Letter from the coach,

Henry Ford once said, "coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is success."

Our program promotes sportsmanship, teamwork, discipline, commitment, respect for self and opponents, the importance of control, confidence in physical skills apart from winning, and a sense of responsibility to our sport, our fans and the community.

To grow and move on into the future I believe a player needs more than just talent. Aside from playing smart and controlled, he needs to be a team player, display a strong work ethic, be well rounded, show leadership, and he must display professionalism. If you don't know where you are going how do you expect to get there, hard work, dedication, discipline, and organization will take us where we want to be.

In order to succeed we must first believe that we can. I believe that all sports teams start their season with the objective of winning their championship. This is definitely going to be our objective each year. However, along with this objective there are some additional ones that I want for the teams that I coach.

Physical Conditioning - Daily living does not provide much physical conditioning and hockey players will probably never be in such good physical condition as during their hockey careers.

Social Education - Players learn a great deal about social interaction when they become part of an organized team. They will develop and nurture many friendships, and in turn, these very friendships will allow them to develop their social skills.

Commitment and Discipline - Commitment and discipline shape's one's character. Teaching my players to be at all practices and games develop their responsibility, teaching them to take direction develops discipline. Behaving according to established guidelines will help them to enhance their responsibilities to themselves as well as to others and what it is to be an elite hockey player.

Striving for Perfection - Teaching my players to do their best and to never be satisfied with where they are but to strive to be as good as they can be if they tried harder. All I can ask for is that they perform and participate to the best of their abilities as they cope with the pressures and standards of playing Elite Roller Hockey.

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