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7 Habits of Highly Effective Hockey Parents
(The Role of the Parent in Player Development: Part 1 of a series of discussions on factors influencing player development)
Parents have the ability to significantly affect the development of their child in their chosen sport(s). This influence can have positive and/or negative effects on their development as a player. The role of the parent should [...]
Hockey Sense — What is it?
Great players have exceptional “hockey sense.” Wayne Gretzky is probably the quintessential player when you think of “hockey sense” – a player that has the ability to see the ice and to read, react and anticipate, like no other player in the history of the game (although Sidney Crosby is quickly approaching “great one” status). [...]
Read More...Olympic Results Take Time – A Recap of Team USA’s Hockey Success
Watching the men’s hockey tournament at the 2010 Olympics has been thrilling. I know it’s easy to say in hindsight that I had a good feeling about that team, but really, I did. I promise. We are actually pretty fortunate in that we have been able to evaluate many of the players on [...]
Read More...Rogge May End Women’s Olympic Hockey?
I was a little unhappy the other day to see ESPN report that Jacques Rogge had threatened to remove Women’s hockey from the Olympics in 8 years if the talent gap between North America and the rest of the world didn’t close. For those who followed the tournament, they would see that there were [...]
Read More...Three Things EXACT Sports Learned from the Ripkens
Cal Ripken Jr. had always been a personal hero to me and so many others that I was more than delighted that EXACT would be working with the Ripken Foundation / Ripken Baseball to design a new program, which eventually was called, “Healthy Choices, Healthy Children”.
Our relationship began in the spring of 2006. The Ripken [...]
