Category : An Advisers Life
An Advisers Life – Winners Focus On Winning Losers Focus On Winners
A lot of young athletes right now are wondering why they didn’t make the team at the next level. Why they don’t have an NCAA...
An Advisers Life – Those Who Say They Can And Those Who Say They Cant Are Both Usually Right
Those who say they cant and those who say they can are both usually right. Confucius said these words a few thousand years ago. Some...
An Advisers Life – Choose The Program That Fits Your Future Not Your Past
Change. Change is always difficult. Even when it is positive change there is always some difficulty adjusting to one thing or another. Chances make Champions....
An Advisers Life – Defining Development When Choosing A Team To Play On
Development. Every program talks about it. Only a few really deliver. The problem for you parents and players is distinguishing between real development and “hype”....
An Advisers Life – When It Is Time To Change Teams And The Direction Your Career Is Heading
When you continue to do what you have always done, yet you expect to have different results, is the very definition of insanity. When you...
An Advisers Life – Where To Play If Not The USHL or Tier II?
Every year, after all of the drafts are over, I get hundreds of phone calls and emails asking me the same question. “Where should I...
An Advisers Life – You Were Not Drafted, Now What?
The drafts are over. A few hundred players were taken in the USHL, NCDC and NAHL draft. That’s it. Just a few hundred in the...
An Advisers Life – You Aren’t Getting Drafted So What Is The Backup Plan?
Next Tuesday we will have the annual NAHL draft. The USHL and NCDC drafts have already concluded. These are the three drafts that all players...
An Advisers Life – The Value Of International Playing Experience
Playing hockey in Europe. Just how valuable is the experience in the eyes of scouts and NCAA programs? How valuable is it to the professional...
An Advisers Life – NCAA Approves Recruiting Rule Changes To Slow Early Commitments
Its about time. One of the biggest problems with NCAA hockey has been the rush to recruit and verbally commit players who are years away...
An Advisers Life – The Truth About Ages Of NCAA Commitments
Its hard being an Adviser. I have been doing this a long time. Not too many our there that have been doing it longer. Those...
An Advisers Life – Major Junior Decisions And The Truth Not Opinion
My colleague on the other site, wrote a piece on Major Junior and his opinion of why they should be classified as amateur athletes. While...
An Advisers Life – Addressing NCDC Rumors Being Spread
The National Collegiate Development Conference within the USPHL family of leagues has from the beginning refused to conform to traditional Tier II thinking and business...
An Advisers Life – The Real Definition Of Opportunity
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 – When People Lie On Resumes
Its funny how people think they can simply say what ever they want to say and think they can get away with it. Coaches, so...
An Advisers Life – Walk The Walk Because Talk Is Cheap
Everyone wants to believe they are a prospect. In fact, most players are prospects. The problem is, most players and parents do not know what...
An Advisers Life – Do Wins Really Matter To Scouts?
Recruiting. At every level you hear some coaches talking about “winning”. You hear the phrase “we want to contend for a championship”. These are phrases...
An Advisers Life – Your Information – The Importance Of Accuracy And Completion
Information. It is the most valuable resource on earth in every industry. Information is the key to success of failure. When you look at the...
An Advisers Life – The Truth About Junior “Contracts”
I really don’t enjoy having to clean up other peoples messes, and misrepresentations. But in this case, due to a large number of emails, I...
An Advisers Life – The Importance Of Scouts Having Access To Your Contact And Other Information
So often when I am visiting arenas around the world, parents and players pull me aside and ask for advice on how to improve their...