Extra September Blog

For the month of September, I have cracked down to look for a mentor. sadly without any luck. I have contacted a few rinks and asked them if they know anyone that is willing to take in a kid all year as an apprentice. When you think about it that is a lot to ask of someone. 3 rinks have said they don't know of anyone that can. I am going to take a different approach, and see how that goes.

Blog 6 - Second Interview Preparation

1. My Mentor for now, is Gary Suzuki. He works for Conti Tech, and  is currently not coaching. He is my temporary mentor, while I look for an official one.

1. What is your background as a coach?
2. How many teams have you coached? From each team, tell me an important experience that helped you become a better coach.
3. Can you ever truly master coaching? If not, how do you get to the best of your ability?
4. I've heard many people say that coaching is an art. I am wondering how do you see coaching.
5. What are your qualifications as a coach.

Blog 5 - Mentorship Reflection

1. I have not found a mentor yet, but I am looking to see if one of my past hockey coaches can do it. It is hard to find a coach that is in the area, and would be willing to take a kid to teach how to coach while coaching. I will find one soon though.... Hopefully.

2. I think the most important article I have read so far, was the article in my Legends book. It talked about how a lot of hockey's legends weren't always that great, but they had coaches that believed in them, and helped them improve on their skills. They kept working hard and practiced, and soon enough, they made it into the big leagues. The NHL. Not only did they make it, they became legends.