If I could give one piece of advice to any new hockey parent it would be this:
Let it be your child’s journey, not yours.
The rink will test them. There will be bad games, bad coaches, missed passes, tears in the car, and moments you want to fix everything for them. Don’t.
Your job is not to be their agent, their coach, or their critic.
Your job is to be their safe place.
Drive them. Support them. Feed them. Encourage them. Let the coaches coach. Let the refs ref. Let the game teach.
The kids who last in this sport are not always the most talented. They are the ones who still love it at 15, 16, 17 years old.
Protect the love of the game.
That is the real win.
Adam Wilson
Co-Host, Barns to Big