"Inside the Game" Podcast

Inside the Game, Bruce Garber, ECHL Coach, segment six of six


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We finish with Bruce Garber here on 'Inside the Game". Bruce and I discuss youth sports and what is happening today. One thing that is lost today is the "reality" of what kids can do in sports. Bruce feels  parents are out of touch with "reality". 

There are right ways to set up a program and when I coached with him we worked very hard to set up the program so all kids could develop and succeed. 

One thing Bruce mentioned was the fact don't force your kid to play. If you have tell them to go they really don't want to be there. If they come home after a practice or a game and keep playing you see the passion and desire to get better, so guide them in what they are doing. 

One great piece of advice Bruce talks about is when you have a few good players on a team and some of other players have not developed. The question is how do you get the players who are not there yet to come up in play. Bruce suggests to pair them with the better players and they will work harder to keep up with the better players. It will build a better team, the kids will bond, plus the kids who struggled will get better and feel better about themselves and won't quit. 

We end with Bruce talking about Lou Lamoriello gave him the best piece of advice in how to be successful.

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