by Matthew Zakreski | Apr 25, 2023 | Big Ideas, Bravery, Life lessons, parenting, Sports, Teachers
When I was a little kid, I took ice-skating lessons at the local rink. I really wanted to be a hockey player, so they gave me a little stick, little skates, and sent my wobbly self out onto the ice. While I had visions of myself as Mario Lemieux (Google it) in my...
by Rachel Manley-Casimir | Oct 6, 2020 | Big Ideas, Coaching, Courage, Sports
I have had the great privilege of competing in a variety of sports. As an athlete, I’m used to competition. I’ve also coached a lot of teams, so I know what competition is like as a coach as well. But let me tell you about how coaching ten year-olds...
by Margo Malowney | May 26, 2020 | Big Ideas, Community, Covid-19, Global Pandemic, Sports
Photo Credit: Peter J. Thompson Mid-May, 2020. Toronto, Canada. Coronavirus. Covid-19. C-19. Names that identify the virus that has disrupted the behaviour of most of the people on the planet. We have been asked to band together and challenged to...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Aug 6, 2019 | Life lessons, Self-reflection, Sports
When I was just 17 years old, I learned two important life lessons through my experiences in sport: how to be a team player and the importance of asking for what you want. But this story started four years before that… The Backstory When I was 13, I was...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jul 9, 2019 | High Achievers, High performance, Sports
We have all choked at one time or another. It might have been on the sports field, while writing a big test, doing a big interview, or giving a speech or presentation. Likely each of us have replayed that moment over and over and thought about what we could and...
by Rachel Manley-Casimir | Jun 25, 2019 | High Achievers, Life lessons, Sports
We need to lose. This season in one of our tournaments, the team of 13 year olds I help coach finished last in a twelve team tournament. After the tournament, I felt queasy thinking that maybe we hadn’t prepared the players well enough. I ran through the practice...
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