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S69 PT #4: Hockey School - leviadan - 02-13-2023
Please pick ONE prompt to write about. Do not mix and match prompts. Identify the prompt you are using in your submission - Copying and pasting the prompt will deduct from your word count so if you do this make sure YOUR submission is 150+ words excluding the prompt.
CREATIVE PROMPT - Kids these days would rather play Fortnite on their fidget spinners than learn a fun and exciting sport like hockey! As a professional hockey player, you've been asked to help put together a program for a hockey school that will get kids engaged, excited, and better at hockey!
Written Task: What kind of fun and exciting activities do you plan for your hockey school? What skills and lessons do you want the kids to take home with them? How do you structure the whole experience? What does it cost, if anything? Is this a hardcore hockey skills experience, or something that's just meant to be a fun opportunity to meet an SHL player? (150+ words)
Graphic Task: Make an ad for your hockey school! Include your player render and a few key selling points.
PLAYER PROMPT - Backstory prompt! Since we're talking about hockey schools, did your player every go to one? How did your player learn the game?
Written Task: Tell me a bit about how your player got started in the game. Where did they hear of it? Who did they learn it from? Did they know that they wanted to be in the SHL right away, or was a long road to finding hockey? Were they a natural or did it take a lot of practice? (150+ words)
Graphic Task: Show me your player's family or mentor of some kind cheering them on at their first professional game!
You will receive 3 TPE for fulfilling all requirements.
All responses are due on Sunday, February 19th at 11:59 PST. NOTE: IF YOU SUBMIT/EDIT AFTER THE DEADLINE YOU WILL RECEIVE REDUCED/NO TPE.
Affiliate claims from either PBE or ISFL or WSLB or SSL are accepted; link directly to your post and note if your username is different there.
If you have any questions/concerns, please PM me. Tasks with malicious intent will not be graded. The graders reserve the right to determine malicious intent, after discussion with me. You will not be warned.
This task is for SHL players and send downs only, it is not for SMJHL rookies.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Caleb - 02-13-2023
PT pass
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Valpix - 02-13-2023
The Louise St. Martin Hockey School will, above all else, be either free or affordable - hockey is a stupid expensive sport, why make it more expensive? We'll have plenty of scouts and high quality coaches that can help elevate less fortunate players to higher levels without bankrupting their families. On the ice, we will put emphasis on skating and technical skills. Mobility is the biggest key to a good skater, with how fast and wide-open the sport of ice hockey is these days, and I don't want the next generation full of Tall Guy Who Does Tall Guy Things Cause He's Tall archetypes. We want to see quick, smooth skaters with good passing, shooting, and deking skills, and minds of endless creativity. Louise doesn't have a ton of time on her hands but she will make sure to show up and help encourage the kids. We want them to elevate their game to the next level while also forging friendships.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Jayba1t - 02-13-2023
PT pass
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - TheHammer43 - 02-13-2023
Written Task: Tell me a bit about how your player got started in the game. Where did they hear of it? Who did they learn it from? Did they know that they wanted to be in the SHL right away, or was a long road to finding hockey? Were they a natural or did it take a lot of practice? (150+ words)
Growing up in Canada you're surrounded by hockey, a lot of us growing up playing it, just as I did. Sometimes it takes a while for some of the younger people to really get into hockey but like I said you're surrounded by it, it's carved its way into the foundation of the Canadian culture, and sometimes it's the memories you really enjoy while growing up, I know once you've been playing for a long time it can be challenging to take a step back from being in the moment to really cherish those moments but I try to do it all the time, the long road trips to towns I've never even heard of to be in a tournament and of course the pit stops at Tim Hortons! and also some of the lifelong friends you'll get along the way, it's crazy to think that someone I didn't know a couple of months prior to joining a team, you're throwing your hands at someone who did something wrong to them, and that is one of the many reasons why I love hockey. But the long story made short it was definitely growing up in Canada that helped me make my decision to join hockey, watching every Canadiens game on TV, the practices after school, the road trips, the friends, you don't realize it unless you're incredibly self-aware but those few things really make hockey so enjoyable and now I do it for a living and I couldn't be happier.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - JamesT - 02-13-2023
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Written Task: What kind of fun and exciting activities do you plan for your hockey school? What skills and lessons do you want the kids to take home with them? How do you structure the whole experience? What does it cost, if anything? Is this a hardcore hockey skills experience, or something that's just meant to be a fun opportunity to meet an SHL player? (150+ words)Ben Jammin's hockey school for kids is sure to be the most popular hockey school in all of Chicago. Ben will look to instill all of the knowledge he has gained throughout his SHL experience and bestow them on the kids that will partake in his hockey school. He will teach them about the hard work, determination and all of the practice and training that goes into becoming a SHL player. He understands that not everyone can make it into the SHL and that just playing the game of hockey is a reward in itself. With that in mind there is no fee to be part of Ben Jammin's hockey school, and all of the cost is incurred by the
front office team.There will be skating lessons, shooting lessons and all of that typical hockey training, but the biggest hope that Ben Jammin wants to take out of the game is the friendships that you will make by playing hockey and hope that the kids that day will make lifelong friendships.
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RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - ValorX77 - 02-13-2023
ISFL Affiliate PT
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - diacope - 02-13-2023
My hockey player got started in this sport a little later than most but thankfully a experienced and persistent father Ragmund Rabinov didn't stop buying new sizes of shoulder pads and skates.. At the age of 15 Raiya Rabinov was on the ice full time, mostly in her back pond. Of course since Raiya's dad was a pro back in his days the hockey stories and atmosphere was the main influence whenever making the jump to yet another new sport but she would finally stay working on hockey once finding an edge with her dads advice at being more physical, inthe last year of highschool she was the best in her city. In the end though even with all the success and experience it's her sisters advice that would help Raiya take the next step in her career after showing the SHL website's translators page, it was always a dream knowing a few countrymen who've made the jump so it wasn't hard for her to take the opportunty without any hesitation that day.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Dextaria - 02-13-2023
Creative Prompt:
The Ryosuke Sato Hockey for All program is a hockey program directed to minorities in the sport. The main focus of the program is to bring in children from all ages to show them the basics of hockey from skating to passing and shooting! There is even a dedicated portion where all the kids can come in and put on goalie gear for the first time to try stopping a puck or two. In addition to learning the hockey basics, the kids will learn about supporting one another through the various drills such as the team relay drill where each team designates their puckhandler, shooter, passer, and skater in a for-fun timed relay race! At the end of each hockey camp, the kids get together and do a scrimmage where they practice and have fun just skating, no pressure at all. To reward all of their hardwork, they are all treated to a nice dinner on Sato with the ability to meet a couple of his teammates from his various teams.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - tomtommen - 02-13-2023
PLAYER PROMPT - Backstory prompt! Since we're talking about hockey schools, did your player every go to one? How did your player learn the game?
Tom Pedersen did not go to hockey school. He didn’t even know what hockey was until he was like 13 years old. At that point fashion stated that you should have american sports caps and/or backpack. All the kids ran around with Mighty Ducks gear or Raiders gear. But not Tom Pedersen. Since he wanted to have a style of his own he started searching for his own team and came across the San Jose Sharks. The logo was cool and the colours were great. And since Tom didn’t know anything about the Sharks or hockey he had to learn. Hours were spent reading about the Sharks. Hockey cards were collected and Tom started playing with a hockey stick in his parent’s house. Since there weren’t any hockey teams to play for nearby Tom had to play Bandy. But it wasn’t the same and he quit, but he never stopped following the Sharks or hockey. It was first when Tom moved to Sweden as a young adult he got to play hockey and he hasn’t turned back since. Years without development, but he will work hard to get as far as he can.
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RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - retuperkele - 02-13-2023
Player prompt
Well as we all know, Georg N'Zola is part austrian and part swiss. His family moved to Zurich and resided at a small town, Kloten, when Georg was just a young boy, and he has resided there ever since - not counting the part of moving to Alaska to pursue a pro-hockey career. N'Zola was by no means a big guy on the skis, where as all of his friends were, so one boring day he decided to pick up skates and a hockey stick and just go for it, even if he sucked so much at it he couldnt stand up straight. He got pretty good at it relatively quickly and was picked up by Kloten Flyers (which is EHC Kloten nowadays) in their junior program, and thats where it all began. He played his first professional match at 16 years old, having 1 assist to his name, but 8 hits while at it. He quickly skyrocketed in the statistics with hits as well as penalty minutes drawn by furious men who cant stand being bulldozed down by a 16 year old kid. NHL was an option, but he didnt find a franchise he liked, so he decided to pursue SHL by signing to Anchorage in the SMJHL
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Salming - 02-13-2023
Creative task:
William Salming Hockey School would focus to puck skills above else because if you don't have them, you are pretty much useless in today's fast tempo ice-hockey. The School would be pretty cheap. Participants would pay only their daily meals. Salming and sponsors would take care of costs of ice time and using of facilities. The camp would be four days. On the morning session, the focus would be on individual skills. Salming would teach boys and girls how to shoot properly, how to give hard passes from tape to tape and also how to rotate head to notice teammates better around you on the offensive zone. On one day they would also focus on Salming's specialty which is a two-way game. Salming would show them some good tricks how to prevent shooting lanes on PK and how to forecheck well with a strong stick. So, mornings would be teaching sessions. Then they would eat a lunch, rest a little bit and always play 3x 15 minutes on the afternoon because you learn to play only by competing regularly.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Aneeqs - 02-13-2023
PBE Affiliate
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - WildfireMicro - 02-13-2023
CREATIVE PROMPT
First of all, when Sir Devoir got this opportunity, he decided to make a camp that would show the fun side of hockey to a new generation of kids that may not have the money for a traditional hockey camp. He really wanted them to learn the various skills to succeed on the ice, but the first thing he would teach them is how to ice skate. He would stand pretty close to them while they learned so he could catch them if they fell, and after that he would help them move a pick around with a hockey stick and show they various ways to shoot the puck towards the goal.
Once they got all the basics down, he would have them try to get goals past him, obviously taking it very easy on the kids. The program itself would not cost a penny as it is charitable, and he would also make sure to help the kids learn about sportsmanship and teamwork along with the hard work it takes to succeed in life and hockey.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - hhh81 - 02-13-2023
player prompt
M'Baku Olubori did not attend a “hockey school” per se, as there really weren’t any in Abuja, Nigeria. He grew up playing soccer like the other kids, but gravitated to more physical sports like rugby and American football. He loved the sensation of hitting someone. Ice hockey would have never crossed him mind until a local station was playing a rerun of some random SHL regular season game between Manhattan and Texas. That was the first time he saw someone that looked like him on ice—Emeka Valentine-Okoli—and saw the physicality the teams played with. It happened there was a small competitive youth hockey league in town. His parents begrudgingly said yes and that’s how it all started.
Baku—an early teen at this point—was already 6-2 and 200 pounds. He played with the coaches in this league for a few years, but it quickly became clear his natural gifts were not a good fit (no one else could hit like he could, and he was just bigger and stronger than they other kids). One of the coaches gave him private skating lessons to try to round out his game. He had no intentions of being a pro at first—he just really enjoyed playing the game (and he thought he’d more likely go on to be a professional football player in America). Eventually, however, he started getting more serious, followed one of his childhood friends Prentice Parsons to Switzerland to play in junior hockey… and from there the legend began. You know the rest.