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Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 5:48 pm

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You mean to say your kid didnt develop? Several kids developed very well actually extrememly well. Several kids spent less totals hours on the ice in any capacity than others and still developed better than other kids. Perhaps it's time to ask your kid why they didnt work as hard in practice? Ever think of that? Development happens in practice not games.

I think it's time to ask yourself why your child isn't progressing and more importantly your child.

Skills and skating develop at practices.

Game play, awareness and positioning develop at games.

You need to have both.

Good coaches simulate game scenarios in practice. How else are you to evaluate your talent? If awareness and positioning isn't their in practice don't expect to play in games. Getting danced over and over again in a practice won't get you more minutes in a game.

Nothing personal but you just don’t understand anything about kids development in sports. If you want to dive deeper into the subject start with reading Swedish manual for minor coaches. You can find it online. It briefly covers a lot of areas from physical development to sleep and nutrition of young athletes. If you like move on reading biographies of top athletes and coaches. Start with Ibrahimovich and Fergusson.

For now just a short example. You have a tall defender in MNS, I think number 2. He is not skilled, slow and a poor skater. But he is a clever kid, predicts where the puck will be, can start an attack with first pass or decide whether to try to score from the blue line or pass it, a skill you train in games only. Leave this kid without game practice for a month or 2, he will loose match sharpness and you have an A level player at best. If MNS coach was interested in kids development he would tell his parents how and where to improve kid’s skating and ask them to follow strict diet coupled with intensive dry land practices and you would get a very confident AAA player in a season.

have u tried reaching out to MNS coach to offer your expertise?

Quite the opposite. He called me few times offering a spot. He even said that if we ever decide to join MNS even mid season he will find a place no matter how full will be the roster. I know why he wins and how. He is a great coach, but not for this age group. Give him 15 random kids from community skating class plus a good goalie and the will start winning in a few weeks time. Right now move Applewood squad except centre and goalie (these 2 are good and are getting better) back to Applewood and Applewood’s performance will not change.
for us development is priority right now. At 10 a lot of attention should be paid to speed and hockey iq. So we went to a team where kids skate a lot and coaches let them be creative. Right now I believe it will be more beneficial to play against a well structured team, rather than in it. This is one reason. The other, Adam is not giving equal time. While it’s fine in u13-14, in u10-11 it creates unnecessary tensions between kids and parents, envy to those who play more, something I wanted to avoid.
It’s just my opinion. I don’t want to discourage any parents from MNS or argue which team will finish higher.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:34 pm The development at MNS both in terms of team play and individual skill was excellent this past year. The results speak for themselves.

The coach took several kids that others had passed on or hesitated on and made them into a top team. One has gone to a top AAA team (in the G). Others could have similarly moved up, but chose to remain due to the compelling coaching and environment.

Culture is key to the success. An emphasis on accountability over entitlement. That may not work for all kids, but it clearly did for most and the group as a whole. Even more importantly, the work ethic and the values instilled by the coaches are ones that will benefit the MNS kids for decades to come. Not just in sport, but in life.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:20 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:34 pm The development at MNS both in terms of team play and individual skill was excellent this past year. The results speak for themselves.

The coach took several kids that others had passed on or hesitated on and made them into a top team. One has gone to a top AAA team (in the G). Others could have similarly moved up, but chose to remain due to the compelling coaching and environment.

Culture is key to the success. An emphasis on accountability over entitlement. That may not work for all kids, but it clearly did for most and the group as a whole. Even more importantly, the work ethic and the values instilled by the coaches are ones that will benefit the MNS kids for decades to come. Not just in sport, but in life.

MB and FT had your number.

Question is whether you recruited well enough as them.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:57 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:20 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:34 pm The development at MNS both in terms of team play and individual skill was excellent this past year. The results speak for themselves.

The coach took several kids that others had passed on or hesitated on and made them into a top team. One has gone to a top AAA team (in the G). Others could have similarly moved up, but chose to remain due to the compelling coaching and environment.

Culture is key to the success. An emphasis on accountability over entitlement. That may not work for all kids, but it clearly did for most and the group as a whole. Even more importantly, the work ethic and the values instilled by the coaches are ones that will benefit the MNS kids for decades to come. Not just in sport, but in life.

MB and FT had your number.

Question is whether you recruited well enough as them.

They knocked MB out of playoffs and lost 2-1 in West Final vs FT

Trust me when I tell you...2025-2026 MNS will be a problem!

Weak kids gone....problem parents gone....New Monsters on D and improved Offence.

They will be a problem!

Good luck to the West

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:06 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:57 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:20 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:34 pm The development at MNS both in terms of team play and individual skill was excellent this past year. The results speak for themselves.

The coach took several kids that others had passed on or hesitated on and made them into a top team. One has gone to a top AAA team (in the G). Others could have similarly moved up, but chose to remain due to the compelling coaching and environment.

Culture is key to the success. An emphasis on accountability over entitlement. That may not work for all kids, but it clearly did for most and the group as a whole. Even more importantly, the work ethic and the values instilled by the coaches are ones that will benefit the MNS kids for decades to come. Not just in sport, but in life.

MB and FT had your number.

Question is whether you recruited well enough as them.

They knocked MB out of playoffs and lost 2-1 in West Final vs FT

Trust me when I tell you...2025-2026 MNS will be a problem!

Weak kids gone....problem parents gone....New Monsters on D and improved Offence.

They will be a problem!

Good luck to the West

FT first two forward lines will be unstoppable.

Guest wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:50 pm I dont think the rest of the west has a clue just how deadly the weapons are that FT (and to an extent MB) has picked up. Theyare about to find out the hard way. Massive forwards and AAA talent all over the lineup. MNS VR and VP are good , but we will see a two team race in the west.