Being a Hockey Parent

Ahbroody · 10-31-2011, 06:55 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KEG...e_gdata_player
Thought there were some great points in here on development. I know Al has told me to always be careful about not pushing and always making sure its fun. Had a discussion a week or so with Micahs new head coach who played D1 College. The new coach thing is a long story which I am not happy about. The club has switched coaches and apparently he is going to change up a lot of the system they have been developing. He had largely the same view. We had a long discussion about how some early bloomers who burn out and some don't and what he thought the cause was. Also discussed players who blossom late.

I noticed in the video what struck me was not skating the child too much, as much as making sure the child is always having fun when skating and not pushing the child so that the child develops that love of the game. As Micah is skating a lot I always ask him now if he wants to go to hockey. So far he has not said no, but I keep waiting for him to say yes. In talking with the new coach we discussed Micah playing up this year. He was generally not in favor of kids playing up. His view was children need to dominate to build confidence. My view was more of knowing what works for your particular child. Micah had a lot of success last year and is having a lot of success this year. He is very confident as a result which is something I am constantly trying to keep in check. I guess in this situation given his ego and success I don't understand having play down. I think it would give him a huge fat head. I think going forward this point will be a non factor. Nor Cal Hockey which governs all travel teams in the area has banned any child from playing out of age group after Mites. This is the only year Micah will be able to play up.

10-31-2011, 06:55 PM	#11
Ahbroody Daddy x 4 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: San Jose Posts: 3,708 Trading: (53)	Re: Being a Hockey Parent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KEG...e_gdata_player Thought there were some great points in here on development. I know Al has told me to always be careful about not pushing and always making sure its fun. Had a discussion a week or so with Micahs new head coach who played D1 College. The new coach thing is a long story which I am not happy about. The club has switched coaches and apparently he is going to change up a lot of the system they have been developing. He had largely the same view. We had a long discussion about how some early bloomers who burn out and some don't and what he thought the cause was. Also discussed players who blossom late. I noticed in the video what struck me was not skating the child too much, as much as making sure the child is always having fun when skating and not pushing the child so that the child develops that love of the game. As Micah is skating a lot I always ask him now if he wants to go to hockey. So far he has not said no, but I keep waiting for him to say yes. In talking with the new coach we discussed Micah playing up this year. He was generally not in favor of kids playing up. His view was children need to dominate to build confidence. My view was more of knowing what works for your particular child. Micah had a lot of success last year and is having a lot of success this year. He is very confident as a result which is something I am constantly trying to keep in check. I guess in this situation given his ego and success I don't understand having play down. I think it would give him a huge fat head. I think going forward this point will be a non factor. Nor Cal Hockey which governs all travel teams in the area has banned any child from playing out of age group after Mites. This is the only year Micah will be able to play up.