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      Williston Basin Skating ClubMonthly Newsletter                                                                                                                     February 2009 Raffle Tickets must be turned in by Tuesday Feb. 10th  sold or not we need to account for all of our tickets so please sell all you can and then get them turned in to Jeff Clarke, George Haux, the Barbot’s or any Board member. We will hold the drawing Thursday afternoon between 4:00 and 5:00 PM at the Bingo Barn and announce the winners at the Boys High School game against Bismarck Century later that evening.  Upcoming Events:2/13,14,and 15th  Laurel Erickson Mite Tournament (Agri and Pete Conlin Arenas)2/19,20,and 21st  H.S.Boys WDA in Bismarck2/26,27,and 28th  H.S. Boys and Girls State Tournament in Grand Forks “                    “     Adult Tournament at Agri-sports Arena Kitchen and Cleaning duty:2/11 thru 2/17 H.S Boys and Mini-Mites2/18 thru 2/24 Girls 16-19 U2/24 thru 3/3  looking for volunteers, there are only a couple games.      09 NDAHA Player Development Program                819 3rd Street SW                  Rugby, ND 58368                     Register & Get More Information atwww.ndaha.org / Player Development Fun, Skill Development, Competition, Exposure, Premier FacilitiesTeam North Dakota and Dakota Select programs offer many opportunities for high school and youth hockey players:• Quality coaching   • Skill development              • Exposure to junior league and college scouts• Quality Competition          • Playing with the best of the best            • Representing your state• Opportunities to participate in the USA Hockey National Development Camps
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2009 NDAHA Player Development Program

Opportunities to Play Hockey with and against the “Best of the Best”

Schedules & more at www.ndaha.org / Player Development.

 Team North Dakota Boys (HS Seniors only)            March 13 - 15 – Tryouts – Grand Forks                            March 20 - 22 – Practices/Games – Bottineau
            March 27 - 29 - Practices – Bismarck                               April 3 - 5 – Practices – Jamestown
                                                April 13 - 19 - The Chicago Showcase, Chicago, IL Dakota Selects Tryouts Boys 13 (96), 14 (95), 15 (94), 16 (93), & 17/18 (92/91Girls 15U (96, 95, 94) & 18U (93, 92, 91)March 21 & 22 - District Tryouts/Practices – NE - Devils Lake, NW – Minot, SW – Bismarck/MandanMarch 28 & 29 – District Tryouts/Practices – SE - Fargo Dakota Selects – Alliance CupsApril 3 - 5 – Alliance Cup I – Boys 13 & 14 - MinotApril 17 - 19 – Alliance Cup II – Girls 15U & 18U – MinotApril 24 - 26 – Alliance Cup III – Boys 15, 16, & 17/18 – Minot Northern Plains District Development Camps (NPDDC)May 1 - 3 - NPDDC I - Boys 13 & 14, Girls 15U & 18U - MinotMay 8 - 10 - NPDDC Camp II - Boys 15, 16, & 17/18 - MinotNorthern Plains District/USA Hockey National Camp slots picked Fall Elite II & NP Hockey League players are recruited from Spring Select participants Information and Questionswww.ndaha.org  / Player Development

   USA Hockey’s ACE Program

Coaches Clipboard        
           
It’s a Privilege to Play for Your School Team By Bill Gosse  Posted August 4, 2007 in the Green Bay Press-Gazette  I want to take this time to point out what it means to be part of an athletic team, and there is one letter to start that conversation – the letter “P”.    “P” stands for “Privilege”.  It is a privilege for student athletes to be part of their school’s sports teams.  It is not a right.  A privilege is a special permission or benefit granted to or enjoyed by someone.  It is a privilege to be able to put on the uniform of your school and to represent not only your school, but often an entire community.  You also represent your family and yourself.  Notice where the word “yourself” landed in the sequence of entities represented.  It was last.  This was illustrated so well in one particular scene in the movie “Miracle”, the film about the 1980 United States Men’s Olympic Hockey team – an underdog that beat the vaunted Soviet Union.  It was the story about how coach Herb Brooks molded and shaped a group of players from numerous schools and programs into a well-oiled, unselfish team.  During the movie, Coach Brooks repeatedly asks players their names and where they were from.  This simple question later played a significant role in his development of the meaning of “Privilege”.  In one pre-Olympic exhibition, Brooks catches his players talking during the game about the girls in the stands instead of focusing on the task at hand.  This costs the team in a big way.    After the game, Brooks forces the players to skate wind sprints over and over.  He’s so mad, he almost seems to want to skate them right through the ice.  It seems like hours before one of the players blurts out his name.  Brooks asks him for whom he played and he said the United States of America.  Finally, Brooks gets through to his players that they aren’t representing their schools or themselves – they’re representing a greater cause: their country.  He convinces them the name on the front of the jersey is more important than the name on the back.  He gets them to realize what a privilege it is to represent their country and they need to work for the good of their team – not for themselves.   Every student athlete who makes a sports team is representing his or her school first.  The money spent in off-season training and camps shouldn’t entitle an athlete to anything.  Being the best player on a team should not guarantee a spot the following year.  Representing one’s school is a privilege, and a student athlete’s behavior, effort and performance on and off the field of play should be the method for earning that spot every season.  Do you think Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick might have some thoughts on the privilege he may have wasted by not making the best of decisions?  

Hopefully, high school student-athletes and their parents will realize how much of a privilege it is to represent their school, their community, their family and themselves on and off the field.

  For more information on the USA Hockey ACE Program, go to http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=CO_06&ID=19620.For comments, or suggestions for future topics for “Coaches Clipboard” contact Chuck Gridley at chuckgridley@aol.com.
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