My name is David Vychodil, . I focus on the skills and strength conditioning of our players. Since day one I love coaching I don’t take it as a job. It is more of a mission and destiny. I am very fortunate that I am doing what I love and I can do it every day. Still as an active player in 2013 I transitioned into coaching youth hockey in Europe. Many of my players moved to Tier I Elite programs in the United States. The last 8 years, I have coached and managed all categories and levels of youth, as well as high school and junior hockey. As a player I have over 700 games and 17 years of professional hockey experience, playing across Europe, United States and Russia. I grew up in Ostrava, Czech Republic playing AAA youth, elite junior and senior hockey for my hometown team HC VITKOVICE. Graduated from the Sportovni Gymnazium Dany A Emila Zatopkovych Ostrava, a preparatory school for elite athletes, in 1998 my Major subject was Theory of Sports training and Biology. I continued to study at Charles University in Prague, but I interrupted my study to fulfill my military duties for Czech army. During that year I played for the Czech U20 National Team and also for elite army team HC DUKLA JIHLAVA won the league title that year. In 1999/2000 I moved to the United States to play junior hockey with the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL. In spring 2001 I received an offer from Iowa State University (A.C.H.A.) Division I, but I choose to join the Pittsburgh Penguins organization playing minor league hockey for several years.