Minor hockey takes aim at abusive parents
Vancouver Island hockey parents who continue ‘overzealous’ behaviour will have their children cut from a tea
And the kids will never forgive them, nor should they. Grow up people.
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Minor hockey offers plenty of positives, despite what you might hear | Simmons |
Ditto that and bang on from Toronto sportswriter Steve Simmons. Momma and I wouldn’t trade one minute of it either for all the good it gave us and our family. Your well-timed article reaffirms my faith in the game as you remind us you are among the majority of good hockey parents.
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The Role of Parents in Minor Hockey Player Development
Pretty good list of hockey parent do’s and don’ts from OMHA and Hockey Canada. Give it a read folks.
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Hometown hockey: Building a rink of one’s own
If you build it, as the saying goes, they will come. So that’s what hockey dad-coach Charles Vigneault did for rinkless Boischatel, Que.
Here’s a hockey dad setting the bar pretty high for the rest of us. And good on him for giving back the grand game. Nice to hear a positive hockey parent story for a change.
From the category of stupid politically-correct minor sport, in this case hockey, policies we have this bit o’ news. Knee-jerk, all or nothing rules like this just make no sense at all. Hey coaches, don’t even think about talking to or in the general direction of your players at the risk of having them misinterpret your instructions or take exception to what you have to say. Tapping a player on the head, shoulder or back is a simply form of praise and standard interaction between a coach and his/her players. Take this away and you take humanity out of the game with it. I realize there are always a few instances where male/female or vice versa touching may be deemed inappropriate, but deal with those exclusively as needed rather than again trying to paint everything with the same ass-backwards brush. And that is all I have to say about that.
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Through nearly 15 years of minor and men’s rec hockey I’ve heard a lot of good chirps and appreciate the art so I likewise appreciate the analysis and tips herein.
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Miss Canada Becomes the Embodiment of Hockey at the Miss Universe Pageant
This is just a spectacular look….How do you not win in the ensemble?
Yup, I recognize all five of these and can probably add a few more categories including The Momma Bear, The Cheerleader (similar to The Circus Clown) and The Mole (similar to The Coach).
Any others you can think of?
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When The Going Gets Tough: Keeping the Fun in Rep Hockey
Great post which fit nicely with my latest on prioritizing hockey with everything else in life.
http://www.imahockeydad.com/2015/01/12/work-life-hockey-balance/
Don’t forget to have fun dammit!
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Five Startups in Canada Trying to Disrupt the Hockey Industry – Techvibes.com
A story bringing together two of my loves in life; hockey and technology. Check out these hockey tech startups trying to bring some real changes to the game.
I would also add Garmatex and BASE360 to the list with their protective hockey equipment, which I coincidentally just reviewed.
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