Attitude of gratitude being echoed through Northern BC’s Centre for Skating

“We work in often large where we have limited resources to really analyze skills,” admits Allan. “In a session like today, it’s an amazing opportunity to actually get to look at things in depth. There are some sessions that have limited numbers that we get actually get more out of the session.”

This year is structured completely differently for the centre compared to those from the past. For example, the Centre for Skating hasn’t had competition since early March. As a result, it’s forced a drastic change in Allen’s ability to motivate his skaters and entice a passion for training.

“Living in the moment. That’s really what it’s been all about. It’s been about being grateful for every single day because you never know when things can change.”

He adds it’s up to coaches, regardless of the sport, to find a way to look at the current situation in a different lens, and teaching kids to evaluate things differently at a time both their physical and mental health is of the utmost importance.

“I think the government has made it perfectly clear that keeping youth active is a top priority. It’s paramount right now. It is for social, emotional, and physical reasons that they want to keep sports going. We’re going to do everything that we can to keep these kids engaged and involved, and sometimes that requires thinking outside of the box and find out how that kid is doing outside of just how they are performing on the ice.”

by Ethan Ready

Attitude of gratitude being echoed through Northern BC’s Centre for Skating

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