To be sure, there are many “good” hockey player. To be “good” is to have talent, or several talents that show on the ice. We all know who the “good” player is, a person who read hockey for dummy book can figure this out without doing anything else.
Just as sure though is there are not many “great” hockey player. To be “great” play at any level is to be the best or one of the best. The NHL is the best league in the world. Each team might have two “great player. The rest of the roster is varying degree of “good” player, or very “good” player.
What it is to be “great” though? Do you not aspire to be “great” player? If you are the “good” player, what can you do to be “great”, and are you willing to do it?
Every “great” player have several very important thing in common. All have natural gifted talents. They are born with certain physical and mental ability that is different than most. That is the “nature” component, or genetics.
To be sure though, every “great” player also have an undeniable desire to be the best.
While desire to be the best is critical component, each “great” player also have a plan. This plan is not only a thought on how they will climb to the top, but is usually a daily plan on what they will achieve that day, leading to the weekly achievement, to the monthly achievement to the yearly goal.
A plan is all about details. On ice, off ice, gym, diet, sleep, and social time are all details. The “great” player find a way to focus on the most important and manage the time with the rest.
If you think Connor McDavid, and Jack Eichel did not have a plan, you are kidding youself. Both of these player had people instructing and helping them along the way. If you do not have someone to guide you that knows the route to the next level, how do you expect to get there? If you not already being seen as being a top prospect, that might tell you that what you are doing is not working.
Details. Successful people always know the details.
Coach
