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Effective Communication for Team Success

Effective Communication for Team Success

Imagine taking part in a team sport without any communication whatsoever. No direction from the coaches, no talking amongst players, and no game plan whatsoever. That’s a recipe for disaster, and hockey is no exception. The greatest hockey teams have…

Preparing for a Successful Hockey Practice

Preparing for a Successful Hockey Practice

There are two main factors that contribute to the success of a hockey team. The first is the players. Each player on the team needs to be focused, dedicated, and willing to do what it takes to bring home wins….

5 Habits of a Successful Minor Hockey Coach

5 Habits of a Successful Minor Hockey Coach

People decide to become hockey coaches for a variety of reasons. Some are fresh out of a playing career and want to stay immersed in the sport. Some are parents who want to become more involved in their child’s hobby….

Meet Hockey Instructor Grant Holliday

Meet Hockey Instructor Grant Holliday

Tim Turk Hockey senior instructor Grant Holliday was born in 1990 in Toronto, Ontario. Grant boasts an impressive and strong educational background for hockey, as well as professional playing experience. For his post-secondary education, Grant attended Queens University in Kingston,…

5 Important Life Skills You Learn from Playing Hockey

5 Important Life Skills You Learn from Playing Hockey

Hockey is a wonderful sport. First, it makes fantastic use of winter, an otherwise bleak and cold season. It gives people from all walks of life the chance to experience the excitement and thrill of victory, and the motivation of…

5 Skills Hockey Scouts Look For

5 Skills Hockey Scouts Look For

It’s every hockey player’s dream: a stranger approaches you and introduces themselves as a scout. They tell you they’ve been keeping an eye on your performance and admit that they like your prowess and potential. They finish by offering you…

Minor Hockey Coaches – 5 Best Practices When Cutting Players

Minor Hockey Coaches – 5 Best Practices When Cutting Players

Youth hockey tryouts are an exciting, competitive, and sometimes stressful time of year. This is true not only for the children participating, but often even more so for the coaches who are teaching, evaluating, and, regrettably, making cuts at the…

Turk Hitting the Ice with Victor Mete

Turk Hitting the Ice with Victor Mete

Article by Arpon Basu, The Athletic.com BRAMPTON, Ont. – It is late May and the rink is cold and empty. Only one of the three ice sheets at the CAA Centre, home of the ECHL’s Brampton Beast, is lit up….

Visualization – Key to Success

Visualization – Key to Success

Hockey is an intense sport that requires speed, power, and endurance, even at the minor levels. Kids enjoy hockey for its fast pace and unique gameplay, some even utilizing skills from other sports and activities to improve their hockey game….

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