More Than An Athlete
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…
Read MoreGuiding a 4-year Old Hockey Player
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Read MoreWhy Some Kids Try Harder
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Read MoreHelicopter 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…
Read MoreNeurology 101 for Hockey
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Read MoreSo You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? – Part 2
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Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreNature Versus Nurture In Hockey
Just to kick things off with a little excitement, watch as much of this video as you’d like (there’s not going to be a test at the end — LOL). By the way, although there’s a lot of hockey mentioned in this post, I’m going to suggest that parents and coaches in other sports will ultimately…
Read MoreHockey Parent: Coach Relationships
Okay, so a fresh season got underway a few months back, with a whole bunch of players reporting to their new teams and their new coaches. Personally, I’ve always liked to see each of my new players — or my new team — as a blank canvas on which to paint a new masterpiece (okay,…
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