Reply To: IIHF

[Tom Molloy]

Eric, thanks for the kind words. The whole idea of this site is to help coaches, especially new coaches who are given a team and then say "Now what do I do?: I really see this now with my daughter who is coaching her sons 8 year old soccer team. She played one year when she was about the same age. She is always looking for resources to help her with practice.

It is also a great way for experienced coaches to share ideas on player development and team play. Dwight has set up such a good site here for example, If you put games into the search function it lists all references to games and links.

There are a lot of sites that charge for everything. The IIHF is developing a site that can be used for $10 a month. It seems to me that if players pay a registration fee to play then the organizations should be providing no charge assistance for the coaches. I heard at one conference that 60% of the head coaches change every year in Canadian minor hockey. It seems to me that they should be getting a lot more help from their local and national associations.

If you join the IIHF coaching site then you have access to the international conference material etc. So it may be a good deal.

Thanks for you contributions to the site.

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