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Indy Sehmbi
02-14-2002 1:45 am
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I completely agree with you Ravi. Richmond is well known for there Junior Girls and High school program, sending many players to Canadian and American Colleges and ulitimately to the National team. The highest level womens team we currently have is a 2nd Div womens team. I think we only field 2-3 teams in the womens league.
Where do all the girls from our high school teams and junior teams go?? and why do they stop playing hockey??
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Jack White
02-14-2002 4:12 am
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Club Hockey
The way forward for hockey in the USA is in the formation of hockey clubs.
I live, coach and umpire in England. I also coach in Pensyvania at Marywood University,I have also had experience in a High school.
Most of the girls I have coached at both levels would love the oportunity to play after they have finished their education, but the facilities are not arround. I personally have only heard of one club in that State.
It would not take too much time for a group of dedicated persons to set up a club and hire a field to play on.
We in England go into schools to coach and recruit for the clubs in our area (at no charge). The city of Wakefield where I live, with a population of about 60,000 has 4 clubs running between them. They have 10 womens, 20 mens, 4 U21 and 6 U12 teams.
Being at the sharp end I can tell you that there is a lot of work but when they are up and running there are no shortage of volunteers to turn out to either coach or assist, drive the younger ones to their games etc.
Finally there are more England players from clubs than University.
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Peter Munsing
03-21-2002 10:30 pm
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Don't repeat our mistakes!
Expand HS hockey? Well, in rural areas perhaps. But the problem is that (1) you don't even ask, wait a minute, where are the guys (so many girl players and not one guy--could it be that the formerly socialist west Canada is more conservative than BushUS?) (2) the effect of HS sport can be pernicious, as can be seen by the US. The true, best way is increase club activity. To that end, especially in quasi rural areas, your (and our) FHA's or somebody needs to set up a hockey bulletin board so that players can in effect say "I'm here" and link up to at least get together for an all ages scrimmage. The next thing is, older "club" players need to realize that there won't be othe players if they don't invite youth to play. The sport isn't so big that clubs can say "sorry, we don't accept youth players." Let's face it, older players, to be bruttally honest you didn't make the olympic team, no body's nation is breaking your dooor down to play on their team, who are you to tell a youth you're too good to play with them? Sure, their skill level may not challenge yours, but their wind and stamina will, if not now in a year or two.
Nobody that volunteered his time for youth in sport has regretted the time. So by the way, as a bloke, where is your concern for the young men of the sport? Is it let them shift for themselves, is that the way it is up in Canada? Let's have an eensie weensie bit of male solidarity here! It's not easy for young men in N. America to play what is perceived of as a "girls sport." Let's support them and that means guys, like you, asking the tough questions when you write an article. So where are the guys in your province, and if they aren't there, what have you done about it? What are you going to do about it?
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