YOUNG COACHES??

[youngcoach]

I'm 17 years old and I'm a coach on a Squirt A team. I was wondering if I'm the youngest rostered coach in the state??


Can anyone beat me??

[CoachJ]

Happy to see some associations give a coach a chance at your age.


Is your Dad on the Team?


Or do you already have a kid at the squirt level?


Just kidding

Keep up the good work

[youngcoach]

Nope I'm coaching my brother.

Thanks

[bigpoppababy]

Actually, my 14 year old is a rostered coach for my daughters team. We told him that he either did some volunteering, or help coach the mini mites. He chose the lesser of two evils lol. I love how the kids respond to him as a coach. They really enjoy having an older kid they look up to helping them. Hats off to you for coaching!!

[jackstraw]

High school junior ran the in-house squirt program in Albert Lea. He did a fantastic job and the young kids really looked up to him, actually, I am an adult and I look up to him for that!

[Cabela10]

Nope I'm coaching my brother.

Thanks

So you are an assistant coach? Make sure you don't favor your brother during practice and drills. You have to treat your brother the same way you treat the other players.

[Rocket78]

All of these kids under 18 are (or are supposed to be) Student Coaches and not registered coaches. To be a USA Hockey certified coach you must be 18 years old. If they are rostered as coaches then their District Registrar was snoozing when he approved they roster. Anyone under the age of 18 on the bench needs to wear a helmet and mask too.

It's great to get the younger people involved in coaching. Many of them have a perspective that older coaches will not have. In some cases and older coaches no longer has (or never did have) the ability to demonstrate a drill or skill. On the flipside, the young coaches are not really equipped with the life experiences to handle conflict resolution with angry parents, referees, player rivalries etc. If you ask referee's opinions, they generally don't like the younger coaches because they are more likely to be mouthy and know-it-alls. Our association allowed 3 recent D-3 grads to coach one of the bantam A teams and I think every ref in town has had a bad experience with them. We also had another bantam team coached by a D-1 grad who was paired with older coaches and they worked out well since there were older adults to provide balance.

[goldy313]

Not all levels of hockey resiter their players with USA Hockey. Some associations choose not to register kids as a cost saver or to avoid the hassles. If you're a house team there really is no need to be registered.

[Rocket78]

goldy, you're probably correct. I think that some house & mite programs do that to save money.

I hope that nobody ever gets hurt because they will not be covered by the insurance and if they use the USA Hockey certified referees for games they put the refs at risk. USA Hockey registered teams should not play them either. If everything is kept in house and theyuse non-registered refs they are probably ok. Of course you can always sue somebody if there is an injury .