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"I would have canceled any other club"

2021-02-01T07:04:34.129Z


Ron Chyzowski has only been the coach of the ice hockey league club SC Riessersee for a few days, but he already has precise plans for his roughly two-month term.


Ron Chyzowski has only been the coach of the ice hockey league club SC Riessersee for a few days, but he already has precise plans for his roughly two-month term.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen -

Eventful days lie behind the ice hockey league club SC Riessersee.

On Thursday afternoon, coach George Kink was released, a few hours later the successor was found.

This is no stranger to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, because Ron Chyzowski was already a coach at Riessersee from 1998 to 2000 and before that as a player in white and blue on the ice.

The 55-year-old was most recently a U17 coach at EHC Munich.

Mr. Chyzowski, what was your first thought when you got the call asking whether you would be taking on the coaching position?

I was just flabbergasted.

The weeks before we had loose discussions about support as an assistant trainer.

Then I didn't hear anything at first and thought to myself: Okay, they are playing a lot of games in a row, I'm also very busy.

Let's wait.

And then suddenly it was about the position of chief coach.

That was a whole new situation.

The whys and whys in relation to George Kink didn't bother me, this is not my construction site.

How long did you think about it before you agreed?

First of all, I have to say that I would have canceled any other club immediately.

Only the SCR comes into question for me with something like that.

First I had to clarify everything with the ECH Munich.

Of course they asked how long that would be.

If I should have signed with Riessersee for two years, it wouldn't have been so easy, but I wouldn't have wanted that either.

When everything was clarified with the EHC, I didn't have to think twice.

Your term of office in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is limited to the end of the season.

So you wouldn't have wanted it any other way?

Right, a complete change would have been out of the question.

We have big projects planned in Munich, so I want to work with them.

I currently have no ambitions to work in the professional area for a long time.

In addition, it is not easy to be a professional trainer in the area in which you live.

Only if there is success (laughs).

So you feel much more comfortable in the role of youth coach?

Yes, in the long run.

Forming the young players is a great challenge.

They have big dreams and can be accompanied a little on this journey.

You don't know anything yet.

It is the attraction to impart this knowledge to them.

This has crystallized out for me in recent years.

The Edmonton Oilers chief scout called me once.

I should tell him something about Leon Draisaitl, whom I had looked after for three years.

The last question then was whether I think he could become a superstar.

A 17 year old German in the NHL.

Wow.

I could only tell him that Leon has been successful everywhere so far, that he has the potential to do so.

That was super exciting.

Back to the SCR: What was the decisive point in your decision to take on the role of coach?

The connection to the SCR, to this stadium, is very strong.

It was always clear: If someone needs help, I will also support them, if I can.

In a normal situation, however, there would have been no chance because of my job at the EHC.

But now in Corona times, this is an opportunity for me that will not come up again so quickly that I had to seize.

What do you hope to get out of this time for yourself?

I have the opportunity to continue my education.

In all the years in ice hockey, I've learned that the learning process is only over when you hang up your skates and whistle.

That the closer you get to the top of the field, the better you can develop players.

I want to take positive things out of this time for myself, for the SCR and for the EHC.

What type of trainer - buddy, grinder, motivator, boss - are you?

Not the buddy.

The years have taught me that there is no place for this in professional ice hockey.

But I always have an open ear for the players.

I'm not the grinder either.

I motivate the players.

I try to convey to them that the best thing is to be on the ice for 60 minutes, to give everything, to have positive and negative experiences during the game and to win in the end.

What are the differences between player Ron Chyzowski, the coach of 2000 and that of 2021?

Being a player was my favorite job.

I was ambitious and helpful to the team.

I enjoyed an assist more than a goal.

I was also a hard worker.

That is the connection to today.

Today I'm the hard worker again.

In between, during the transition from player to coach, I simply had zero coaching experience.

Normally you would have to be trained as a coach for four years.

But at that time you got the license for four months, and off you went.

You made a bunch of mistakes and were unsure, even though you actually knew everything.

Today I have been trained for 20 years and have a lot more knowledge than I did then.

You only have around two months to put your stamp on the team.

What would you like to be able to say when your term is up?

The team as a whole and the individual players have improved.

How do you intend to achieve what your predecessor George Kink failed because of - the further development of young players?

I will try to establish a program that my successor can continue to work with.

What does this program look like?

First of all, I'll have a lot of conversations, see who needs what.

I will also get support from Munich.

I want to show how we train young players at the EHC.

For them this means, among other things, more individual training.

My way is to work hard every day.

It's like studying in school, the games are the exams.

What conclusions do you draw from the first few days with the players?

I can't say much at the moment.

It's a team of three generations - young, middle and older players.

You have to invest more time for the younger ones.

With Uli Maurer or Florian Vollmer, I just have to make sure that they stay fit.

They know how to play ice hockey.

I'll talk to them a lot, they have a lot of experience.

My impression is that the team reacted positively to me, which is not a given in this situation.

For some of them, a change of coach is new territory.

For a new coach, the hardest part is always learning all the names.

Fortunately, I know a lot.

But I have difficulties with the three Eckls, they all look the same (laughs).

You have certainly seen many of the SCR's games as your son Christopher plays on the team.

What problems did you see in the process?

That there were always bad and good phases in the games.

When the pace was fast, the SCR played good ice hockey.

But if the pace was slowed down, mistakes crept in and the quality of the pass decreased.

So we have to speed up and keep the pressure on.

The squad can do that.

Does that mean: will you line up the ranks evenly?

George Kink had often relied on a very strong offensive formation with Eetu-Ville Arkiomaa, Uli Maurer and Florian Vollmer.

Yes, generally yes.

But against stronger opponents you have to put your best players in the right positions in order to win.

Nor does it necessarily mean that the strongest row has to consist of three experienced players.

Everyone will have their role, everyone can help.

This includes your son Christopher.

Did he need his consent for you to be his coach?

To be honest, I kept that a secret from him.

There are things he doesn't need to know (laughs).

When I had clarified everything with Pana (SCR Managing Director Pana Christakakis, editor's note), he asked me if my son already knew.

I said no, I'll give him a quick call.

That was on Thursday just before it was released.

How did he react?

He just said: We're together again, let's see (laughs).

I once trained him in the U17 in Munich.

That was a very successful season, it was fun.

In the short term it's okay to train your own child, but not in the long term.

Everyone has to go their own way.

He knows that my door is always open for him when he needs support.

That goes for every player.

What does your wife say that the dining table at home will only be about the SCR?

She knows that ice hockey is my job and my life.

But I'm also happy when ice hockey takes a break at home.

Source: merkur

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