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COME ONE, COME ALL
LIVE AND IN PERSON.... BASHTARD HIMSELF
C.O.O. OF BASHTARD.COM
DUFFERIN AND ORFUS RD.
EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Coaching women's hockey is pretty damn fun I must say.
Aside from every woman (NOT my cousin**) having the hots for me, its pretty damn enjoyable. All those years of coaching the Maple Leafs through the TV and yelling at the ref's has finally paid off. Plus playing regularly helps as well, cuz you get to see all the strategy, good plays and fuck ups first hand. Of course I only watched the fuck ups, never part of em :)
They actually listen to what you have to say. No bullshit either like coaching kids or adult men.
With kids, the parents are the problem.
With adults, they are their own problem.
Women listen, observe and follow through with what's been shown to them. Without the needless flash or annoying cocky attitude.
I've only coached one game so far, and yes they lost, but that matters not. A team of players who I have never met, started to learn and observed the game, not just the puck through my instruction. Along with Ramrob (Assistant Coach) getting a better understanding of the game too.
There is a lot of work ahead, but I'm definitely up for the challenge.
This team has only been together for a year (my cousin for 2 games) and you can tell just from watching them. Players don't know where they should be at all times or have the drive/instinct to knock over their mothers to get to the puck.
One incident that would NEVER have gone uncontested in men's hockey had to be strictly taught to them. Our goalie was holding the puck waiting for a whistle and a player from the opposing team hacked at the goalie's glove 3 or 4 times before the play was blown dead. Nobody on our team reacted. That blew me away that they would just let someone hack at their goalie like that. I called them over and told them the next time someone does that to their goalie, hammer down on the opposing players stick and knock it out of their hands. Even if you have to take a penalty for it, hack it out of their hands, cuz NOBODY does that to our goalie.
Its that killer instinct that they need and I'm going to teach it to them.
From the years of playing hockey, my cousin has picked up the physical aspect of the game... and on one play behind our net she hammered someone into the boards. Only hit of the game and wouldn't you know, I wasn't looking. So she owes me another :)
One thing that blew Romrob and myself away at the end of the game was how ledgible the game sheet was. You could actually read people's names. You know its gotta be woman's hockey cuz the game sheets at my games don't look anywhere near as fancy and neat.
They even want to have practices on Friday nights.
If that's the case, watch out cuz my team is winning it all this year!!
I'm still waiting for my first, "Ref, WTF are you blind?"
Till next time, keep fit and have fun.
I'm Hal Johnson
**Living in the country doesn't always mean family love affairs
COME ONE, COME ALL
LIVE AND IN PERSON.... BASHTARD HIMSELF
C.O.O. OF BASHTARD.COM
DUFFERIN AND ORFUS RD.
EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Coaching women's hockey is pretty damn fun I must say.
Aside from every woman (NOT my cousin**) having the hots for me, its pretty damn enjoyable. All those years of coaching the Maple Leafs through the TV and yelling at the ref's has finally paid off. Plus playing regularly helps as well, cuz you get to see all the strategy, good plays and fuck ups first hand. Of course I only watched the fuck ups, never part of em :)
They actually listen to what you have to say. No bullshit either like coaching kids or adult men.
With kids, the parents are the problem.
With adults, they are their own problem.
Women listen, observe and follow through with what's been shown to them. Without the needless flash or annoying cocky attitude.
I've only coached one game so far, and yes they lost, but that matters not. A team of players who I have never met, started to learn and observed the game, not just the puck through my instruction. Along with Ramrob (Assistant Coach) getting a better understanding of the game too.
There is a lot of work ahead, but I'm definitely up for the challenge.
This team has only been together for a year (my cousin for 2 games) and you can tell just from watching them. Players don't know where they should be at all times or have the drive/instinct to knock over their mothers to get to the puck.
One incident that would NEVER have gone uncontested in men's hockey had to be strictly taught to them. Our goalie was holding the puck waiting for a whistle and a player from the opposing team hacked at the goalie's glove 3 or 4 times before the play was blown dead. Nobody on our team reacted. That blew me away that they would just let someone hack at their goalie like that. I called them over and told them the next time someone does that to their goalie, hammer down on the opposing players stick and knock it out of their hands. Even if you have to take a penalty for it, hack it out of their hands, cuz NOBODY does that to our goalie.
Its that killer instinct that they need and I'm going to teach it to them.
From the years of playing hockey, my cousin has picked up the physical aspect of the game... and on one play behind our net she hammered someone into the boards. Only hit of the game and wouldn't you know, I wasn't looking. So she owes me another :)
One thing that blew Romrob and myself away at the end of the game was how ledgible the game sheet was. You could actually read people's names. You know its gotta be woman's hockey cuz the game sheets at my games don't look anywhere near as fancy and neat.
They even want to have practices on Friday nights.
If that's the case, watch out cuz my team is winning it all this year!!
I'm still waiting for my first, "Ref, WTF are you blind?"
Till next time, keep fit and have fun.
I'm Hal Johnson
**Living in the country doesn't always mean family love affairs