October 18 Hockey Tip of The Day.

Concussions.

• It is a great idea to remind your player that hockey is fast.
• Remind him or her to always remember to protect themselves.
• Get low.
• Use your core.
• Be aware.
• Don’t trust your opponents.
• Come into the boards on an angle.
• We teach all of this at our Battle Camps.
• I teach the kids to make a tripod with their stick. Two legs and stick to create a tripod for safety. Especially the little guys just starting out in the game.
• Concussions.
• Do not take them lightly.
• Take that extra day or two or three or ten or…. to rest.
• Coaches will not punish your child for missing.
• Educators will not punish your child for missing.
• Have him or her stay home and rest.
• Relax.
• Heal.
• We have come a long way and are continuing to progress in the study of the detrimental damage of youth concussions.
• The detrimental damage of all concussions.
• I had a career ending concussion while playing for The Pittsburgh Penguins.
• It was hard.
• I was so sick.
• A lot of my teammates and coaches did not understand.
• Not many did.
• My face finally healed from the cuts and bruises but I did not feel any better.
• Then I got bells palsey.
• Although I looked like a cyclops I was actually happy because I did not look well so I hoped people could understand how sick I felt.
• It was 1999-2000 season.
• My coaches kept  encouraging me to get on the bike during practice.
• I would vomit after only a few minutes on the bike.
• My coaches had me report to practice daily even though I was too ill to skate in practice.
• It took everything I had to sit there and watch.
• I would go home and go straight back to bed.
• I am one of the  luckiest guys in the world because I have a loving family that took me to the best doctors and gave me the love  support and care I needed.
• It took a very long time.
• Hockey is a game of battles.
• We teach kids how to battle safely and effectively.
• The Battle Camp.
• I created this niche in the industry.
• This is the signature Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc. curriculum.
• I copyrighted the word.
• I wanted to create a niche in the industry of youth hockey development.
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