- Keeping tabs on how they are developing physically (shape they are in, are they eating healthy)
- Sit down with them and run them through some video of areas in their game that they can improve
- provide them with any assistance they may need (for example bringing in translators for the Russian players at development camp or with Parsons provide him with mental health support)
- Send skills coaches to touch base with them on a regular basis and spend some time on the ice with them
It's basically just keeping an eye on how they are maturing, giving them the tools to be sucessful professional athletes, providing support if they have any issues to work on and maintaining a level of communication with them so they know you care about them.
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