{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Crazy Hockey Dads Podcast","title":"Episode 87: “You Have to Coach the Human” w/ The Hockey Barn’s Kyle Kinze","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":9511,"description":"The best development does not always come from the best team, the most expensive lesson, or the loudest car ride home.\nRecorded live at The Hockey Barn in Atlanta, Scott and Jamie sit down with founder and longtime coach Kyle Kinze. Kyle explains how a pulmonary embolism ended his playing career at 19, why he turned to coaching, and why he built a place centered on access, creativity, free play, and community.\nKyle gets honest about growing up with a perfectionist father, changing the car ride home with his own kids, and learning that coaching a player starts with understanding the person. Scott and Jamie add their own hard-earned mistakes about expensive training, chasing higher-level teams, and pushing kids toward a version of hockey they may not want.\nThe conversation also tackles choosing the coach over the jersey, valuing puck touches and ice time, watching for burnout, and giving kids enough room to fall in love with the game on their own terms.\nIn this episode:\nWhy free play and creativity are essential to development\nBetter questions for the car ride home\nChoosing the right coach over the best team\nBuilding The Hockey Barn around training, competing, and belonging\nLive questions on speed, endurance, coachability, and tournament hockey\nCoach the human, protect the love of the game, and let development follow.\nThe Hockey Barn: https://thehockeybarnatl.com/\nThe Hockey Barn IG: https://www.instagram.com/thehockeybarnatl/\nPartners:\nhttps://www.pacificrink.com/\nhttps://hockeytraining.com/\nhttps://sparxhockey.com/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/bigjohndangles/\nhttps://www.titanbattlegear.com/crazyhockeydads\nhttps://howieshockeytape.com/\nhttps://www.athleticperformanceinsight.com/\nSocials:\nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crazyhockeydadspodcast\nX: https://x.com/Crazyhockeydads\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/crazyhockeydadspodcast/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Crazy-Hockey-Dads-Podcast/61578631923150/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/61LrkeWYBX2PCneUc0HfvChI7uJOvhXNPMr98DFzsjs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wYTY0/ZjdmOGMzNjdiMjYw/NjI4YTYyZmU0Yjc4/YjZlMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}