I agree with fleury about the systems and skill development. I think many coaches (in many sports) are too concerned with winning at young levels and implement systems rather than skills.
I have a concern regarding him using his own personal experiences as a reason to leave contact in, since he has had a successful hockey career(minus all the off ice stuff). That would be like someone winning the lottery and saying that was their retirement plan and it worked for them, so that's why it's a good system.
regardless, why can't we match kids up based on size/weight, rather than age up until age 14 or 15?
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