Every girls hockey player wants to be successful. Whether that means going to the Olympics or moving up a level, you want to take your performance to the highest level possible. But what does success in hockey really mean to you. How do YOU define success?

Here’s how the dictionary defines success:

success:
1. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.
2. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.
3. a successful performance or achievement.
4. a person or thing that is successful.

Success doesn’t always mean winning. Success means something different to all of us. The dictionary may give us a universal definition, but each of us needs to have a personal definition as well.

=> What would make you next practice a success?

=> What about your next off-ice training session?

=> And what about your next game?

If you are a first-line player who is expected to score every game, your definition of success for your role on the team is going to look very different from the stay-at-home defenceman.

If you are a goalie, success won’t always mean getting a shut-out. Especially if you are playing the first place team and you are near the bottom of the standings.

In order to be a girls hockey success story, you need to create your own definition for success for every training session, practice and game.

Your friend and coach,

~ Coach Kim