Insights from an unexpected life coach...

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I just had to share Jerry Fletcher... thx for the comment! Reply

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Thanks for the comment Neil Smith... you are spot on when you say it's much bigger than just being a good hockey player... thx for the perspective... Reply

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Thanks for the comment and insights CityVP \ud83d\udc1d Manjit... ya it does seem our athletes and getting bigger, faster, stronger. The reasons are definitely up for debate but what I have observed is everyone seems to have a trainer... Ya hockey is definitely part of our cultural fabric and arguably the fastest game on the planet... sadly I'm not very good at it (although I still consider myself a Canadian)... lol Reply

Graham, Pausing to listen was easy. Hearing what was said took skill. Sharing with us reflects your nature. And so it goes. Reply

It seems like the guy you listened to was less of a hockey coach and more of a human coach Graham\ud83d\udc1d Edwards. Aside from points of technique the best sports advice is often universal. These pointers won't necessarily make someone a great hockey player but will make someone the best player they possibly could be. Applied to life in general and they may help make someone the best person they could be and perhaps that is the same as being the best person period. Reply

Coincidentally my new Toastmasters club meets in a hockey arena meeting room. Last week it was the first time I came up close to boys who are a part of a hockey team, though "boys" does not do justice to the size of these young dudes. Either they have developed themselves naturally or they have taken horse hormones. The last time I saw guys built like a brick shithouse, it was a bunch of police detectives with Alsatian dogs that themselves looked like they had been fed on horse hormones - and that lot were on the hunt for someone in the woods near where we live. I also saw another meeting of hockey coaches and together with the Humboldt Broncos tragedy https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43685217 - it is only now I am beginning to learn just how enmeshed and weaved Canadian village culture is that is centered around their hockey team. It is not noticeable in the urban areas of Toronto but I found new personal insights into just how deep the culture of hockey is in Canadian culture. Ironically, I am only learning this this year, despite being settled in Canada for the last 26 years. Being a Brit born soccer guy, hockey has not been a sport I have paid much attention to - but I now value its culture because it speaks to side of Canada that I obviiously missed for a quarter of a century 😊 Reply