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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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A Brief History of Studying Genes

By | May 25, 2021
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…

How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else

By | March 30, 2021
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…

Nature Versus Nurture In Hockey

By | January 3, 2021
Nature 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…

Hockey Parent: Coach Relationships

By | October 14, 2020
Hockey 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,…

The Importance of Foot Care

By | October 10, 2020
The Importance of Foot Care

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How To Overcome Burnout

By | October 9, 2020
How To Overcome Burnout

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