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Off Ice Space - NTDP's drills teach stick skills | |
A 20-part video series devoted to off-ice drills that the National Team Development Program uses to keep the skills of players progressing when they aren't on the ice, comes to a close with the 21st and final segment. Each drill, narrated by NTDP assistant coach Ken Martel, builds on the one prior, and "Balance Board," is the grand finale. It requires a pair of 2 x 4s, one stacked perpendicularly on the other while the player stickhandles on top. http://www.usahockey.com/template_usahockey.aspx?nav=co&id=19434 |
Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports A concussion is a brain injury caused by a bump or blow to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Even what seems to be a mild bump or blow to the head can be serious. To help ensure the health and safety of young athletes, CDC developed the “Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports” initiative to offer information about concussions—a type of traumatic brain injury—to coaches, parents, and athletes involved in youth sports. The “Heads Up” initiative provides important information on preventing, recognizing, and responding to a concussion.
Great perspective. Worth watching. Don Lucia - Head Coach Minnesota Golden Gophers Hockey Team 
Great Perspective II Found this on the Minnesota Hockey site, where the number of youth hockey registrations are much, much higher than in Maryland... Parents, did you know that there were 35,324 boys and 8,361 girls registered to play youth hockey in Minnesota last season? Did you kow that there were about 6,200 boys and 3,900 girls playing high school hockey? Did you know that there were about 250 Minnesota boys and about 95 Minnesota girls on D1 college hockey rosters? Did you know there were 20 Minnesota born players in the NHL and that the first professional women's team in Minnesota began only this year? The chances of your son or daughter getting a D1 college scholarship are very little. The chances of your son or daughter playing professional hockey are miniscule. While children can and should have dreams they, and you, should understand the long odds that exist. They, and you, should also understand the hours and years of hard work involved beyond scheduled practices and games in order to make those dreams come true. Hockey should be fun for kids, not work! After all, it is a game.
Great Hockey Quotes ”Hockey is like a disease, you can't really shake it.” - Goaltender Ken Wregget ”A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” –Wayne Gretzky
”Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking your potential.” - Liane Carlos
”It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.” - Eric Lindros
”The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
”The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” - Joe Paterno
”What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.” - Duke Snider
”The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill and spirit, but the greatest of these is spirit.” - Ken Doherty
”Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” – Unknown
”You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free.” - Denis from SlapShot
”Call them pros, call them mercenaries -- but in fact they are just grown-up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that hockey is the greatest thrill of all. - Lester Patrick
Relax, it's just a game.   
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