By Billy Villacorta
How to win with the slowest player in the hockey
league
When I was named one of six captains for my hockey
league in my second year with them, it came as a huge surprise for me. I was
inexperienced in being a captain. So I asked a good friend of mine to share the
task with me, thinking he could organize the team’s defense while I took the
offense. This move came as a shock to him, and when he later asked me why I
chose him, I said it was because I trusted him. He told me that he had never
been more motivated playing in a recreational league.
During the draft, when captains have to select
players for their teams, a word came to my mind: unity. I wanted to make the
chemistry and cohesiveness among my teammates the most important aspect for
this team. When the team was set, we didn’t have the best players in the league
or the best goalie. We even had the slowest player in the league — a
70-year-old. However, I was pretty sure our team mentality was so strong that we
could make each other better.


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