More Than An Athlete

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

By | November 5, 2022
Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Precious, or what? Okay, I’m hoping by now you’ve gotten the sense that creativity can be stifled within our educational institutions.  That established, however, I wonder if you’ve ever considered the possibility that a rather old sport — with so much tradition — can also squelch unique spirits and ingenuity.  Huh? Just think…  If it…

Blinded by Winning

By | October 28, 2022
Blinded by Winning

– Dennis Chighisola Shaun Goodsell, MA President and CEO of Mental Edge As the winter sports kick-off I am preparing for the many questions I will field as teams and individual athletes seek to chase their ideal success.  Athletes, coaches and parents will invest enormous resources of time, energy and money to climb that ladder…

Reacting to Adversity

By | October 18, 2022
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…

Being A Good Hockey Teammate

By | September 29, 2022
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…

Reality Check

By | September 12, 2022
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…

Guiding a 4-year Old Hockey Player

By | September 7, 2022
Guiding a 4-year Old Hockey Player

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Why Some Kids Try Harder

By | July 26, 2022
Why Some Kids Try Harder

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Helicopter Studies Muddy the Youth Hockey Waters

By | June 9, 2022
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…

Neurology 101 for Hockey

By | May 14, 2022
Neurology 101 for Hockey

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So You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? – Part 2

By | May 31, 2021
So You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? – Part 2

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