Wild Host Wells Fargo Toys for Tots Toy Drive
In partnership with Wells Fargo, the Minnesota Wild will host a Toys for Tots toy drive at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday, December 4, 2009 when the Wild square off against the Anaheim Ducks.
8 Practical Tips to Help Your Player Overcome a Loss
Any athlete who plays a sport long enough is going to lose their share of games, and sometimes lose badly. Handling these losses is actually a more important lesson than learning to handle wins. A player’s reaction to a loss has a huge impact on their long term success. Here are eight great tips to help your player when the game just doesn’t go their way:
USA Hockey Presents the ABC’s of the American Development Model Part 1
The American Development Model was designed by USA Hockey to provide guidelines and continuity in youth hockey. The following article is part one in the ABC’s of the ADM and provides background on how the model was started as well as other interesting facts.
Important: Participation Rule Update
Due to feedback from some of our membership, the Board of Directors of Minnesota Hockey is continuing to assess the new Participation Rule and its potential positive and negative implications. During the 2009 Fall Board Meeting in September, the Board agreed that a revised rule needed to be created for consideration during the Winter Board Meeting in January and that a draft of this rule would be available for public inspection by November 1, 2009.
Respect & Protect Secret Scout Search Is On!
Every youth hockey player across the state has been asked to put a Respect & Protect sticker on their helmets to show their participation in the program. Detailed information and a sticker sheet were included in the October issue of Minnesota Hockey Journal which was distributed to 44,000 Minnesota Hockey households.
Nominate Your Favorite Coach Today
3M and Minnesota Hockey are proud to present the “HEP Coach Recognition Program” to recognize youth hockey coaches at all levels whose behaviors provide for a positive athletic experience allowing players to develop to their greatest potential, have fun and learn to love the game.
Get Your Free HEP Materials
HEP materials are available to all hockey associations at no cost. Materials include the HEP manuals, “Sports and Your Child” for parents and “Coaches Who Never Lose” for coaches, parent education materials, coaching manuals and DVD’s.
What to do When Your Child Doesn’t Hustle
Sooner or later, every parent will have to face the perceived shame and humiliation caused by a child who didn’t “hustle” during a game. Most of the other parents will be polite and say things like “Is your child feeling okay?” or “Hope everything is okay at home.” Some parents will suggest private lessons or maybe even other teams to play on, but most will be quiet and avoid direct eye contact. When this happens, parents can either put on a brave face and laugh off the comments, or just pretend to be on their cell phone while quickly walking their child to the car. When confronted with too much shame and humiliation, parents quit youth sports and never return.
The Top Two Traits of Excellent Coaches
From the dawn of youth sports, there has been debate over the qualifications an individual should have to coach a team. In a perfect world, a coach with intimate knowledge of a sport would be ideal, however, often this is not the case. The following article outlines the two most important traits a person should have when taking on a coaching role.
Letter to the Editor: Respect and Protect
The following email was received from a recent newsletter sent out regarding the “Respect and Protect” campaign. We thought you would enjoy reading this letter to the editor:
