Category : An Advisers Life
An Advisers Life – Consistency Is The Difference Maker
A lot of people make plans, and most of them have no idea how to accomplish them. Consistency is the key to success. Good habits...
An Advisers Life – Recognizing Where You Should Be Playing
With yesterday being the official end of the amateur Junior Hockey season, it is time for everyone to look at all their opportunities and recognize...
An Advisers Life – Haters
A colleague of mine once said to me that “if you aren’t pissing people off, then you aren’t doing a good job.” Pissing people off...
An Advisers Life – Answering Readers Camp Questions
Lately I have been receiving a lot of emails from parents and players asking which camps to go to, and which camps to avoid. For...
An Advisers Life – Developing Your Unique Path
If your name is Logan Cooley, Frank Nazar, Cutter Gauthier, Isaac Howard, or Rutger McGroarty, please discontinue reading this article. If your name is not...
An Advisers Life – Congratulations You Are At The Top Of Our Draft List
Congratulations! You just completed an NAHL Combine, and now you are on the top of every teams draft and recruiting list. Really, congratulations. It must...
An Advisers Life – The Right Approach To Camp Participation – According To Scouts
I want to thank a long time OHL and OJHL Scout, and AAA Head Coach for reaching out and inspiring me to write this piece....
An Advisers Life – The Development And Advancement Phrases – What They Really Are
Every day players are told they need to be developed more in order to advance to higher levels. Unfortunately, when being told they need to...
An Advisers Life – The Best Advisers Pay For Themselves In The First Three Months
The best advisers pay for themselves in the first three months and then continue to pay dividends by way of saved time and money every...
An Advisers Life – Massive Tier 3 Expansion For 2022 Coming
Tier 3 is about to have an expansion explosion like we have not had in the last five years or more. No less than twenty...
An Advisers Life – Stop Wasting Time
So many players and parents are wasting time. Not planning properly, not training properly, over thinking everything to a point where they become paralyzed and...
An Advisers Life – Stop Listening To Other Players – Most Of Them Are Lying
The phone calls I get this time of year are hilarious. “My team mates are saying this team and that team is interested in them.”...
An Advisers Life – Uncommon Achievements Require Uncommon Actions
If you think playing NCAA hockey is a common thing, you need to think again. Only a few hundred players per year are added to...
An Advisers Life – The Cost Of Opportunity In 2022
I have been an Adviser for a long time. I have been a part of many success stories written by players and their families. NHL,...
An Advisers Life – What Are Your Real Tier II Options?
The spring and summer of 2022 will perhaps end up being the most confusing summer of many young players lives. The same could have been...
An Advisers Life – Camp Season Has Come And You Have To Make Smart Choices
In just a few days we will turn the calendar over to April. April marks the real beginning of massive marketing efforts for team and...
An Advisers Life – You’re Going To Lose Some Friends
When you start taking your hockey career seriously, you are going to lose some friends. When you start doing the things that need to be...
An Advisers Life – Making Timely Decisions
Every year, usually between March and June I get a lot of return phone calls from players and parents I spoke to the preceding year...
An Advisers Life – Success Begins At The End Of Your Comfort Zone
Every person has two comfort zones. We have a physical comfort zone and a mental comfort zone. Physically, people like where they can settle into...
An Advisers Life – Just Stop Talking
It is time for all players and parents to learn a very simple lesson. Stop talking. Just stop telling other players and parents what your...