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Guest wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 9:54 am Coaching is most important ice time is second most

I agree that coaching is the most important thing for kids and their development.

I have coached kids in the past that excelled, made higher level teams and struggled because their new coach couldn't tap in to what made them successful under me.

Next for me would be practice. How you practice is how you play and again it does go back to coaching. Having good practices helps players in games. My philosophy is that in warm ups, you work on your skills (skating, shooting, passing, etc) and then your drills should be set up so that they mimic what kids would see in a game. I have found this to be very successful. So many times, I see coaches running 3 on 0 drills, or 5 on 0 drills and it's just so unrealistic that those drills will help these players in a game situation.

Third for me would be ice time. I do believe in development and that you need to be on the ice to get better. You try to get all your lines to play in all situations but at a certain point (normally mid way through 3rd) you have to go with who's rolling or who's better in those situations. Playing a kid 1 shift a period is not going to get him better and he's not going to be prepared for playing late in the 3rd if they haven't seen that situation before.

This asshole thinks he’s Paul Maurice

Where is he wrong though?

I take it you have never coached before or if you have, you have never been successful.

It doesn't take long to figure out who is a good coach or not.

By “he” you mean the comment that you wrote yourself

Your comments are vague and common sense, it’s pretty obvious you’re not familiar with the coaches or kids in the age group. This isn’t AA, A, or the ORHL bud. Now back to your hole.

This is the exact reason why minor hockey Canada gets worse and worse every season. Every AAA hockey parent thinks that anything lower than AAA is beneath them. Congrats, you have money! Hockey is no longer a game about talent, it's about money. Some families just can't afford the money or time commitment needed for the higher levels, and yes, sorry to say it but there is some talent in BB and Select. I know those are way below you though.