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Coaching Philosophy
- Kid-friendly style
- Instill a life-long love of the game
- Fun, fair, firm as necessary
- Demand each player’s best effort
- Skill development
- Good, clean, competitive hockey
- Individual feedback to players
- Good organization
- Focus on players in dressing room and on ice
- Communication with parents outside of coaching time
Goals
- Improve individual skills
- Improve team play
- Produce better players, produce better kids
- Equal instruction time for players
- Have fun and make new friends
Medical Information
- Complete confidential forms
- Inform coaches of special needs - Sight/hearing/ behavioural/allergies?
Tax Deductions
- Hold on to player registration receipts!
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Team Rules
- Adhere to Fair Play Codes – Coaches/Players/Parents
- Arrive 30 minutes prior to game times
- One parent/guardian per player in change rooms, no siblings if possible
- Goalies wear player gloves when putting on pads
- Parents to clear dressing room 10 minutes before game times
- Players stay seated after dressing
- Parents remain outside dressing room for 5 minutes after games
- During post-game ‘Chalk Talk’, players remove helmets and gloves only
- Attention and good listening from players
- Only one person speaks at a time
Equipment
- 1/2L long neck water bottle with straw nozzle
- Stick cut to nose without skates on, stick to chin with skates on
- Full equipment: Neck guard, jock, CSA approved helmet, etc.
- If available, keep a 2nd jersey in the hockey bag for intra-squad scrimmages
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