SMSC 2026 Recap: Debates, Awards, and the Challenge Point

And we are as busy as ever during that month, we have a lot of new athletes and a lot of teams.

So it's been a very busy time, but also a good time and a good opportunity for me to kind of flex my skill as a coach.

And it's always Very interesting.

Now, in the backdrop this year was three very unique experiences that I was very fortunate to be a part of three unique conferences and settings that I was tasked with presenting at.

And the first one, which will have its own segment, was the Sport Movement Skill Conference.

That was the SMSE that went down June 5th and 6th.

I flew out the third from Arizona to Minneapolis.

We had our CSAS testing, and then it was two days of a very unique conference.

And I participated in something that I've never done before.

Again, I'll get to here shortly.

The following week, I went to San Diego to participate in the second annual Alta Speed Summit.

And it was a very interesting experience as well.

I thought Stu and the team at Alta did a great job of facilitating that event, facilitating that experience to... guide this idea of questions over answers.

So what are the hard questions that we're trying to answer? And I'll talk a little bit about that too.

And then lastly, I went to San Marco, excuse me, Marco Island, Florida, a very different terrain than what I'm usually in and presented a full day in front of about 34 people.

hockey professionals in the AHL and the NHL at their annual Coaches Summit, a full day on skill and training in context.

So to start off with Altus, and so we'll talk about SMSC here.

Actually, you know what? Let's talk about SMSC first.

So Sport Movement Skill Conference.

What an interesting experience.

So for those that don't know, and I won't talk about it too much because I know Sean will go into more depth, but it was a unique environment, a unique setting where we engaged in public debates.

Sean had his debate.

Tyler had his debate and I had mine.

I'm going to speak to mine mostly because that's my experience.

And I engaged in a debate with Tony Haller, who for those who don't know, has a very well-known name, many years of experience in the industry.