This will be a small training group for players born in 2004, 2005, and 2006. We are looking not for a minimum skill level, but for a certain type of person. The greatest failing of our minor hockey system, and youth sports in general, is that we separate players by ability, rather than by how they like to participate. This programme is for elite-minded players, who are motivated by improvement, a
nd striving toward goals. Information is available on our website, www.lumberjackhockey.com or by contacting us at [email protected]
Some Frequently Asked Questions:
Who is this programme for? Our elite programme is for players that are motivated by improving, developing, and becoming the best they can be. It is for the players that spend their free time shooting pucks, trying to improve their power and accuracy. It is for the players that go to Youtube to find drills, and exercises, instead of highlights – and then use them. It is for the players that stop at nothing to get better, every day. Most people are not like this; this group is for very few people. We want to train everyone, and love training everyone, in our regular programmes. This, however, is for those with elite motivation, elite dedication, and an elite attitude. Why the Lumberjacks? Certainly the historical connection to British Columbia played a role in choosing the name Lumberjacks, but there is more behind our decision. There are many wonderful, dynamic, and powerful symbols synonymous with BC that we could have chosen, so why have settle on this one? Our name represents our philosophy. Lumberjacks built BC through the same qualities with which our athletes will build themselves. Men in logging camps would put in long, hard hours to fell, and transport the timber that was needed to build this province. Becoming an elite athlete takes thousands of hours of training. Living in the camps, lumberjacks sacrificed many of the comforts, and advantages of living in towns and cities. They spent months in isolation, apart from their families. To achieve the pinnacle in any sport, athletes, and their families, make the same kinds of sacrifices. A lumberjack could not do his job alone; they had to work together, all doing their specific part, to get the job done. Our athletes need each other, to push one another to do better. They are team athletes, and rely on their teammates, to achieve together, and that is how we chose our emblem. Why did lumberjacks take these risks, and make these sacrifices? Why do our athletes devote so much time, and make so many sacrifices, to become the best hockey players they can be? They love the air, and the smells and the sounds of their home away from home. They love the movements, and the physical exertion. For both, the do it because they love it too much to do anything else.
