Why Your Kid Should Play Hockey
Original story posted here. Hockey benefits a child in a myriad of ways, including physically, emotionally and mentally. 1. Hockey is fantastic exercise. Hockey is one of the best cardiovascular games you can play. Alternating between skating and rest (what is known as interval training in the fitness world) improves the efficiency of the cardiovascular […]
Support Your Child’s Dreams!
Support your child’s dreams in hockey. Always. Growing up in Canada, every young child playing hockey’s dream is the same. To someday play in the National Hockey League (NHL). They sit on the couch on a Saturday night tuned into Hockey Night in Canada, watching Sidney Crosby or Connor McDavid shock the world, hoping to […]
Pros and Cons of Parent Coaches
Parents play a vital role in minor hockey. Parents are what makes it all possible, and are the ones who invest their time into ensuring that minor hockey is a possibility for their kids. You can find parents filling these roles that make for a functioning league because they are often unpaid positions and the […]
Plan Your Practices Accordingly
With COVID-19 very much an ongoing factor across the country, it’s important to plan your practices accordingly if your team, league, camp or clinic has made their return to the ice. That means that the social distancing and corresponding rules and guidelines don’t end once you step onto the ice, and practices should reflect that. […]
Need Help?
As we get further into September and closer to the start of the normal hockey season, we have every reason to believe that there’s a safe and responsible way to play the game right now in most of Canada. The leagues, teams, camps and tournaments that have made a return so far have given us […]
Coaching Hockey for Dummies
Original story posted here. Coaching Hockey For Dummies Cheat Sheet As a hockey coach, you’re about to leap off the bench into one of the most rewarding jobs you’ll ever experience. Coaches spend time teaching, leading, motivating, communicating, being a hockey technician, organizing, checking safety factors, administering first aid, and doling out discipline. Look to […]
Rocky Ridge Community Hockey Camps!
We touched base with a hockey camp in Calgary to see how they’ve had to adjust to the ongoing pandemic, how their return to the ice has been, and how they’ve handled everything so far. Reading this, we have every reason for optimism that there’s a safe way to play the game! 1. Tell us […]
How to Plan a Hockey Practice
Original story posted here. Hockey skill development can be a straightforward task once you have taken the time to develop a good hockey practice or seasonal plan. A practice / seasonal plan is made up of a number of important components that should be given strong consideration each time you develop a plan. A successful practice […]
Full Team Effort
In order for the game of hockey to make a successful and safe return at the minor hockey level, it’s going to take a full team effort. That means that everyone involved – parents, coaches, referees, players, facility employees, and league organizers – all have to be on board with the rules, guidelines, and protocol put […]
Safe Way to Play
Some of you may have some reservations about making a return to the game of hockey given the current circumstances, and we understand. But we can assure you that there is a safe way to play. Changes will have to be made in many areas of the game, but changes that are well worth it […]
The Struggle for Youth Sports
Scott Oakman knows that whenever Canada emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, his sport and others will be confronted with a new economic reality. The Executive Director of the Greater Toronto Hockey League, Canada’s largest and most powerful minor hockey league, says it can no longer pay lip service when it comes to actually making hockey more affordable. […]
Rollerblading as Practice
Given that it’s difficult or impossible for a lot of us to take to the ice right now in certain parts of Canada, rollerblading is a great way to practice your stride while staying in shape for the time that hockey does return. The stride on hockey skates and rollerblades are nearly identical, with really […]