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Originally Posted by Sample00
Theo had an all out, balls to the wall approach to hockey. Theo played with a chip on his shoulder. This child just doesn't have the personality for it and his mother thinks I should be able to teach it to him.
Like I said, I want him to succeed, but I am at a loss of how to change his thought process on this.
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I get that, I coached football and it was a little different, I had kids that didn't want to get hit because they thought it hurt more then it did.
You need to show him that the engaging part doesn't hurt and is a fun part of the game.
When I coached hockey we did the puck in the crowd drill. Get all your players inside the center ice circle and throw one puck in. The kid who manages to stick handle it out of the crowded area wins. You had to fight for the puck and absorb hits.