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Originally Posted by flames_fan13
I would try an avoid this as I don't think Humiliation with a guy that has a shy soft spoken personality. That might scare him off instead of motivating him. You could also try have him practice alone along the boards moving the puck with his skates as if he is in a puck battle to help him build confidence and then when he seems to be doing a good job have a teammate similar size to him tie him along the boards and then when he's confident with that get a bigger teammate to battle along the boards with him etc. etc. Once he gets used to the body contact involved he might be confident in game situations.
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I didn't really mean humiliate him in the adult sense of the word. What I meant was that if you are vocal in practice with him specifically he may feel a little "humilitiated" and try harder.
Of course, I do not know this kid so I can't be the judge of if he has the character to withstand this type of action. That is up to Sample to determine as he is the coach.
That's the toughest part about coaching kids. It's easy to teach them the drills but teaching them the attitude, mindset and character that will help them inside and outside the rink for the rest of their lives is quite difficult.
The most important thing to remember is that you are playing a big part in the development of these young individules and what you teach them on the ice will carry though to other areas as well.