2016 AAA

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TYN coaches kid can’t even skate but is going to start on PP PK and get everything. I’d be very careful about going to that team. Dad has small man syndrome and his kid is a terrible hockey player but daddy will play him over others who are much better.

Unfortunately parents should always look at the coachs kid. That’s the best example of the coachs development capabilities. If you don’t like what you see, what makes you think he’ll be able to develop your kid any better? Usually coachs try to stunt everyone else’s development so they don’t get too much better than their own kid.

At least JRC and Rebels dad added a skills coach.

Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

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TYN coaches kid can’t even skate but is going to start on PP PK and get everything. I’d be very careful about going to that team. Dad has small man syndrome and his kid is a terrible hockey player but daddy will play him over others who are much better.

Unfortunately parents should always look at the coachs kid. That’s the best example of the coachs development capabilities. If you don’t like what you see, what makes you think he’ll be able to develop your kid any better? Usually coachs try to stunt everyone else’s development so they don’t get too much better than their own kid.

At least JRC and Rebels dad added a skills coach.

Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

You need to understand no team coach will do skills. They expect parents do extra for skill. Coachs won't develop skills, They just replace players with better skills

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TYN coaches kid can’t even skate but is going to start on PP PK and get everything. I’d be very careful about going to that team. Dad has small man syndrome and his kid is a terrible hockey player but daddy will play him over others who are much better.

Unfortunately parents should always look at the coachs kid. That’s the best example of the coachs development capabilities. If you don’t like what you see, what makes you think he’ll be able to develop your kid any better? Usually coachs try to stunt everyone else’s development so they don’t get too much better than their own kid.

At least JRC and Rebels dad added a skills coach.

Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

You need to understand no team coach will do skills. They expect parents do extra for skill. Coachs won't develop skills, They just replace players with better skills

So for $10k a year, you get no skills development? Parents are really expected to spend another $10k on skills?

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Unfortunately parents should always look at the coachs kid. That’s the best example of the coachs development capabilities. If you don’t like what you see, what makes you think he’ll be able to develop your kid any better? Usually coachs try to stunt everyone else’s development so they don’t get too much better than their own kid.

At least JRC and Rebels dad added a skills coach.

Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

You need to understand no team coach will do skills. They expect parents do extra for skill. Coachs won't develop skills, They just replace players with better skills

So for $10k a year, you get no skills development? Parents are really expected to spend another $10k on skills?

If your coach doesnt "do skills" - look for a new coach asap. What are you people talking about these days??

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At least JRC and Rebels dad added a skills coach.

Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

You need to understand no team coach will do skills. They expect parents do extra for skill. Coachs won't develop skills, They just replace players with better skills

So for $10k a year, you get no skills development? Parents are really expected to spend another $10k on skills?

If your coach doesnt "do skills" - look for a new coach asap. What are you people talking about these days??

Any team do skills?

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Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

You need to understand no team coach will do skills. They expect parents do extra for skill. Coachs won't develop skills, They just replace players with better skills

So for $10k a year, you get no skills development? Parents are really expected to spend another $10k on skills?

If your coach doesnt "do skills" - look for a new coach asap. What are you people talking about these days??

Any team do skills?

I won't say what team I am, but I'll be honest, I think we did TOO MUCH skills as a team early in the year. Now we are WAY behind on systems and playing the game properly.

I understand why the coaches did it, we had a team that didn't have a lot of "skill" to begin with. But, I think it was too much of the focus, not enough on actual hockey.

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At least JRC and Rebels dad added a skills coach.

Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

You need to understand no team coach will do skills. They expect parents do extra for skill. Coachs won't develop skills, They just replace players with better skills

So for $10k a year, you get no skills development? Parents are really expected to spend another $10k on skills?

If your coach doesnt "do skills" - look for a new coach asap. What are you people talking about these days??

There is no reason why people should be paying $10k for hockey. Its insane, (all of it), but the GTHL takes it to another level.

Kids should be focused on learning how to play hockey, not learning how to shoot, or skate, etc. (Or at least it should be a small percentage of the time spent on ice).

A perfect practice in my mind:

10% warm up / cool down
20% skills
70% Hockey systems, plays, positioning, video review, white boarding, etc.

If you need to get better at skating, spend your summer skating. If you need a better shot, get in your drive way and shoot pucks, if you need better stick handling, go get a private lesson with a coach.

If you are on my team, our practices are about making the TEAM better.

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Yes, but the rumor is that the Rebels are now controlled by an Asian fellow with money. He brought in his son who has no business in AAA and a bunch of low tier players so the skills coach is expected.

Any team that isn’t focusing on skills is going to fall behind eventually.

You need to understand no team coach will do skills. They expect parents do extra for skill. Coachs won't develop skills, They just replace players with better skills

So for $10k a year, you get no skills development? Parents are really expected to spend another $10k on skills?

If your coach doesnt "do skills" - look for a new coach asap. What are you people talking about these days??

There is no reason why people should be paying $10k for hockey. Its insane, (all of it), but the GTHL takes it to another level.

Kids should be focused on learning how to play hockey, not learning how to shoot, or skate, etc. (Or at least it should be a small percentage of the time spent on ice).

A perfect practice in my mind:

10% warm up / cool down
20% skills
70% Hockey systems, plays, positioning, video review, white boarding, etc.

If you need to get better at skating, spend your summer skating. If you need a better shot, get in your drive way and shoot pucks, if you need better stick handling, go get a private lesson with a coach.

If you are on my team, our practices are about making the TEAM better.

100% agree with this post…that being said a portion of a budget is often used to cover sessions with a skills coach/skating coach that works on continuous individual improvement (from my experience anyways).

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Omha east rankings?
Quinte #1

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How about an update on estimated available roster spots by team?