Love What You Play

Dan Blackburn is a coach and the founder of National Training Centres Hockey, as well as the creator of the Pillars of Greatness curriculum. In this episode, we talk about Dan's journey to success as a coach, author, and father, despite his hardships. Dan has trained thousands of athletes, including PK Subban of the NJ Devils, two-time Stanley Cup champion David Bolland, and Stanley Cup champion Tyler Sequin of the Dallas Stars. We also go over NTC Hockey's mission of teaching athletes how to see and experience their greatness both on and off the ice, and to produce the most dominant hockey players in the game. Table of Contents 00:00 - Introduction 01:25 - Where Dan grew up, his family challenges, and what sports he played as a kid 04:42 - How he got involved in hockey coaching and his tryouts anecdote 09:20 - His motivation to coach hockey at a young age and what age groups he coached 12:13 - How he started with off-ice training and set out to prove its benefits for athletes 16:37 - Bein