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When others cheer on a team that is winning by a lot you might be angry and wish the people would stop. What if there was a way to support your child's losing team in such a way that they feel good about the loss?

Strength and conditioning are important for any skater, whether that is a figure skater or a hockey player. We met with Siobhan Miller who is a Strength & Conditioning coach and asked her some questions about what young hockey players can do, with regards to strength and conditioning so they can perform their best on the ice. Q1. What are three key things for young hockey players to know about movement? 1. Building body awareness is key for not only better performance on the ice, but also for more effectively building strength and power in the gym.  2. "Move it...

The straight up answer to this question is NO! Not only will you harm your relationship with your child you will also harm their self-esteem level. And I'm sure that is not what you want to do, is it?

We all know that losing isn't an easy thing. Here are three ways to support your child after a hockey game loss.

In her book ‘Be Bold! And discover the power of praise’ Susan Mitchell explains that “focusing on what you are good at builds confidence.”  It is one of those strange things that happens because often what we try and do is learn new things we want to get better at. We do that, and feel bad because we fail at achieving them. So here are four things you can do to help your child build up their confidence: Help them focus on what they are good at. As Susan says this is the key to helping your young hockey player build...