SPORTS
Un programme gagnant
ont réussi à inculquer une culture du football qui allie apprentissage et plaisir. « Cela fait quatre ans que Stéphane et moi travaillons là-dessus, a dit Jean Pageau. Cette année, la beauté de tout cela, c’est que nos quatre joueurs qui jouent dans une ligue en dehors de celle de l’école ont appris leur football avec nous. C’est avec les Kodiaks que tout a commencé. » Au sein de la ligue de football du Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est on- tarien (CSDCEO), les écoles avec un plus grand bassin de population comme Em- brun, Cornwall et Casselman, ont longtemps dominé les matchs. Aussi, en raison de la courte saison de trois parties, les équipes sans aucun joueur ayant de l’expérience de football élite étaient désavantagées, ayant peu de temps pour couvrir la base du sport et établir une bonne communication et coor- dination sur le terrain. Cette saison, Nicholas Lajeunesse, Kevin
Ravary, Alexandre Leroux et"ierry Pageau jouent dans la Ligue de football midget du Québec, au sein des Stallions de Saint- Lazare. Avec une campagne de 11 parties d’août à octobre, le calendrier est chargé, mais l’expérience acquise n’a pas de prix. « Jouer avec les Stallions me permet de gagner en expérience, de connaître plus de jeux et d’avoir une meilleure technique, a indiqué Nicholas Lajeunesse. Ça paraît cette saison, car les leaders se sont levés et se sont démarqués dans l’équipe. Avec l’expérience de l’autre ligue, je peux aider mes coéquipiers en leur donnant des petits trucs et des conseils. » Cette qualité de leader, les entraîneurs l’ont exploitée pour développer l’équipe. Des joueurs d’impact du senior sont sur les lignes de côté lors des matchs de l’équipe junior et travaillent avec l’équipe lors des pratiques. De Brandon McGillis à Samuel Ranger, les seniors ont grandement contribué au développement du programme de football des Kodiaks, créant un véritable sentiment d’appartenance au sein des deux équipes. « Le cœur de notre équipe, ce sont les joueurs de 10e et 11e années, a commenté Jean Pageau. Nous n’avons pas beaucoup de joueurs de 12e, mais ceux que nous avons sont de qualité. Le programme, c’est un peu comme l’œuf et la poule. Tu as besoin de la victoire pour motiver les jeunes, mais les jeunes doivent êtremotiver pour la victoire. » « Ce n’est pas facile, car il y a plusieurs sports au même moment à l’école, comme le soccer et le volleyball, en plus du hockey compétitif, a rajouté Stéphane Beaulne. Nous avons de bons athlètes et c’est normal que les autres équipes de sport veulent les avoir. » L’excellence est cependant un couteau à deux tranchants et des blessures subies dans l’uniforme des Stallions, dont celle au genou de Kevin Ravary, ont un impact sur les performances des Kodiaks. Mais de telles blessures fouettent les troupes et forcent les autres joueurs à se défoncer et à jouer en équipe. « Les gars travaillent fort et prennent ça au sérieux, a conclu Stéphane Beaulne. Cette saison, chaque partie est un record et il faut continuer d’avancer. »
L’entraîneur-chef des Kodiaks, Jean Pageau.
STÉPHANE LAJOIE stephane.lajoie@eap.on.ca
Hawkesbury (ESCRH) tentait de remporter un troisième match de suite, du jamais vu pour le programme de football de l’école. Cette réussite est le résultat de plusieurs saisons d’essai-erreur et du travail des entraî- neurs Jean Pageau et Stéphane Beaulne, qui
Au moment de mettre sous presse jeu- di, l’équipe de football des Kodiaks de l’École secondaire catholique régionale de
players can ϐind a level of success using the fundamental skills against
some opposition. Only a small amount of tactics should be introduced to
this group because before we ask them to give up the puck we need them
to gain the conϐidence with it.
At the atom and peewee level, players should start to learn about
individual and team tactics on a broader base, but more speciϐically
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individual positional tactics teaching a forward and a defenseman how
HAWKESBURY HAWKS hockeytalk@eap.on.ca S!"#$ A$%er&o$
to handle and manage situations pertaining to their positions and what
their responsibilities are. Hockey Canada believes only at the Bantam
level and up should a full-ϐledged coaching approach begin. The game
at this level now includes systems and strategy and because of the
magnitude of information involved within this aspect a progressional
approach should still be followed so that players are properly informed
and more important prepared to continue the move up the ladder with
success.
Hockey Coach 101
I have taken all of Hockey Canada’s coaching certiϐications. Their
certiϐications are very educational in regards to the whole of the game
I have been coaching hockey full time since I retired from professional
of hockey. Their programs give you tools to be a qualiϐied coach but does
hockey in 2004. I had coached prior in some spring and summer hockey
not restrict you to form your own style and method. That being said,
teams in which my son played for but for the most part I was just a dad
too many coaches today are not following the process above of proper
helping out.
development and many players are not being prepared as they move up
The purpose of this article is to shed some light on being a coach. There
the levels. They seem to be missing one aspect or another i.e. the skills or
are many different reasons people become coaches and in general it
understanding their responsibilities within their positions.
usually starts out for the right reasons. To be a mentor, a role model and
This brings me to the point that if you want to coach then make sure
to try and instil the values of hard work, dedication and teamwork to our
you coach the level that you feel is within your strength to provide your
young players on the road to becoming a hockey player.
players with the best possible development for the level they are in. If
The problem usually starts right after that sentence is completed! There
you want to teach systems and strategies then coaching a novice team
are so many variables that will affect a coach in their journey of being
may not work out well for both you and your players.
a coach and in some cases to decide if they want to continue to coach.
Most coaches don’t know this but if you provide your players with the
As a player in minor hockey I had awesome coaches with each having
right development for the level they are in you will almost 100% of the
their own approach. I had the fair coach who believed in everyone plays
time see a huge improvement in your team and in your players. In some
and that’s how they all get better. I had the strict coach that held every
cases, which is probably the most frustrating for coaches, is every year
player accountable for their actions and rewarded the players based on
there is a player or a few players you are coaching that never seems to
that. Between the two extremes I can truly say I never had a coach that
get better even though you have followed the coaching development
made me feel that I did not want to come back to the rink! None of my
protocol. The following season you see these players out on the ice and
coaches every put their own interests ahead of their players. This was
they have improved in all the areas you worked on the previous season!
even the case when I played Midget AAA and went to the National Midget
This is called delayed result development! Sometimes it takes some
Championships and won. That coach (my dad) made every player feel like
players a little longer than others.
they were a part of it and contributed. When get to Junior hockey or levels
There is nothing wrong with a coach trying to also move up the coaching
above you are dealing with a whole type of different type of coaching.
ladder but like a player you need to go through the process of learning
The responsibilities of a coach are to develop their players and prepare
and developing as a coach along with gaining the experience so that
them for the next level up. A novice coach shouldwork on the fundamental
you can eventually get to where you want to be. Bob Hartley, the Hawks
skills of skating, stick handling, passing and shooting. Coaches should
former coach, is a great example of a coach that went through the process
also work on the individual's ability of one versus one drills so that
to get to where he is today.
Le soutien des entraîneurs n’est pas uniquement stratégique et sportif. Ci- dessus, Stéphane Beaulne, au côté du joueur Joey Lacombe, lorsque ce dernier a été victime d’une commotion cérébrale à la suite d’un dur plaqué face aux Dynamos de Casselman.
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