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You're actually comparing AAA GTHL hockey to BB and Select? Those levels are literally for the better house league players .
Nobody who is playing A, BB, or Select at U13 is going anywhere in hockey that is a certainty. A very very slim number of AA players will be able to climb into AAA by U16 to fill out the bottom of a roster.
That explains your stupid comments about how you run practices...you're coaching house league kids. Its clearly a sore spot for you but the difference between BB and AAA is like racing a Lambo vs a bicycle. You have no idea what you're talking about.
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.
Thanks for the morning laugh! Kids in those levels are still learning how to skate backwards!
Guest wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:44 pm
NYR is a team to watch for next season..
No Paidsma. Its Markham Majors. Everyone scared to play all your Islanders kids and your daughter who cant skate for shit.
?? Where did that come from? Rage much? What did she and the Markham team do to you? How do you even know her family wrote the comment about NYR?
Is it possible that NYR knows they are going to be so sh!t that even if someone gives them a compliment they can’t believe it and rage.
Like if someone wrote “VK is going to be the team to beat next year”
I doubt a parent or coach on VK is going to write “FU and start putting down other teams and players.
Guest wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:44 pm
NYR is a team to watch for next season..
No Paidsma. Its Markham Majors. Everyone scared to play all your Islanders kids and your daughter who cant skate for shit.
?? Where did that come from? Rage much? What did she and the Markham team do to you? How do you even know her family wrote the comment about NYR?
Is it possible that NYR knows they are going to be so sh!t that even if someone gives them a compliment they can’t believe it and rage.
Like if someone wrote “VK is going to be the team to beat next year”
I doubt a parent or coach on VK is going to write “FU and start putting down other teams and players.
Why you so angry Paidsma? Finally coming to terms with reality?
Guest wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:44 pm
NYR is a team to watch for next season..
No Paidsma. Its Markham Majors. Everyone scared to play all your Islanders kids and your daughter who cant skate for shit.
?? Where did that come from? Rage much? What did she and the Markham team do to you? How do you even know her family wrote the comment about NYR?
Is it possible that NYR knows they are going to be so sh!t that even if someone gives them a compliment they can’t believe it and rage.
Like if someone wrote “VK is going to be the team to beat next year”
I doubt a parent or coach on VK is going to write “FU and start putting down other teams and players.
Why you so angry Paidsma? Finally coming to terms with reality?
lol. That’s funny. I’m not Paidsma. However, I am so curious to find out what reality you are talking about.
Guest wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:44 pm
NYR is a team to watch for next season..
No Paidsma. Its Markham Majors. Everyone scared to play all your Islanders kids and your daughter who cant skate for shit.
?? Where did that come from? Rage much? What did she and the Markham team do to you? How do you even know her family wrote the comment about NYR?
Is it possible that NYR knows they are going to be so sh!t that even if someone gives them a compliment they can’t believe it and rage.
Like if someone wrote “VK is going to be the team to beat next year”
I doubt a parent or coach on VK is going to write “FU and start putting down other teams and players.
Why you so angry Paidsma? Finally coming to terms with reality?
lol. That’s funny. I’m not Paidsma. However, I am so curious to find out what reality you are talking about.
