At Arizona State University, a belief is held within the athletics department that everything translates. Not surprisingly Greg Powers, Head Coach of the ASU men’s hockey team, is an advocate of this, which he explained during his 16-minute College Hockey Inc. Virtual Coaching Clinic presentation.
“ASU is built on a really positive culture, both on and off the ice,” said Powers. “And we believe that practice is a huge part of shaping and defining your culture as a team, and you have to make practice paramount every day.”
Powers, who recently completed his 14th overall season on the Sun Devil coaching staff and his seventh as head coach of ASU’s NCAA Division I Hockey program, discusses how behaviours and habits in practice drive the results everyone wants to see in-game. The 2019 & 2020 Spencer Penrose Award finalist for Division I Coach of the Year, looks outside of hockey during his talk saying that how you conduct yourself in every aspect of life translates to success on the ice. The players that live the right way, play the right way. They play free of distraction and have fun playing the game they love, thus helping the team achieve its goals.
"Our motto here is: if you’re having fun, you’re playing free. That’s when you’re playing your best hockey . . .
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