That was probably her.TTpuckster wrote:Sioux Fan wrote:I love Mr Elliot he has done a great deal for hockey and I know he knows.
Mark,
You better not let Mrs Elliot find out about this.
Coaching Theory
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Well said Muckandgrind. This is indeed the best advise for young hockey dads (and all hockey dads).muckandgrind wrote:I believe the best coaches are those that can find the right balance between individual development and team skills/systems. Finding that right balance is not as easy as it might seem. IMO, most coaches go too far one way or the other...some focus almost exclusively on developing individual skills and the result is many times a team full of individuals....and those types of teams are rarely around at the end of the season. Coaches that go too far in terms of implementing systems at the expense of developing individual skills create a team of robots who play slot-hockey with no creative ability to handle the puck.
The coach who finds just that right balance depending on the make-up of his team is the one I want coaching my kids.
I also agree that one doesn't need to have a great hockey playing resume to be a great coach...I can think of coaches who were great players who turned out to not be very good coaches, and I know of a few great coaches who have very little playing experience.