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  • Talent Has an Expiration Date

    Talent Has an Expiration Date
    2026/07/13
    "Talent Gets Invited to the Party. Character Decides How Long You Stay." Nobody cares that you scored fifty goals in Peewee. Nobody cares you were MVP in Bantam. Nobody cares how dominant you were at fourteen. What matters is... Can you help us today? That's the question every coach asks.
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    20 分
  • The Coach Already Knows

    The Coach Already Knows
    2026/07/03
    I want to tell you something that might completely change the way you look at youth hockey. The coach already knows. Maybe not everything. Coaches aren't perfect. We make mistakes. But the very best coaches aren't evaluating what parents think they're evaluating. And that's where the misunderstanding begins. Most parents watch one thing. Their own child. Coaches? We're watching everything else.
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    23 分
  • When Parents Want It More Than Their Kids

    When Parents Want It More Than Their Kids
    2026/07/03
    Today's episode might be the hardest one I've ever recorded. Not because it's controversial. Because it's personal. I've been around hockey for over 60 years. I've played it. I've coached it. I've lived it. I've spent nearly 40 years running hockey conditioning camps, and I've watched thousands of young players chase the dream. I've seen kids make Junior. I've seen kids earn college opportunities. I've seen kids play professionally. But I've also watched something else happen... Something heartbreaking.
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    15 分
  • How Do You Know They Really Love the Game?

    How Do You Know They Really Love the Game?
    2026/06/30
    Last episode, I asked a question that struck a nerve with a lot of hockey parents. “Does your child truly love hockey” ... or are they simply playing because you love hockey? It's not always an easy question to answer. Today, I want to take that conversation one step further. Because I know what many parents are thinking. “Tim... how do I know?" How do I know if my son or daughter genuinely loves this game? How do I know if they're chasing their dream... or living mine?
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    16 分
  • When Hockey Gets Hard

    When Hockey Gets Hard
    2026/06/30
    There comes a point in every hockey player's journey when the game stops being fun... and starts becoming a choice. Not a choice your parents make. Not a choice your coach makes. A choice you make. And that choice determines just how far you'll go. Let's talk about it.
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    15 分
  • THE CUT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

    THE CUT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
    2026/06/25
    The problem is not that players get cut. The problem is how we react when it happens. Because sometimes a cut becomes the beginning of something better. And sometimes a cut becomes the moment a player starts walking away from the game. The difference often has very little to do with talent. It has everything to do with perspective. Today we're talking about one of the most emotional moments in youth hockey. The Cut That Changed Everything.
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    24 分
  • THE PARENT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT

    THE PARENT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT
    2026/06/24
    You think people aren't paying attention. But they are. You think the comments stay inside your car. They don't. You think the argument in the lobby was forgotten. It wasn't. You think the social media post disappeared. People remember. You think your reputation begins when you arrive at a new rink. For some families, it arrived before they did.
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    20 分
  • THE PARENT WHO COULDN’T LET IT GO

    THE PARENT WHO COULDN’T LET IT GO
    2026/06/24
    I want to tell you about a person you've probably met before. Maybe they're at your rink. Maybe they're on your team. Maybe, if we're being completely honest, maybe they've been staring back at you in the mirror. This parent has a story. A story about a coach. A story about a team. A story about a cut. A story about unfair treatment.A story about politics. And every time hockey comes up, the story comes up too. Years later. Still angry. Still bitter. Still fighting a battle that ended long ago.
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    18 分