Reacting to Adversity

Reacting to Adversity

Like a lot of adult members, I wear many hats. For sure, I’ve always been into hockey nearly 24/7; that (and any use of video) is what I love, and that’s what I love to immerse myself in.  At the same time, I’m a businessman.  And, whether I like it or not, I can’t keep…

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Being A Good Hockey Teammate

Being A Good Hockey Teammate

I don’t know about you but, that stuff really meant something to me. I don’t think I’ve ever coached a team — youth to college — whereby players didn’t at least somewhat pay more attention to teammates they knew well, and less to those they didn’t know so well.  That, at least to me, is…

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Reality Check

Reality Check

The following piece was so moving that I couldn’t go without publishing it again for my newer members.  But, where? Then, before turning things over to the star blogger, Jeff Chick, I thought I’d tell my own quick story… You see, although Jeff resided in Texas when he wrote this piece, he calls Whitman, MA…

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Helicopter Studies Muddy the Youth Hockey Waters

Helicopter Studies Muddy the Youth Hockey Waters

If this doesn’t help me start making my case, I guess nothing will… For, an article written by Julie Lythcott-Haims and entitled “Helicoptered kids are sputtering out” left the Dallas News on August 5, 2015, and seemingly selected parts of it ended up on a sports related site only three days later as “Helicopter Parents…

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A Brief History of Studying Genes

A Brief History of Studying Genes

As sort of a background to our study on genes, I thought members would be helped to discover how new that study is. As quoted in Wikipedia: “In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all genetic material of an organism. It consists of DNA. The genome includes both the genes and…

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How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else

How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else

This article was inspired by a TIME article I’d read long ago, that written by Jon Wertheim and Tobias Moskowitz, and titled “How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else”  (I’ve linked that so you can read it for yourself).  I probably like the subtitle even more, though, as in “The playing field provides the ideal…

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