| They say anything you do in childhood affects you at | | | | the personal level are often overlooked by coaches |
| later ages. It's true. You can see that around you, in the | | | | who have to pay attention to many kids at the same |
| people close to you, even in yourself. | | | | time, and focus on team play. Off the ice it's usually |
| Bad habits that one acquires at an early age are | | | | even worse - off-ice training doesn't get the emphasis |
| difficult to shake as an adult. Things you do wrong as | | | | it deserves, especially when it comes down to the |
| a child or as an adolescent that are not corrected in | | | | level of the individual child. As a result, errors and bad |
| time are very likely to remain with you for the rest of | | | | practice habits are not corrected in time, and they root |
| your life. | | | | themselves into your child's play to stay. |
| Ice-Hockey is not different. In fact, it may be more so | | | | One option to resolve this is to hire a personal coach |
| than other aspects, because it involves so many | | | | to train your child off-ice. It's a wonderful method to |
| techniques that are necessary to make a good | | | | root these mistakes before it's too late. However, few |
| hockey player. A fault in any of these as a result of a | | | | parents can endure the expenses involved with |
| bad childhood habit will result in your child being a lesser | | | | personal coaching to their children, for years and years, |
| hockey player when he or she grows up. Those bad | | | | until they grow up. |
| habits will stick with them and hinder their progress. If | | | | Another option is to get The Hockey Speed and |
| your child acquires an error in skating technique, for | | | | Power Specialized Training Manual, written by a |
| example - that error will most likely be there forever, in | | | | former NHL player, intended exactly for that. Here's |
| every game, at every age. | | | | where you can learn about it. It's a series of three |
| The same goes for off-ice training. The importance of | | | | books specialized for off-ice training children and |
| off-ice training for the development of an ice-hockey | | | | adolescents, in order to make them better hockey |
| player is irrefutable. If your child does not practice | | | | players, for the present and for the future. Each book |
| off-ice properly, with drills matching his or her age and | | | | is intended for a specific age group. Buy the one |
| progress, your child's game will suffer during the | | | | matching your child's age - or buy all three, so your |
| season - and later in life. Your child needs personal | | | | child is never left alone and there is always proper |
| guidance in order to practice correctly off the ice, in | | | | coaching available, for years to come, until and through |
| order to make his or her hockey abilities optimal - for | | | | adulthood. |
| now and for years to come. And there's more - | | | | Don't miss out on the opportunity to help your child |
| proper off-ice training will improve your child's chances | | | | become a better hockey player - it's a small |
| to avoid injuries. | | | | investment for big earnings in hockey abilities, at the |
| If your child practices in a team, he or she doesn't | | | | critical childhood and adolescence ages. |
| always get the attention he or she needs. Errors on | | | | |