Three Steps to Recover from Mistakes

By Enio Sacilotto In sports, we teach athletes to stay in the present moment and to focus on controlling what they can.  When training athletes to control their controllability, we use the acronym E.A.R. – Athletes can control their emotions, Effort and Execution. – They can control their Attitude. – Response to Failure: Mistakes are…

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A Parent’s Guide to Skate Sharpening

From the Minnesota hockey website Every sport has unique equipment, but very few can match hockey players’ affection for their gear, especially sticks and skates. For instance, many older players grow fond of how certain people sharpen their skates and only want them sharpened by people they trust. Younger players typically aren’t as aware of…

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Worth a Shot: Shooting Tips to Score More Goals

Charlie Coyle’s shooting tips to help you score more goals – from Massachusetts Hockey Charlie Coyle knows how good he has it.  The Boston Bruins forward is now in his fifth season playing for his home-state team. He got married this past offseason, and is currently living out his dream with his wife and two…

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Kevin Bieksa’s Six-Point Formula For Building Team Culture

Kevin Bieksa spent parts of twelve seasons playing for the Vancouver Canucks organization.    He is one of Vancouver’s all-time best defensemen playing 597 games and one of the team’s core leaders, being a significant part of the Canuck’s run to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. He scored a memorable goal in double overtime at…

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5 Tips to Be a Good Team Player

The best sports teams are made up of players who work together and are willing to make sacrifices. A team with unselfish players who support each other will perform better than a group of individuals who don’t play as a team. This is why, in addition to working on individual skills, it’s also essential to…

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Christmas Defensemen Camp – 2022

December 22 and 23, 2022, at BURNABY WINTER CLUB Playing defence on a team is a very specialized position with particular skills that coaches seldom have time to work on. Likewise, being a defenseman is one of the most challenging and demanding positions to master. You will work specific defenseman drills at this camp to…

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DEVELOP YOUR GRINDING GAME LIKE ZACH HYMAN

By Enio Sacilotto Zach Hyman is an established NHL left winger, former Toronto Maple Leaf and current Edmonton Oiler. His trademark is that of a hard-working, grinding, two-way, 200-foot player capable of making plays and scoring goals. His playing style and skills did not happen by accident.  Zach had a long-term goal of making it…

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My father, my friend

Few have matched what Guy Lafleur accomplished on the ice, but for his son, his lasting legacy isn’t as a Montreal Canadiens legend – it’s simply as ‘Dad’ June 23, 2022 – from the Hockey Canada Website The view of life through a child’s eyes often conjures a unique perspective. It’s usually an untainted lens…

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