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USA Hockey Encouraging Cross-Ice Youth Games

by Jon Lane, 8 March 2014 “From the eyes of an 8-year-old, a full-sized hockey rink looks a lot bigger.” Those words opened a USA Hockey video designed to educate and deliver a reality check. The game...

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Sports Should Be Child’s Play

by David Epstein, 10 June 2014 Liam Barrett THE national furor over concussions misses the primary scourge that is harming kids and damaging youth sports in America. The heightened pressure on child...

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An NHL Scout’s Advice For The Offseason

by Jamie MacDonald, 25 March 2016 Few people see more hockey than Mike Doneghey. As a scout with the NHL’s defending champion Chicago Blackhawks, the Massachusetts native will see more than 200 games...

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Traverse City Hockey Strikes Back At Parent-Driven Sports Culture

by Peter Payette, 12 April 2016 Joshua Groves does a drill at Howe Area in Traverse City with coach Jason Gollan in the background. Practice has become the core of many youth hockey programs nationwide...

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No More Joiners: Why Kids Are Dropping Out Of Sports

by Jamie Strashin, 10 May 2016 An obsession with separating out the best athletes, even at very young ages, could be driving many kids out of sports. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press) Whether young or...

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Dr. Stephen Norris: Do What’s Best For The Children In Your MHA

by Hockey Alberta, 10 June 2016 RED DEER – Members of Alberta’s hockey community were challenged to take a serious look at what the future looks like, and to remember that the future needs to focus on...

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Does Youth Sports Get The Math All Wrong?

by John O’Sullivan, 15 December 2015 “I did not know there would be math on this test,” is something I say (jokingly) when I get a difficult question at my speaking engagements. Recently, I received an...

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Pediatricians Say Children Shouldn’t Specialize In A Single Sport Until Age...

by Susan Perry, 8 Sept, 2016 Children are increasingly pressured — usually by parents and coaches — to specialize in one sport and to play it year-round, often on several different teams. (Creative...

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Meet The Group – Early Sport Specialization Video

by Sport Nova Scotia, 24 October 2016 This was shared by one of the coaches in our Bow River Bruins Hockey Association who attended several of my Hockey Alberta coaching clinics in September 2016....

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How to Adapt the Game of Hockey to Novice: Tom Renney

by Gregg Kennedy and Richard Bercuson, 18 March 2017 Grassroots – The Minor Hockey Show Saturday mornings, Gregg Kennedy and Richard Bercuson are the hosts of Grassroots, a provocative look at the...

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