loved practices and games. You’d hear kids telling parents “I scored like 3 goals!” Those kids likely would not have even touched the puck in the old system. They had fun and flourished. Teach the kids to love the game and they will stick with it. You never know, one of…
one faceoff, no scorekeeping, no offsides….continuous play. Parents came unglued and practically accused me of treason. “How are our kids supposed to learn offsides and positions?” We implemented station based practices (the ADM was barely a thing). It was amazing. The kids…
Apparently the “same guy” is still in the program “coaching kids,” he just has a different name. A few years later when my 3rd and 4th kids came thru the program, I was running the 6u 8u and did away with full ice games and implemented cross and half ice games. No stoppages,…
hockey players gotta play with heart. It was an intense pump-up speech. The kids were terrified. Pretty sure a handful of those kids never skated again after that experience. The coach thought it was justified, those soft, weak kids were never gonna be good hockey players….
inefficient and a waste of ice time. Coaches would sneak out their best against the other team’s weaker players. Obviously the fastest kids could go end to end. Winning was crucial at 6u. I remember vividly listening to a coach in the locker room tell these kids that how…
When my oldest kids were starting, it was 4-6yo’s playing full ice. Lots of stoppages with offsides. Time spent getting kids lined up for face offs just to drop the puck. Buzzer every two minutes for line changes. Repeat getting kids lined up for puck drop. It was insanely…
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