Free Training Session at Velocity Sports Performance
For a limited-time all Texas hockey families, can receive a free hockey training session at your local Velocity Sports Performance location. Velocity Sports Performance works with and understands the training needs of athletes between the ages of 8 through pro caliber athletes! Read more
How Parents Make a Huge Impact: As Model Fans
Researchers cannot agree on whether competition helps children develop essential social skills, or if it does nothing more than cause conflict and discrimination. Some say that competition is part of human nature, something that is faced in everyday life. These scholars feel competition helps children learn skills that will be important throughout their lives. Read more
How More ‘Play’ in Practice Can Help You Win Games
(By Brian Grasso) A common misconception within the North American youth sporting world is the concept of “play” for conditioning purposes. All too often, well-intentioned youth sport coaches or trainers follow the leads established by the elite members of their respective sports to configure training programs and sessions into hard-driving sessions or “endless repetitions of one exercise” type affairs. It cannot be overstated enough how much this practice is counterproductive and impedes the optimal development of young athletes. Let’s examine that from a variety of perspectives. Read more
Guarantee Better Play with Off-Ice Conditioning
Ice hockey is very physically demanding and tests a player’s stamina. It requires players to be in good health, be able to work very hard for short periods of time (anaerobic conditioning) and be able to recover quickly from physical activity (aerobic conditioning). What’s more, strength, quickness and agility are also desirable. Players must learn to develop their physical abilities in all areas. Read more
Don’t Miss Out: The 40K Car Wash Fundraiser
Here’s a way for your team to “clean up” and everybody wins. Check out this interview with Lamar Slay on how he raised $40,000 in individual fundraisers for youth groups. Read more
Learn to Be Another Gretzky. Is It Possible?
According to a recent article in Wired Magazine, Peter Vint, a researcher with the U.S. Olympic Committee says he believes athletic skills can be learned even to the Wayne Gretzky level of performance. Such talent has long been assumed to be innate. Read more
The Truth Behind Great Game-Day Performance
Here’s a hockey truth that sooner learned, better the athletes can become. A player’s performance in a practice or game is often shaped hours, days or even weeks earlier. Getting a player ready–whether in the right equipment, fittest body and best attitude–must be more than a casual thought. Preparation takes time and that prepartion plus time adds up to success on the rink. Read more
Team Banner = $3,000 in Sponsorship
It’s no surprise that a team banner can psych up the players time and again. What’s unexpected is the banner can generate revenue season after season. Here’s a success story of a youth hockey team and its team manager, Missy Barry, that raised more than $3,000 by persuading local businesses to sponsor the team banner (originally recorded in 2007). Read more
