Why choose Conroy Hockey?

I love what I do, and I am very good at helping to make your player a better player and I throw in helping them to be better kids. When I teach one player in a family, I end up teaching all of the kids. Most kids are with me an average of 4.7 years.

How I interact and manage players depends on their age and their level of maturity and focus. The higher the potential of your player the more I push them. The older the player/group, the higher my expectations and I communicate those clearly. CH has 3 pages of practice rules.

For the younger groups I focus on helping them to love the game and to get better at the game. I enjoy kids who listen and try their hardest. It takes years to become a great coach, and I started in 2006! Here are some more positives.

Expectations are set out prior to the start of our Spring Summer season in a meeting with players and their parents. Each Player receives a package.
1. Packages contain practice rules!!!!!
2. Packages contains reports and exercise routines.
3. Demos for exercise and nutrition are delivered.
I am very good at what I do, “learning since 2006” and still learning. This is my profession, and I work hard at it. The things I teach I have spent hundreds of hours on and have discussed with many experts.
1. I helped a 5 8 d man play pro hockey!
2. I have helped thousands to play higher levels of hockey.
I lead every on and off ice practice.
My 90-minute practices are fast paced and feature, 7 to 12, different drills of the skill set planned for per practice. There is hard work and sweat involved. Your player will get better.
I take charge; I lead, there is order & structure, and I usually have a practice plan in hand.
1. My practices do change and evolve based on what I am seeing, it starts with a plan but can change in an instant depending on what the kids are able or not able to do well.
  1. If the kids can not do what I intended we back up a step or two and I teach, teach, teach.
  2. I correct kids and make them restart when they are doing it wrong.
2. Kids will start over when they do it wrong. I never want to reinforce bad habits or poor processes.
  1. We don’t just go through the motions.
3. I have at least 200 different drills up my sleeve. I can improve every part of your player’s/team game.
Kids are tested 2 times to track improvements.
Players love to come to my practices, they love the energy, the pace, the teaching, battling with Coach and my challenges.
I teach valid, age advanced, skills and tactics. Most of my drills are directly game applicable and age applicable. I don’t just teach, I teach why. Drills are not confusing they are created to make them better hockey players not jugglers or clowns.
1. If a drill is too advanced, then I dial it back.
2. I BUILD up to more advanced concepts, one must walk fore they can run!
The skills I teach are:
1. Skating, Skating was always my strength. Every practice has a skating component.
  1. I teach allot of backwards skating.
2. Shooting and Scoring, players need to be able to score to win hockey games. Shooting is not scoring; both need to be taught, and few coaches even teach shooting. Scoring is thinking!!!! Scoring comes often from a pass instead of a shot.
3. Passing, (Coaches seem to ignore teaching this) passing is MISSION CRITICAL. A good passing team can be a better skating team. Passing is huge! If you can’t skate well, you need to know how to pass. Lots of push-ups on passing day. FOCUS is the key to success.
4. Stickhandling/Puck Protection seems kids practice this most but as you get older and older you stick handle less and less.
5. INTENSITY/BATTLE. I teach, encourage and reward aggression and intensity. The best players are aggressive and intense. There are many battle drills, and the kids love and ask for them. Every senior athlete in every sport is INTENSE and AGGRESSIVE. Each shift may feature 2 to 4 battles per player. Today most kids are soft as the world allows and seems to reward it. I am against being soft. Nothing is achieved by soft players. Kids readily learn toughness and the LOVE it!
  1. TOUGHNESS MATTERS. I teach, expect and reward toughness. Toughness is a life skill, every Parent/Coach/Teacher loves a tough kid.
  2. The #1 thing Parents wish to improve is player aggression and I spent a lot of time with that. Kids love to battle once they learn is acceptable and encouraged.
6. Tactics, the older Players get, the more we learn how to apply our skills to game TACTICS.
  1. Forechecking.
  2. Backchecking.
  3. Checking.
  4. Communication.
  5. Crossing the offensive blue line.
  6. Face offs.
  7. 1 on 1’s.
  8. 2 on 1’s.
  9. Breaking out!
  10. BATTLE
7. CONFIDENCE. Confidence is EVERYTHING. It was the biggest difference between my younger brother and I, he had it I did not. Confidence is developed, it is built by the Player, I try to guide and support them as they develop confidence.
  1. Part of this is I call a “spade a spade”. No pretty BS words from me. Tough consistent love, lying to children is a horrible idea.
8. Manners, I teach and require good manners.
9. Independence and self sufficiency. Let the kids enjoy their hockey experiences.
10. Focus/discipline I teach and require Focus and discipline as does everything in our lives.
11. I teach respect and appreciation, I want kids to be thankful to their coaches, parents and all mentors!
12. I teach that hard work is fun! Connecting results to efforts is huge and is a significant life skill.
I am physical in playing with the kids on the ice, clutching, grabbing, battling the odd headlock and a whisper! I am not a “minor hockey coach” I get to express myself and this helps to connect with the kids, this is tried, tested and true! This is one of the reasons why my practices are better.
1. You kids will get knocked down and I will laugh, and they will try to knock me down. Kids love to battle Coach.
I demo every drill, I lead, they follow. We spend very little time with a Board, much better to demonstrate.
1. Kids love a physical practice, 5-year-olds beg for the Battle Drills.
  1. TOUGHNESS MATTERS!
2. I am well known for my 9-hour Checking Clinic. The phrase “get Up” is heard often tough kids are far, far ore enjoyable kids.
I teach position specific drills.
1. The U11+ group rotates positions to learn all.
2. The U13+ & U 15+ groups practice in their chosen position.
Each practice follows a similar routine with different drills allowing the kids to anticipate and to be better prepared. Kids are expected to help Coach! My practices are more effective, no time is wasted.
I have practice rules!!!!! for the + programs. And they are followed ensuring very little wasted time and mature, organized kids. Set the bar high, the kids can do it!!!!!
I was a small, aggressive player and small players need to work harder and to learn more “tricks” to succeed. I teach those tricks.
Private lessons get to the bottom of all weaknesses.
1. In a private I see everything, and we can work on fine details.
I know kids and I know the game. I have a business degree and more importantly common sense. I have been the boss literally my whole life and I am used to leading change and progress.
I care about the kids most I have known for years; I like listening to them and I want nothing but the best for them. I engage them directly.
The kids soon learn that they can trust me. I am a tough love coach, and the kids see value in that! Kids appreciate my sincerity, passion and consistency.
I have high standards, and the kids work hard to meet them.
1. I am not tolerant of bad behavior, and I correct it directly.
2. I am tough love!
3. I teach kids to stand up for themselves.
I will always look out for your kid on and off the rink.
I provide great value.
Call me anytime to get clarity, discuss a problem, ask a question or just to say hi.

Things go best when Parents understand and support my goals and ways! And for those of you that choose Conroy Hockey I thank you; I will try my best!!!!!!

Sincerely
Coach Conroy

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