44: Teaching The Element of Fun | Sean Fitz-Gerald
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English - January 13, 2020 18:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB - ★★ - 1 ratingSports Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sean Fitz-Gerald is the senior national writer for The Athletic, Toronto. He is the author of Before The Lights Go Out: A Season Inside A Game On The Brink, a poignant insight into Canadian Hockey. The book highlights Fitz-Gerald’s season with the Peterborough Petes, providing his own experience of the conflicting perspectives and motivations that affect hockey in Canada.
As a sports journalist, Fitz-Gerald has written for the National Post, Canadian Press and the Toronto Star. He was named Canadian sportswriter of year by Sports Media Canada in 2015.
Table of Contents:
0:00 – Intro
2:30 – Growing up
3:35 – Working in journalism
5:05 – Top 3 characteristics of great coaches
6:50 – Life-long learning
9:20 - Athletics Canada
11:00 – Writing Before the Lights Go Out
13:10 – Top 3 Issues facing hockey in Canada
18:15 – The element of fun
22:40 – Early-window sports
27:05 – Hockey and Canadian identity
29:10 – Balancing structure and free play
35:30 – Secrets of Swedish Hockey
37:15 – Teaching youth to love the game
39:40 – Community of hockey
44:00 – Pay to play model
46:40 – Deep dive; Advice to parents
52:45 – Book recommendations