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Jerry York: Calm Coach = Focused Players
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
**Positive Coaching Alliance is proud to have worked with Liberty Mutual Insurance to create this podcast and [other powerful resources](http://devzone.positivecoach.org/browse/%2522Liberty%2520Mutual%2520Insurance%2522).**
This podcast series features Positive Coaching Alliance staff interviewing prominent former athletes, coaches and general managers. Each episode, these influential stars share insights from their own sports careers. Listen in as they talk about filling emotional tanks, bouncing back from mistakes, staying motivated through long seasons to continually give 100% effort, and how they translated their sports experience to invaluable life lessons.
**IN THIS EPISODE: JERRY YORK**
In this episode, Jim talks with Boston College and 2012 NCAA Men’s Hockey National Championship coach Jerry York. Relying on over forty years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, Jerry shares with Jim what makes a great coach, how to motivate and lead players and how remaining calm on the bench has often given his team a winning edge.
**ABOUT JIM THOMPSON**
Jim Thompson ([@JimThompson18](https://twitter.com/JimThompson18)) is the founder and Executive Director of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a nonprofit organization founded at Stanford University with the mission of helping to transform the culture of youth sports to give all young athletes the opportunity for a positive, character-building experience. PCA served as the experts behind the Liberty Mutual Play Positive™ program.
This podcast series features Positive Coaching Alliance staff interviewing prominent former athletes, coaches and general managers. Each episode, these influential stars share insights from their own sports careers. Listen in as they talk about filling emotional tanks, bouncing back from mistakes, staying motivated through long seasons to continually give 100% effort, and how they translated their sports experience to invaluable life lessons.
**IN THIS EPISODE: JERRY YORK**
In this episode, Jim talks with Boston College and 2012 NCAA Men’s Hockey National Championship coach Jerry York. Relying on over forty years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, Jerry shares with Jim what makes a great coach, how to motivate and lead players and how remaining calm on the bench has often given his team a winning edge.
**ABOUT JIM THOMPSON**
Jim Thompson ([@JimThompson18](https://twitter.com/JimThompson18)) is the founder and Executive Director of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a nonprofit organization founded at Stanford University with the mission of helping to transform the culture of youth sports to give all young athletes the opportunity for a positive, character-building experience. PCA served as the experts behind the Liberty Mutual Play Positive™ program.
Released:
Sep 1, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (43)
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