INTRODUCING OUR U11BB TEAM HEAD COACH FOR THE 2025-26 SEASON
🎉🎉SCOTT LEATHERDALE🎉🎉
Contact Coach Leatherdale via email at: [email protected]
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Bench Banter: Get to Know Coach Leatherdale 🏒🔥
Warm Up: 🎤🏒 Behind the Bench – Get the "411"!📞
What is your current team/position?
Head Coach - Waterloo Wolves U10BB
How many years have you been coaching hockey?
4+
What Coaching Certifications/Qualifications do you have?
Coach 1, Coach 2
What is your playing history?
45+ years, Competitive as a youth and Men’s League as a washed up former youth player
1st Period: 🏒📣 Reasons for Coaching – The "Why" Behind the Whistle? 🔥
Why did you become a hockey coach?
A Select team needed a coach 4 years ago so I stepped up to do my part. Glad I did as I love coaching.
What's your Coaching Philosophy/Approach?
I focus on 3 main thing in my approach: 1) helping youth develop as players on ice and as good community citizens off the ice; 2) while playing, DIG (Details, Intensity, Grit); and 3) to Love the game of hockey so they want to keep playing for the rest of their life.
2nd Period: Chalk Talk Choices🏒📝
Favourite NHL Team/Player?
Toronto Maple Leafs/Wendel Clark
Favourite Drill or Skill to Teach?
Breakout
What your Players would say that you always say/yell during practices or games?
Breakout or DOG DOG DOG!!!!
3rd Period: Fun Facts & Personal Picks!🎉📢
What do you enjoy doing away from the rink?
Fishing, Hunting and spending time at my cottage with my boys.
Favourite Movie, Book or TV Show?
🎬:The Song Remains the Same, 📖:The Rock Bible, 📺:The Wire.
Favourite Pre-Game Meal or Snack?
Coffee....
Favourite Music Artist or Song?
Led Zeppelin, Tool or Radiohead (depending on my mood).
Overtime: Final Buzzer🏒🔔
What's one piece of advice you'd give your players?
Try your best and don’t be afraid to fail; failure can help build resilience which is key to future success.
Anything else you’d like to share about yourself?
I am a Professor and Researcher at the University of Waterloo and I lead the world’s largest research study focused on youth health. I am also a 2-time cancer survivor and current cancer patient yet again, so I know a lot about resilience.
🏒 Game Over, Coach’s Call!
That’s the final buzzer on our Q&A with Coach Leatherdale! Stick taps to you for sharing your story!
Looking forward to seeing Coach Leatherdale and the U11BB Waterloo Wolves in action in 2025-26!
For 2025-26 Programming Information, including Prep Skates, Evaluation Registration and Seasonal Information, please contact the WMHA Office at: [email protected]
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