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4 Essential Skills of Mental Toughness Needed for Success
June 2, 2023
Mental toughness will not necessarily win you a championship, but not having mental toughness will lose it for you. Let’s dive into the 4 skills in the hierarchy of mental toughness, and why it’s important to develop one skill in order to progress to another. 1. MOTIVATION An athlete needs to find a “why.” Why do […]
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Winning, Development, and the Big Picture at 10U
June 2, 2023
Bob Mancini, a regional manager for USA Hockey’s American Development Model, has some thoughts on why 10U hockey still requires a look at the big picture and a focus on skill development over results. If 8U is about cross-ice hockey and fundamental skill-building, there is perhaps a tendency to rush into opposites at 10U. As […]
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Five Ways to Train Your Athletes to Love to Compete
June 2, 2023
Coaches, continue to develop your craft- read leadership and coaching books, learn from your peer group and become the coach your athletes deserve. Most coaches will tell you a high percentage of sports, and life for that matter, is played between your ears. If you have played or coached sports long enough you know that […]
Opportunities Abound
June 2, 2023
“Not only do they benefit academically but also from a social, spiritual and athletic perspective. They have the opportunity to represent their school and get a great foundation for the rest of their lives.” If the American Collegiate Hockey Association were limited to a single hashtag to describe its impact on the game, it would be #Opportunity. […]
Hockey IQ: Training the Brain for Today’s Game
June 2, 2023
“We found that focusing less on goals or performance and more on improvement takes a lot of the stress and anxiety away.” Fifty-fifty vision, rapid processing, anticipation and quick decision-making. These are keys to developing a high hockey IQ, according to Minnetonka High School boys head coach Sean Goldsworthy. Hockey IQ, he says, is just […]
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Dreams of State: Noah Cates
June 2, 2023
I don’t really remember too much now that I think about it. It’s the best time of your life. It’s the biggest stage and louder and more crazy at the ‘X’ than at the World Juniors. As a silver medalist at the 2019 World Juniors, Noah Cates knows the big stage. But in his mind, […]
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How to Win Kids’ Attention in the Digital Age
June 2, 2023
Design for development, meeting each athlete’s needs based on who they are and where they are on their journey. Video game designers invest sizable portions of their budgets into studying what players want. They take those findings and cater to their audience. How else could a game like FIFA Soccer be on its’ 19th release […]
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Three Benefits of the Club vs. Club Format and Why It Is Essential for Junior Beach Volleyball
June 2, 2023
“A winners-play-on/losers-go-home model is appropriate for professional and adult beach volleyball, but, at the developmental stages we need as many kids as possible playing as much as possible” Similar to indoor, collegiate beach volleyball is a team game, and it is the fastest growing NCAA sport over the last five years in Division I. And […]
Lake Forest Scouts One of Many Teams to Benefit From Global Girls Game
June 2, 2023
“It drew a lot of recognition around our community and around the Scouts. It connects all the different facets of the hockey world. It grows the buzz and excitement around it.” The middle of February might seem like the doldrums of winter, but it’s been a hotbed of activity for girls and women’s hockey. During the […]
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Experts Provide 3 Reasons U.S. Children Need to Play More Pickup Soccer
June 2, 2023
As his health club empire approaches its third decade, Bahram Akradi’s latest Life Time endeavor is more about sense than cents, more an homage to his past than a fixation on his future. He wants kids in the United States to enjoy pickup soccer the way he did throughout his childhood in Iran. “In every neighborhood, […]
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