This time of year has always been a new beginning in our family. It does not mean much to some but for us it is the beginning of hockey for the year. Not counting the years that I played and refereed the game, our family has been involved in minor hockey for the last 15 years. For myself, I have been coaching in one capacity or another for the last 12 years with one year off and my wife for as many years as well.
It is one of those things where I have told myself internally, I would just like to be a spectator this year. Sit in the crowd and watch the game and cheer on the team. I was hoping that this year would be like that. I got a call on Saturday asking if I could help coach again this year. Of course my answer was yes I would. I do have some constraints with training but it will work out.
For people who do not volunteer there is usually no understanding of the time and commitment it takes whether it is helping out in a sport or any other volunteer activity. It is usually a few people doing the majority of the work when it comes to making a year of hockey successful.
Now, as I compare what we are doing in I Ho Chuan to Hockey and other volunteering I have done, I am blown away. We should never underestimate the high level of commitment we have as a I Ho Chuan team. It is something I have never seen in my life. Sifu Brinker has brought together a number of very different individuals to have a common set of goals. To see the participation level is, in my mind, extraordinary. We as a team should never forget this. This is one of the life changing opportunities, that belonging to the I Ho Chuan team, gives us.
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