How to Use AI to Run a Youth Hockey Academy

Chapters

1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:30Meet Jeremy Mylymok and Coeur d'Alene Hockey Academy
3. 1:3190 students, 10 teams, and Boise Skills Academy
4. 2:38What makes a hockey academy different
5. 5:10Winning is a byproduct of development
6. 5:34Academic accountability and structure
7. 6:40Communication strategies for club directors
8. 7:35Coaches and teachers meet weekly
9. 9:29Culture and standards in recruiting
10. 10:23Caring for players and managing expectations
11. 11:23How you do anything is how you do everything
12. 12:08Using AI and analytics to evaluate players
13. 14:15Social media's impact on recruiting
14. 15:29AI tools for social media
15. 15:45Club admin still done manually in Excel
16. 17:00Automating registration paperwork and e-signatures
17. 18:11Why 60 to 70% of club problems are disorganized info
18. 18:48Tracking payments and international families
19. 20:40Sports technology in the next 10 years
20. 23:03Using video the right way: finish on positives
21. 23:25Simple game ratings that predict wins
22. 24:26Recruiting off video, not stats
23. 26:01How to convince skeptical directors to use AI
24. 28:18Personalized vs. mass recruiting emails
25. 29:54One quick AI win: emails, speeches, budgets
26. 33:19Coaching shot selection with data
27. 34:31Budget lessons from the owner
28. 35:46Streamlining 11 teams with AI
29. 38:31Outro

Key takeaways

1. 1

   Coeur d'Alene Hockey Academy is a CSSHL prep program with its own private school for grades 9–12, about 90 student-athletes, and 10 teams across Coeur d'Alene and Boise Skills Academy.

2. 2

   In this episode, 60 to 70% of club admin pain is disorganized information: paperwork, payments, and spreadsheets.

3. 3

   Coaches and teachers meet weekly so families hear about a problem before a player sits.

4. 4

   Recruiting in this conversation is off video, not stats, and the family still has to visit and fit the culture.

5. 5

   The quick AI jobs he covers are emails, speeches, and road-trip budgets.

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