The Work Behind Youth Hockey Coaching - Fun, Fundamentals, and Accountability with Coach Tre Berg

About this episode

The episode discusses the essential elements of coaching youth hockey with insights from Coach Tre Berg.

🏒 What does it really take to coach youth hockey the right way? This week on Our Kids Play Hockey, Lee Elias, Mike Bonelli, and Christie Casciano-Burns sit down with Coach Tre Berg, a youth hockey coach, hockey dad, police officer, and longtime player who brings a true “in the trenches” perspective to the game. Tre grew up playing hockey in the Syracuse area, played juniors and college hockey, and now coaches with the Syracuse Nationals and Syracuse Galaxy AAU program while also serving as th...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lee Elias, Mike Bonelli, Christie Casciano-Burns

Guest: Coach Tre Berg

Topics covered

• youth hockey coaching
• fundamentals
• accountability
• hockey culture
• coaching perspectives

Keywords

• youth hockey
• coaching
• hockey fundamentals
• accountability
• hockey culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Syracuse Nationals, Syracuse Galaxy AAU

Places: Syracuse

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