Are some schools better for sports?
Wednesday January 25th, 2023 As the New Year begins and my wrestling season has started in earnest I’ve had some time to reflect on how my season has progressed so far. There have been some highs and lows throughout my first real season at my new...
2022: A year in review for Quebec Wrestling
Sunday January 15th, 2023 It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these. After all, since 2019, there hasn’t been that much to speak of since the wrestling season of 2020 was cut short and 2021 was almost non-existant. Therefore, with 2022 coming to...
Preparation for the North American Indigenous Games
The North American Indigenous Games is set to kick off in about seven months. For many Native athletes, this is one of the highlights of their career as some of them may be competing on an International stage for the first time. For others, this...
The current state of the GMAA/RSEQ
Thursday November 25th, 2022 The current edition of the GMAAA/RSEQ season has begun. For most schools, it’s a return to something familiar as many of the schools have been at it for a while. For others, it’s brand new and that’s the focus of this...
Building a program from the ground up
Tuesday November 15th 2022 With the high school season just about to begin, I had a chance to reflect a little about what has happened in the past couple of years concerning wrestling as well as my involvement at the high school level. It seems...
A new perspective on pushing athletes: Individual versus Team
Friday November 4th 2022 After the whirlwind that was the Canada Games and the beginning of the school year, I recently had the chance to sit down and think about all the things that went into getting our athletes there. I reflected on what was...
Pushing athletes; a new perspective
Monday August 8th 2022 Years ago, before the 2017 Canada Games, I published an article on pushing athletes. While not a long article, in it I mused on few factors of what pushing athletes was all about to me and what were acceptable levels. After...
My reflections from the Nationals
Friday June 17th 2022 As I disembarked the plane on Sunday evening, landing in Montreal after a delay in our departure from our layover stop in Winnipeg (and another one in Montreal thanks to the fact that another plane was parked in our spot), I...
My return to coaching
June 6th 2022 It’s been a while now since we’ve been allowed to return to coaching. For the longest time, our sport had been shut down as we waited to hear the news about when we would be allowed to come back. Size restrictions, building...
My final journey through the ACD
May 16th, 2022 It’s been a while since the blog was published. In truth, it’s hard to write something about wrestling when like many people, I was isolated from the community. One coach that I spoke to during the lockdown joked that it was the...