Coaching the Project
I downloaded and read a terrific eBook by Janis Meredith called 50 Tips To Help Your Child Battle Off the Bench...
6 Things Hockey Players Should Really be Doing in the Summer
I have read a lot of articles from many sectors of the hockey community about what players should be doing in the summer. They all seem...
Getting Personal
My wife has been encouraging me to be more personal in my blog posts and write more about what I am doing rather than always just writing...
Making Time for Homework
I am presenting at the OFSAA Coaching Symposium next month. Speaking to high school coaches, here is the brief description of what the...
Helping Your Student-Athlete Choose the Right School
(The following is a blog post I wrote for womenshockeylife.com. As coaches we need to help guide our student-athletes through their...
Respecting the Game
There was an article (with video) published on February 23, 2015 in the Ottawa Citizen written by Paula McCooey titled Former hockey...
How to Co-Exist with Hockey Referees
Why do we dislike referees so much in the hockey world? There seems to be this unwritten code among coaches, players, parents and fans...
My 12 Team Guidelines for Athletes
In an autobiography I read recently about Bobby Knight, former basketball coach at the University of Indiana, he said that he "doesn't...
Creativity and the "Miracle on Ice"
It has been an interesting week with the 35th anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice" when the USA beat the Soviet Union in hockey at the...
Develop Coachability in Your Players: 5 Steps to Success
I often tell my teams at the start of the year that I want people who watch us play say "Wow! That is a well-coached team!" This is where...