Category: minor hockey tips

  • How Bad Do You Want It?

    How Bad Do You Want It?

    Before I go too far, you must understand that my brother and I had never seen nor heard of anything to do with the game of hockey. The only ice we knew of was ice cream, ice cubes, and block of ice the ice man would bring each day to place in the ice box.…

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  • Is There Really A Hockey Off-season?

    Is There Really A Hockey Off-season?

    In the past few years, I have noticed that the typical off-ice rest period that occurs during the spring and summer off season is being replaced by spring and summer leagues or tournaments, prospect games, and players starting back up skating programs three to four times each week. Essentially, there is a much shorter, or…

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  • Time off the Skates: The Benefits of Off-time for Young Athletes

    Time off the Skates: The Benefits of Off-time for Young Athletes

    In my 30+ years of experience, there is one sport that this commitment and dedication from not only the athletes, but their parents, stands apart from the rest. I think more than any other sport, hockey is the one that parents really push their children, from an increasingly young age, to pursue and excel at.

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