Last Saturday my alarm clock woke me at 4:30 AM. That would give me time to shave, shower, get dressed and drive the 44 miles to the ice rink where I had been assigned to officiate two youth hockey games. The first game would start at 7 AM. I arrive at the rink in total […]
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Coaching is Teaching at its Best! featured on NAYS Website
I was recently interviewed by Greg Bach, Content Editor for the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS). We had a good discussion about youth sports and coaching in general. We talked at length about some of the points discussed in my latest book, Coaching is Teaching at its Best! and he followed up with a […]
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When I first heard these words I was all of 11 years-old. I was playing youth hockey and it was my first year playing. Back then (1962) we played on outside rinks in Kenmore, NY, a suburb of Buffalo. The temperature often hovered in the single digits at our games and when it would snow […]
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I’ve always been a proponent of learning new things and doing new things because sometimes, we just get stuck. We just get in a rut and do the same stuff day after day. Weeks go by, months go by, and even years pass – and we are right back where we were the year before […]
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