Love What You Play

“How will you know at the end of the season that you did a good job as a coach?” Dr. Wade Gilbert, author of Coaching Better Every Season, has spent 25 years conducting applied research with coaches around the world spanning all sports and competitive levels. From spending time with John Wooden to working with the Olympic Games, Dr. Gilbert has greatly influenced disciplines dedicated to optimizing development and performance across sport settings. He talks with us about competition being done in the right way so that it is healthy, positive, and fun, and the importance of changing sporting environments so that behaviours will follow. Connect with Dr. Gilbert Book Website Twitter Facebook Videos Table of Contents 0:40 - Guest intro 1:43 - Personal youth sports experience 5:00 - Pickup hockey and free play 7:23 - John Wooden 9:30 - Getting back into hockey 11:35 - Top 3 characteristics of great coaches 15:20 - Competing  16:50 - Coaching youth sports