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How do you offer products for a specific niche? Ask the ladies at Bela Hockey: Based in  Portland, Maine, and operating since 2006, they’re breaking away from the pack and reaching the oft-overlooked segment in the sport of ice hockey – girls and women. Their product line includes sticks, caps, socks and other great accessories, but what truly makes them shine? Colors! Using some of the coolest and fun color combos around, any gal, young or old, would be thrilled to get geared up for her game.

Believe it: Chicks Dig Hockey!
Each year, the sport of hockey grows more popular with girls and women across the U.S. According to USA Hockey, registration of girl and women players is over 58,000, up from just over 10,000 females in 1993. With that popularity also comes a need for gear that appeals to this burgeoning market, gear that both reflects a player’s personality, but also suits the pocketbook and performs as advertised. Girls are tired of always seeing colors for guys, but where to look?   The rest of the story...

Instead of making a long post on coaching, I decided to keep it light today and catalog two links I seem to share constantly with clients and friends; they are two different videos offering two distinctively different styles on coaching. And be aware, they are both hockey-related.

In the Don Lucia video, you’ll see that Coach really embraces the idea of making the game fun and working on the fundamentals to empower people. In business, it’s the same; if it’s not fun, why the heck are you doing it and if you’re not building people up, what ARE you doing? Remove the obstacles that sap the fun and some how the good things start happening and when you build people up, you position them for success. Coach Lucia on Coaching

The other clip of Coach Jules is more of a comedic take on hockey and while you might grapple with the strong language,  don’t miss the idea…again, fun, just a different kind. If you like “Pulp Fiction”, you’ll love this one. Coach Jules (Samuel L Jackson)   The rest of the story...