🎙 Hosts:

• Dr. Jamie Phillips – Former professional goalie, physical therapist, performance coach

• Derek Bjan – Owner of Bjan Goaltending and On Ice Hockey Performance Center

📌 Topics Covered:

• Why baseball doesn’t directly improve glove saves in goalies

• Overcoaching and how we ruin natural instincts in youth goalies

• Root cause vs. symptom: how to evaluate true performance gaps

• Misguided “sport-specific” training and its unintended consequences

• Why the only 1:1 transferable skill for hockey is… hockey

• A breakdown of tools like Sense Arena, Swivel Vision, and weighted pucks

• How to balance structure vs. variability in drills

• Training mindset: What’s your “NHL” in life?

📚 Book Recommendations:

• Relentless by Tim Grover

• Winning by Tim Grover

• Legacy by James Kerr

• Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

• Future Greats and Heartbreaks by Gare Joyce

🎧 Guest:

Chuck Thuss – Former pro goaltender, All-American at Miami University, certified performance coach, founder of The Compassionate Connection

📌 Topics Covered:

• Differentiating nerves from anxiety in athletes

• How performance expectations can become destructive

• The mental health toll of professional hockey

• Signs parents and coaches should never ignore

• Chuck’s personal story of survival and rediscovery

• Building emotional resilience in goalies and youth athletes

• Social media’s impact on athlete identity and anxiety

• The importance of separating parenting from coaching

• Tools to help athletes reclaim their confidence and purpose

📞 Need support?

If you or someone you love is struggling, don’t wait. Call or text 988 (USA). Help is always available.

Chuck Thuss Contact:

🌐 Website: TheCompassionateConnection.com

📞 Phone: 251-680-5731

📱 Instagram: @thecompassionateconnection

Main Topics:

• Why point shots are (mostly) useless in the NHL

• How dopamine spikes from phones damage goalie performance

• Why goalies must “earn their playing time at practice”

• The myth that strong goalies are “too bulky”

• The epidemic of low hockey IQ in today’s players

• How sleep, structure, and screen habits affect cognition and confidence

• iPads on the bench: helpful or harmful?

• Gaming vs. scrolling: what’s the real impact?

Key Quote:

“If your screen time is higher than your practice time, don’t complain about your ice time.”