Coach

Coaches Corner: Football

Part of caring about your kids is knowing their names, yet having not selected my team, I will be putting their faces to their names on the court for the first time.

Embrace a growth mindset and go for it! You can be a much better passer, and with enough effort and purposeful practice, you will be.

That extra mile might just be the solution to playing time complaints and concerns.

“When a leader is supportive rather than blame-driven, they allow for mistakes, they allow their teammates to play freely and not be intimidated by them,”

Parents spend much of their free time watching their kids play. This reversal means that parents judge their parenting on how well their kids perform and move up the pipeline.

Explain to the players that the puck should not slow them down.  Encourage players to push the puck because when they stickhandle it too much it will slow them down

“A defensive concept would be to understand to take ice away, use proper angling and outnumber the other team in order to get the puck, utilizing that concept that we always start in the middle and take ice away.”

There is an increasing need to explicitly remind spectators that sport is meant to be fun for kids. 

Parents should be helping players frame their concerns and preparing for the conversation