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    3 hours ago, caveman27 said:

    I got COVID-19 last week. Lost my sense of smell and taste. I got tested and it came back positive. I've been inside for a week now. At least, I'm saving on gas, not that I was driving that much.

    My symptoms have been minor, fortunately. I don't know how or where I got it. Anyway, the loss of taste and smell isn't that bad; now I can taste some sweetness or bitterness but no flavor. I was super tired on Monday though. 

    Ugg, that sucks, glad you didn’t get it too bad.  Feel better!

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    I have seen passing taught in everything we have been involved with to this point with my 8 year old, from learn to play through ADM to any skills things we do, so my experience has been different than yours. 

    As to point #3, its fine to disagree, but your experience does not conclusively mean I am wrong.  Coaching HS and ACHA, the kids with skill were the ones who performed, you can teach systems at any level.  That is my experience.  It forms my opinion, it doesn’t make you wrong.

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    On 1/5/2021 at 9:55 AM, Venom1 said:

    "In-house" Squirt programs are all fine and dandy for programs with enough teams to facilitate an "in-house" league.

    What about the programs who don't have that ability? I really wish the city slickers out there with all the answers (apparently everyone on this thread) would think about the smaller communities once in a while. 

    What's happening to our program is absolutely devastating:

    ...

    I think many forget that hockey is, in fact, a "TEAM" sport. systems should never take precedence over skill development, but the trend i'm seeing in the skill development communities is that the emphasis put on individual skill is put above all else. I've seen too many kids with amazing hands and feet that couldn't make or catch a pass to save their life. These are the same kids who end up quitting because they scored 150 goals a season up until the peewee level and can't make the adjustments needed to play at the next level. Why? because they don't know where to play in order to be effective! 

     

    1- Yes, smaller orgs have an issue and you have a valid point there, but none of us "city slickers" in the thread were intentionally slighting you, you don't need to go there

    2- Passing and receiving is a skill, along with stickhandling, skating and shooting

    3- If a peewee fails it's not because he doesn't have a foundation in systems....you can teach puck support, how to get open, basic reading of the play, etc. at the younger levels, those are the basics of systems, it's hockey, not football, not that complex

     

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    On 12/24/2020 at 10:49 AM, Lihp8270 said:

    They are thin cotton dress socks

    Might not help much, but even thin cotton is a little thicker than a synthetic.  Try some Pearsox Ultralites.  They are about the thinnest I have found.  You can get them from Epic Sports for like $2-3 a pair.  Just watch the sizing, I am 6'3" with an 11.5 shoe and I can wear either youth or intermediates.  Very cheap experiment.

    My foot looks similar to yours, sticking out right at those 3-6 eyelets, maybe a little less extreme though.

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    On 12/25/2020 at 1:50 AM, ProfessorBarDownski said:

    This kid is playing AAA with older kids. There’s a reason for that. If he already has confidence issues, being the elephant in the room won’t do him any good. It’s better that no one knows included himself about the psychologist. This will do the trick ! If it doesn’t work , he can always go back to skate with his legit age group. If that was my son I wouldn’t be worried. 

    Maybe clear this with the parents first, sounds a little extreme.  I agree with Chippa, this might not be the best situation.  It isn’t the end of the world if he doesn’t play up, no matter what everyone thinks is best.  Lots of time to grow at 13.

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    2 hours ago, Fiveholeonly3555148 said:

    So shim both internally and externally.  Use a wedge and foot bed.  Correct?  I know Vet 88 had said what you told me Ben but I don’t think I have enough ice time every day to drop eyelets.  Also do you know where I can get this done.  I know figure skaters do blade alignment (which you can no longer do with hockey skates) so do they also know how to shim?  Midwest area here so Minnesota to Michigan kinda range any where in between there.

    Honestly, I don't free skate much either, just if I take my son, but literally within one lap the first time I was finding out a whole bunch of things.  Even occasionally done I think it helps immensely, the feedback seems magnified.

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    As someone who has pronation, realize that shimming is addressing the problem at the symptom, not necessarily the source.  You can end up pronating on a skate as a result of things as far up as the hip or it could be knee valgus.  The biggest improvement I saw for pronation came from making sure I had the proper arch support (this won't fix the core problem but you don't want space under your arch to encourage rolling), unilateral leg exercises, and the biggest contributor was no/low laced skating during public skating.  It is eye-opening how much you learn and the feedback you get when the boot is not clamped onto your foot.

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    Interesting article and I believe you should always learn as much as you can about a topic, but basically no data in the article.  Nothing about rates of infections vs. other sports, no controlling variables.  I honestly have more contact with people in the grocery store than at the rink.  Our main rink is a ghost town, parents have to be in and out if they need to help their kids get ready, they have to wait in the parking lot, one fan per player.  Our other rink has more people but we get dressed out in the main area which is huge, are dressing in 10 mins, on the ice, and gone in 10 mins after.  Lots of things need taken into account.

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    What everybody else said but to add, this is AAA hockey and everyone including his teammates are seeing a kid who doesn’t perform play on the first line.  Hard to argue it is making the team better and it is sending a message to other players who are probably putting in just as much effort as him.  Does he have a history of playing well in games?  Do you know his past coaches?  It’s one thing to keep a player in a spot to work through a slump because he has performed before, a different thing if he hasn’t.

    Sports psych, depends on the kid.  Just like anything, the kid has to recognize the issues and want to work through them via that avenue.

     

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    6 hours ago, start_today said:

    Ugh. Tested positive this morning. I don’t leave the house except for hockey and grocery shopping and walking the dogs. I always wear a mask when out, and keep one on (correctly!) all the time I’m in the rink and when playing, and only take it off to drink water. 
    Even when you are careful things can still happen, and we can’t control other people’s decisions/actions. Bummer. 

    Stay safe, be smart. 

    Hope you have a quick recovery!

    i am not playing right now, I am limiting my rink time to my son’s activities.  I am not shutting down but try to relegate risk to the most important things, and I would rather he play than me.

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