What’s really important
Thursday February 28th 2019 As my high school season is officially over, with both the GMAA Championships and the Provincials finishing in the month of February, and with none of my athletes heading to Nationals (a first for me in a long time), I’ve had...
Wrestling Moms
Wednesday February 13th 2019 So it’s the middle of the month and I have nothing to speak about in my blog. Granted I’m not under any deadline and I seriously doubt that there’s a slew of people waiting to read my latest article so why...
Parent’s and Sports
Wednesday January 30th 2019 Normally in the blog, I like to speak about things that are more positive in nature. The blog has been a place that I’ve used to share my experiences and to give my opinions on what’s going on with our sport. I...
A change to the high school wrestling format for the future
Tuesday January 8th, 2019 As the new year begins and the season resumes, my thoughts instantly go to my high school team and how to best get them started after the holiday break. There was a flurry of meets before the holidays for my boys’...
Another year done and a look to the future
Monday December 31st 2018 Another year has passed and with it, many things have have transpired for us as a province and for myself personally. In terms of results, Quebec had a banner year. We had a club win best Senior team amongst the Women...
Professional Development
Tuesday December 11th 2018 In recent years, it has been required by coaches here in Canada to now acquire professional development points every couple of years in order to maintain their coaching certification. Courses offered by the NCCP as well as non-sanctioned NCCP events will count...
A new beginning for Canadian wrestlers?
Thursday November 29th 2018 The World Championships for the Junior, Senior and U-23 yielded some fantastic results for Canadian wrestlers as Aly Barghout captured Silver at the Junior World Championships (125 kg), the Senior Women’s team took home a record breaking haul of medals, with...
The opportunity to coach
Monday November 12th 2018 Let’s face it, coaching for most coaches in Canada is more of volunteer job than an actual career. While there are few jobs out there that allow you to coach full time as your career, most coaches, even the high level...
Wearing different hats
Wednesday October 31st 2018 Modern society heaps on many responsibilities for us to occupy. This is not a simple time as I feel that both the development of technology and the speed in which the world moves at, has basically increased the amount of expectations on...
The Week of the Coach
Sunday October 7th 2018 The “Week of the Coach” as stated by the NCCP finished about a week ago. I wanted to post something about it to acknowledge all the hard work that our Quebec coaches do in our province to keep the sport going....