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Episode 101 - Gabe Polsky

On this episode of the Hockey Think Tank podcast, we bring on acclaimed filmmaker Gabe Polsky...who produced and directed two major hockey films that have circulated the hockey world with "In Search of Greatness" and "Red Army".  Gabe also was a hockey player himself, having played growing up in Chicago and then Division One at Yale University.  In this conversation, we talk a lot about the film "In Search of Greatness" where Gabe interviews Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, Pele, and other academic authors on why/how the Greatest of All Time became that way.  We talk: -Sport Specialization -Passion -Building Hockey Sense/Game Sense -Providing the right environment for development -Much More!! This is a film that is a must-watch for any parent, player, or coach with dreams of achieving great things.  Gabe does such an amazing job with this movie, and it was enlightening talking to him about it on our podcast.  Thank you to all of our listeners for continuing to tune in, and thank you to our title sponsor GelStx for supporting our podcast! *Opening music: Forget the Whale - Take to the Skies (Instrumental)
Broadcast on:
20 Apr 2020

On this episode of the Hockey Think Tank podcast, we bring on acclaimed filmmaker Gabe Polsky...who produced and directed two major hockey films that have circulated the hockey world with "In Search of Greatness" and "Red Army".  Gabe also was a hockey player himself, having played growing up in Chicago and then Division One at Yale University.  In this conversation, we talk a lot about the film "In Search of Greatness" where Gabe interviews Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, Pele, and other academic authors on why/how the Greatest of All Time became that way.  We talk:

-Sport Specialization

-Passion

-Building Hockey Sense/Game Sense

-Providing the right environment for development

-Much More!!

This is a film that is a must-watch for any parent, player, or coach with dreams of achieving great things.  Gabe does such an amazing job with this movie, and it was enlightening talking to him about it on our podcast. 

Thank you to all of our listeners for continuing to tune in, and thank you to our title sponsor GelStx for supporting our podcast!

*Opening music: Forget the Whale - Take to the Skies (Instrumental)

On this episode of the Hockey Think Tank podcast, we bring on acclaimed filmmaker Gabe Polsky...who produced and directed two major hockey films that have circulated the hockey world with "In Search of Greatness" and "Red Army".  Gabe also was a hockey player himself, having played growing up in Chicago and then Division One at Yale University.  In this conversation, we talk a lot about the film "In Search of Greatness" where Gabe interviews Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, Pele, and other academic authors on why/how the Greatest of All Time became that way.  We talk: -Sport Specialization -Passion -Building Hockey Sense/Game Sense -Providing the right environment for development -Much More!! This is a film that is a must-watch for any parent, player, or coach with dreams of achieving great things.  Gabe does such an amazing job with this movie, and it was enlightening talking to him about it on our podcast.  Thank you to all of our listeners for continuing to tune in, and thank you to our title sponsor GelStx for supporting our podcast! *Opening music: Forget the Whale - Take to the Skies (Instrumental)