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28 Nov

Give them permission to fail. - How over-aggressive parents and coaches actually hurt kids chances to succeed

Posted by neil in attitude, coaching, competition, ice hockey, parents, positive sports

So my son's squirt team is at a tournament this weekend and they are proving to be at the wrong level. They're through the round robin and Tyler hasn't let up a goal yet. The interesting thing is that if you watched them in warm-ups, you'd never know the difference between the teams. There are some serious skills on the teams we're playing. There are two reasons I can see why we're doing so well against the other teams:

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