isolating yourself. Early in your career keep an open mind to new experiences before choosing your true passion. There are many paths that lead you to where you need to go. Trust in “les bonnes etoiles”
Mentors:
Mentors make you think or ask you questions that make you reflect. Got a lot of peer mentorship from the McGill Hockey team. Conversely, when you get to be a mentor for younger people, often the mentor gets as much out of relationship as the mentee.Leadership:
The followers take the values of the leader. When choosing your team/staff, first find out if their values match the organization. He looks for humility and tries not to be blurred by the talent.“Any organization will only attain it’s maximum potential by unlocking the potential of each an every individual. Then, if they work together, the potential is multiplied by ‘x’. My job as a leader is to create the environment where everybody can unlock their full potential.”
Resiliency:
You have to believe in yourself no matter what people say. If you feel deep down that you are doing the right thing, then you will come out of whatever slump you are in. In tough moments, don’t isolate yourself. Being resilient is much easier when people are supporting you and giving you advice.
Pressure:
Prepare and work hard. Do the things other people aren’t willing to do. This will help you deal with pressure. When you are able to stay balanced in mind and body, you can go to bed at the end of the day and say “I did everything I could today”. At that point you can disconnect yourself and reset.
Mastery:
When you’re young, mastery is a lot in the eye of what other people say. As you get older, you realize that mastery is internal to you. You feel it when you are at the right place and you have done the right thing. Sometimes you feel like you are close, but you can always do better. When you are close to it, you should take the moments to enjoy it.
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Welcome to the Friends of McGill Captains Meeting Hockey podcast
Today we have the great opportunity to share a conversation with McGill hockey players who have made their way in professional hockey by crossing the great divide over to Europe.
Yann Turcotte, Ryan McKiernan And Matthieu Pompeii are all having successful careers in professional hockey since leaving McGill.
At McGill they lead the team to the illustrious heights of the Queens Cup and also the Canadian Championship. They talk about their journey to McGill, thru McGill and into professional hockey in far-away lands.
The most delightful part of our conversation was when the boys were sharing their favourite stories off the ice not on! I had a smile on my face the whole way through until our coach Liam Heelis was asked questions by the threesome when his answers evoked a great deal of respect for our coach as he discusses his approach to working with his student/athletes in the very difficult Covid Crisis situation.
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Bio:
From Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Prohar graduated from Notre Dame College as valedictorian and male athlete of the year before joining McGill in 1994. While at McGill, Prohar earned a degree in economics and political science, played one season at defensive back in football (1994) and four years of hockey (1994-1998). With the hockey team, he wore No. 4 and suited up for 132 career contests, playing both up front and on the blueline, winning the Dick Pound award for proficiency & leadership in his last year. After graduating, he enlisted in the Canadian military, climbing the ranks to Commanding Officer and Chief of Staff for the 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry before retiring after 21 years of service. In his time with the Canadian Forces, Prohar deployed to Afghanistan four times. Notably, he earned a Medal of Military Valour while attached to U.S. Special Forces, as well as a Meritorious Service Medal for work with the Afghanistan National Army. He currently resides in the Edmonton area with his wife Jody and two children, Owen and Emily, and works for the City of Leduc as the City Manager.
Show Notes:
Favorite time at McGill:
Europe trips
Favorite book:
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway
Also recommends anything by Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite quote:
Luctor et Emergo” - Struggle and Emerge
Advice for first year at McGill:
Don’t eat the pasta at Peel Pub
Don’t take yourself so seriously. University is about personal growth, the relationships you make, learning to communicate, making friends and learning to overcome adversity when things don’t go your way.
Leadership:
The leader should consider his/her role in “Shared hardship” or “shared experiences”. The higher you get in an organization, the easier it is to not share in the hardships of the people actually doing the job. Make sure that as you rise in the ranks you stay in touch with the people that are doing the work. Understand not just the job they do, but who they are.
Teaching leadership:
“You gotta walk the walk”. You have to be out there doing it and you have to show that you are willing to what you are asking other people to do.
Transferable lessons learned from sport:
“Sometimes the easy answer, isn’t the right answer”. It might not make a difference to take shortcuts in the short run, but in the long run it might make the difference between getting the puck out or your equipment malfunctioning in battle.
You need resiliency, which means doing the right things, regardless of what is happening all around you.
In high pressure situations:
Trust your training. Maintain a clear mind. Be resilient. Trust the people around you.
Drill. Practice. Execute.
Mentorship:
It’s important to take examples of bad mentors and note the things that you don’t want to do in your life. You can learn just as much from poor leaders as the good ones.
Habits:
Sleep hygiene and exercise. Getting a good night rest makes you a better person for the rest of the day.
Mastery:
The ability to impart knowledge upon someone else. The ability to teach someone a skill that you know or have.
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In the second episode of the "Leadership Line Change" podcast, host David Urquhart speaks with Luke Madill to discuss his experiences relating to leadership and how to deal with pressure.
Bio: A native of Kirkland, Quebec, Luke played for McGill from 2003 to 2007, acting as assistant captain from 2005-07. He graduated from McGill with a degree in Kinesiology and went on to get and education degree and a master’s degree in sport psychology from the University of New Brunswick. While there, he won the U Sports national championship as an assistant coach as well as a U Sports silver medal as a player.
Luke has continued his winning ways as a teacher, hockey coach, and mental performance coach at St Andrews College. He has also worked as the Mental Performance Coach for Hockey Canada’s where he was part of the 2018 gold medal winning U-18 team at the Hlinka Tournament.
Luke currently resides in Stouffville, Ontario with his wife Christine and twin daughters Abbie and Marlie. As a player, Luke was part of the country’s best PK while skating alongside linemate and friend PA Paquet at McGill. This accomplishment however, pales in comparison to the fact that his wife Christine set the CIS record for goals in a season.
Book recommendations:
Legacy by James Kerr
The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci
The Barcelona Way by Damian Hughes
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler
Chop Wood, Carry Water by Joshua Metcalfe
Pound the Stone by Joshua Metcalfe
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
The Captain Class by Sam Walker
Favourite Quotes:
“People won’t always remember what you said or what you did but they will always remember the way you made them feel”
“He who angers you, conquers you”
Advice for students:
1. Choose things you actually want to learn.
2. Be present: Play each day, and don’t worry so much about the future, because if you play each day, and like what you learn, everything else will take care of itself.
Advice for graduating students entering the workforce:
Get involved, do everything possible, meet people (go to socials, etc), help people. It’s easier to ask people for help when you have great relationships.
Leadership:
Advice for making difficult decisions: “Shrink it”. Have “Anchors” for refocusing and resetting.
Defining mastery:
A passion: for wanting to do something better, for taking pride in what you know, but also having the humility to realize that there’s so many people out there that probably know more, and that there’s so much more to learn that you can constantly be excited by learning more and bring that into your daily teaching of it. Staying passionate in what you are doing.
Follow Luke on Twitter @Lukemadilly or email [email protected]
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Ken Tyler hosts three McGill Hockey Captains who have experienced the ultimate in the hockey world. 1999-00 Captain Mathieu Darche, 1988-89 Captain Jamie Kompon and 1986-87 Captain Mike Babcock, have raised the Stanley Cup in jubilation over their heads. They are the most recent of 16 McGillians to have their names engraved forever on the trophy. Their stories and their passion for hockey and for McGill is both captivating and motivating!!!
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In the first episode of the "Leadership Line Change" podcast, host David Urquhart speaks with Martin Raymond to discuss his experiences relating to leadership and how to deal with pressure.
Bio: Marty is currently working as the Assistant GM of the Gatineau Olympiques and coaching for the Programme Sports-Études at De Mortagne hockey academy in Boucherville. His coaching experience includes stints as assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators and Hamilton Bulldogs in addition to time spent as head coach of the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Internationally, Marty has worked with Hockey Canada on the coaching staff for gold medal teams at the U20 and U18 World Championships. Notably, Marty scored over 70 points in two separate seasons while playing for McGill from 1987 to 1992, a career that earned him an induction to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. Following his playing career, he guided the McGill hockey program as the head coach from 1995 to 2009, leading the team to the Queen’s Cup championship in 2008. Marty holds a bachelor of education and masters in sport psychology from McGill.
In this episode:
Book recommendation
- “Wherever you go, there you are” by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Leadership notes
- Leading from the front, leading from the side, leading from behind
- Good teamwork starts with you as the leader. Leaders need to create an atmosphere that’s fun but that atmosphere must also include discipline.
- "Trying to hit the bullseye"' As a leader, you need to be in the middle of the target, you can’t be too hard or too soft or too emotional, you need to be in the middle of the target and not fall too far out to the extremes
Pressure situations
- Understand that “The score takes care of itself” (Bill Walsh), don’t be focused on the outcome because the process will take care of itself
Overcoming setbacks
- Stay in the moment, follow your heart, and do the right thing. If you get out of the moment, find ways to kick back in. Things such meditation, relaxation, and breathing techniques can help with this. Prepare for the crunch before it happens. Train the mind to focus on the right things.
You can reach Marty at [email protected]
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