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Season Kick-Off Team Season Kick-Off Team MeetingMeeting

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Agenda• Introduce Coaches and Managers• Introduce Team• Vision Statement• Objectives and Goals• Roles of Coaches and Staff• Parental and shared roles• Relevant Season Information

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Coaching Staff• Head Coach - Dale Booth• Asst Coach - Kevin Murray• Asst Coach - Joe Prokipcak• Asst Coach - Mara Roach• Asst Coach - Robyn KentVolunteers needed for • Managers - Trish Allen and Rakesh Arora• Trainer - Kevin Murray• Tournaments – • Fundraising – • Den Mom’s – Dorothy Caldwell, Karen Dolan, Joanne

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• April Sadler• Taylor Bearss• Cassandra Bohm• Calla Brown• Victoria Caldwell• Joselyn Gu• Brenna Dolan Booth• Becky Hext

• Emma MacKechnie• Emma McCulloch• Annabelle Murray• Julia Prokipcak• Evangelea Touliopoulos• Cadence Yeung• Ishita Arora• Danica Allen

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Vision Statement

To nurture personal development in our young athletes and ourselves as a

team

To instruct and nurture technical, tactical and mental preparation skills in a fun

and safe environment.

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Objectives and Goals

Coaching Staff Objectives• To introduce, reinforce and enhance

the basic skills required to play and enjoy hockey.

• To instruct, nurture and model the concepts of cooperation, fair play and respect for teammates, opponents, coaches, parents and officials.

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Roles of Coaching Staff

• What are our individual responsibilities? – Bench – line management and time

management.– The time to assist a player  --

during the game & practice– The time to encourage a player

-- during the game & practice– How we plan and organize practice– How we plan to share the ice with other

NGHA teams

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Parental and Shared Roles

• Communication Policy • Parental responsibilities

– calling if child is sick; proper nutrition, rest; – Positive reinforcement– Entering and leaving the room pre and post

game– School/ Academic Requirements to Play

• Shared Responsibilities– Respect for players, parents, coaches and

officials

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Four Fundamentals

• Have Fun

• Positive Learning Environment

• Practice your skills

• Compete in games

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Practices

50 minutes of – FUN!!!!– Shooting– Passing– Agility– Team Tactics and Strategy– Team building– FUN!!!

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Practices (Sept – Oct)• The rink will be divided into three sections where we will

work in stations for the first 35 minutes:– Skating and passing skills – usually between the blue lines;– Strategy to develop team tactics – moving puck out of own end

and breakout- inside blue lines– Shooting on Goalie and developing catching passes and shot

development

• There will be a stick handling, passing and skating component of 10 minutes -

• 5 minute cool down – game oriented introducing races later on in the season

• 50 minutes

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Expectations and Commitment

• Games and Tournaments:– At the Rink – 25 to 30 Minutes before game time– Dressed and ready for Coaches instructions, line ups

and “Team preparation” - 10 minutes prior to game time

– Correct colour jersey for the game – (red, white)– Players will shake hands of players and coaches at

the end of the game• Practices:

– At the Rink – 20 minutes prior to practice – Practices are not optional – Practices will be where the player improves and

develops

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Team Budget• Manager Trish Allen

• Treasurer Rakesh Arora

• Considerations:– Tournaments– Practices– Team Events – Fundraisers

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Fundraising• Other ideas certainly welcome!!

• Will need Fundraising Volunteers

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Tournament Possibilities

 

• Cornwall – 11-14 November, 2010• Kingston – 7-9 January, 2011• Belleville – 7-9 January, 2011• Nepean girls – 28-30 January, 2011• Ottawa Capital Classic – 10-13 Feb,

2011• Kanata – 24-27 March, 2011• others

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Communications• Coaches Calling Tree established for emergencies, cancellations or

weather advisory• EMAIL and WEBSITE will be the chosen method of all team

Communications from coaches or managers• Website Coordinator – Dale Booth

• www.iplayhockey.ca/nghateamah1atom

• All hockey operations will be Coach Dale Booth• All Administration will be the Manager and Treasurer• There is no cool down period in effect for questions from parents

post game– Preference for phone call or in-person rather than email

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QUESTIONS

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