Bar Down: Highly Competitive Youth Hockey and What Can Lie Just Beyond
explains hockey basics as well as deeper insights on various issues, challenges, and decisions that are often encountered as a driven player progresses. Perfect for players and parents 6U though 18U,
Bar Down
showcases the valuable advice and wisdom of experienced parents, coaches, and other hockey experts. Topics include:
- Youth hockey lingo and basics-terms, gear, tryouts, training, parents, coaches, travel
- Do head coaches want direct contact with parents?
- Does player attitude and off-ice behavior really get noticed?
- Do team coaches typically provide direct feedback on a player's performance?
- Is roster selection ever based on anything other than skill, performance, ability, or potential?
- Is puberty really a factor?
- Coaches on parent and player behavior-dos and don'ts
- Want to get scouted?
- Should you work with a player's advisor or agent?
- Coaches from a prep school, Juniors teams, and a D1 college-what they value in hockey prospects
- How one online "NHL Prospects Scout" sizes up teen prospects.