Cash for Goals?

2010-01-27


According to USA Hockey Magazine Rewarding Players For Individual Achievements Can Undermine The Team Concept.

According to USA Hockey Magazine Rewarding Players For Individual Achievements Can Undermine The Team Concept.

" To be clear, hockey parents don’t hold a monopoly on rewarding their children for individual achievements. Just like a parent who attaches a monetary value to good grades in school, the lessons taught, while well meaning, can have the opposite long-term affect."

"Naylor says the focus on individual statistics doesn’t have a place in the younger levels of youth hockey. He says focusing on the game’s outcome at a younger age teaches children that they need to face weaker opponents to be successful."