Did you STOP caring about Hockey? But not because you wanted to?

One of the toughest things players slowly learn is how to deal with disappointment.

What’s so frustrating about it is two things:- Too much disappointment over time leads many players to work less hard
- And then coaches just end up labelling them as lazy

The issue there is that calling players lazy isn’t helping them get back into action

Because if you trained your ass off season after season and kept failing

It’s pretty natural when you’re 14, 16 or even 20 to start thinking “What’s the point?”

It’s not an insane thing for players to think about

And often times what’s kept players stuck in these loops is a lack of quality information telling them what the REAL issues are in their game

Imagine a player who has been going to the gym 4x a week and doing extra reps at home

But really the issue in his game is… he can’t make smart decisions on the ice

No amount of extra squats and stick handling sessions is gonna fix that hockey IQ issue

But if the player isn’t able to find the right coaches or information to start fixing that issue

We can’t be surprised that later down the line they start giving up on the workouts and stick handling too a little

So before we call players lazy, maybe we need to first ask what players think the biggest issues are in their game? And from there see if they are right or need to be shown what the real gap is more clearly in their development.