Tryouts
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For most of the players who we work with, the season is starting to really heat up, as playoffs begin to get closer…. and also as Spring Camps and Prep School considerations begin to get formulated…. Colleges are now…
Read This NewsletterTen Ways to Play Big
No Matter How Big You Are… 1. Develop Your Quickness – All great players possess incredible quickness – Develop quick hands, quick feet, and a quick mind – Develop the ability to anticipate and read and react with quickness 2….
Read This PostHow to Stand Out at Tryouts
For many players, tryouts are just around the corner. Some players find tryouts to be a nerve-wracking time, but if you take the time to prepare yourself there’s no reason you won’t hear your name called when it comes time…
Read This PostHow to be the Best Player and Not Make a Team
There are so many different things that coaches look for in building a team. Player skill is just one thing and sometimes not even the most important. Coaches evaluate players on a variety of other criteria including: Team Skills –…
Read This PostThe Day Michael Jordan Cried
By Bob Green – Chicago Tribune “I went to my room and I closed the door and cried,” Michael Jordan said. “For a while I couldn’t stop. Even though there was no one else home at the time, I kept…
Read This PostNHL Watches As Colleges Wage War With Canadian Junior Hockey
Craig Custance, Sporting News, August 30th, 2011 The conference room at the Ann Arbor, Mich., Ice Cube was packed. Some of the best hockey-playing 14- and 15-year-olds sat up front, and they were listening closely. Their parents lined the back…
Read This PostCamp Checklist
While playing in a Canadian Hockey League game will cost a prospect his NCAA eligibility, there is still the opportunity to attend a camp to learn more about a CHL team while retaining amateur status. What comes in to play…
Read This PostYour Mental Game and Hockey Tryouts
by Patrick Cohn Hockey TryoutsHockey tryouts can be both mentally and physically challenging for young athletes. Your kids future on a team depends on how they perform during tryouts. Kids may feel nervous, unsettled, or feel more pressure to play…
Read This PostTeam Chemistry: Made in Heaven or Sent from Hell?
by Peter Andrew Sacco, Ph.D. (Niagara Falls, ON) IN TODAY’S HOCKEY WORLD, two concepts are always being pushed forth as the making of a competitive, potential championship team: Chemistry and Systems. Systems are the styles, techniques, and methods of…
Read This PostChemistry 101: Building A Gold Medal Hockey Team
written prior to the 2010 Olympics by: Joe Pelletier Canadians are spoiled. Every year we continually churn out great players. When our Olympic or World Cup teams are assembled every four years, there is often huge turn over, as…
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