Love What You Play

“'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 supports these two intrinsic motivations as being far more sustainable than ego-boosters and encourages kids to love the pure joy of improvement. Book Recommendations  The Coach's Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier The Power of Why by Amanda Lang Table of Contents  0:29 - Guest intro  3:53 - Top 3 issues in sport 7:06 - Loving the sport 12:58 - Transition from athlete to "real world" 17:10 - Choosing hockey 19:33 - Nate's upcoming projects 22:33 - Books  24:30 - Nate's family  28:30