Hockey Parents Attitude Test- By Vic Lemire

Vic Lemire is one of the top goaltending coaches around, here is a test that he created to judge whether you need professional help or whether your outstanding example of great parenthood.


Hockey Parents Attitude Test- By Vic Lemire

Select the BOX which best applies to YOUR display of Emotional Response when presented with the following scenarios …

You will be awarded REWARD POINTS that you total up using the score sheet at the end of this article.

1) Your child has just scored a Goal … What is your response?

a) You jump to your feet and scream out very loud. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa!
b) You aren’t even in the rink.
c) You are somewhere else in the rink standing Alone and you just maintain a quite smile and look to signal your child!
d) You begin to start a chant that the other Team’s Goalie is a “sieve”!
e) You stay in your seat and clap your hands!
f) You are sooooo excited that you messed your pants and are “bolting” to the rest room!
g) You immediately look over at the parents of the kid who made that great pass to your child for him to score and you salute them with a great big compliment …. Nice Pass!!!

2) Your Team has just been scored on … What was your reaction?

a) You give out a Big “moan” and look over at your friends with a
disgusted look!
b) You lean over and tell your fellow Parents that your Team’s Goalie
shouldn’t be playing on this Team!
c) You stare down at the Coaches for putting out the weakest Players at
a time like this!
d) You get up out of your seat and walk out into the lobby or outside
for a smoke!
e) You give out a large cheer to the bench “Let’s get it back, boys”!
f) You are standing away from all the LOUD Parents and you drop your head and look away!
g) You get on your cell phone and are looking for another Team for your child to play for! Hey … Maybe we can send him 3,000 miles away to play for that select Team!

3) Your child is Flying down the ice with the puck and “Timmy” the MOOSE Johnson comes skating across the ice and absolutely “levels” your child with the hardest HIT of the century … What is Your reaction ?

a) You jump up out of your seat and start screaming at the Ref for a Major penalty!
b) You jump out of your seat and fly down to the boards to check on your childs’ health.
c) On the way back up to your seat .. You are screaming at the opposition Parents to “Watch OUT” Things are going to get tough now!
d) You see your child get up slowly and head to the bench and go down there to talk with him.
e) Your standing in the corner of the rink and You yell over the boards …”Get UP”!
f) You are beginning to prepare exactly what to say to your child after the game. Wow was that a great hit! He caught you hard and I’m so thankful you are OK, but I’m so impressed with you that you got back up and wanted to continue playing even though you were still hurting. That shows courage and you came out the next shift going even harder! That was Great!
g) On the ride home you tell him “Son .. ya gotta keep your head up especially when that MOOSE Johnson is on the ice.”


4) A Player on the other Team makes a “move “ on one of your Defencemen and goes around him to score a goal … What do you do?

a) You know that this kid is a weak Defenseman so you go over to the
Parents and suggest that together your Son and theirs get some
Individual Instruction over the season!
b) You WAIT ‘till the next practice to do what it says in “a” above!
c) You wait for the coach in the hallway after the game to tell him he made a HUGE mistake putting that Defenseman out there with the other Teams’ best Player on the ice!
d) You keep your mouth shut all the way home because it was Your Son who got beat badly One on One!
e) You find Three positive things to tell your Son on the way home in the car! Later that day or the next you review those great plays and introduce what he needs to improve on so that he doesn’t get beat like that again!
f) You are running the score clock and you dropped your coffee all over yourself and you missed the whole play!
g) You are the Team Manager and you meet with the Coach after the game and discuss how and when and if we can bring in a Defenseman Coach for a few practices minimum to work with our defensemen!


5) The score is TIED in the championship game of the State Tournament and the other Team scores a winning Goal in overtime that was clearly offside … What is your reaction?

a) You race down to the boards and shout at the linesman for missing
that offside call.
b) You stand up and join the scream that the Goal was offsides!
c) You form a line of angry parents who are just waiting for the refs to leave the ice!
d) You Stand up and give BOTH Teams a great big applause!
e) You take all the kids out for a big meal and drinks at Chuckie Cheese after the game
f) You missed the whole thing because there was a football game on TV!
g) You go down to the bench and give great big hugs to all the Players on your Team congratulating them for another GREAT season!


Here’s how you SCORE your answers:
The HIGHER You score ..the more in control of your emotions you are AND THE MORE YOUR Child will enjoy playing !
Good Luck!

Question
#1 a-10, b-0, c-10, d-0, e-10, f-8, g-15
#2 a-0, b-0, c-0, d-5, e-10, f-8, g-0
#3 a-0, b-10, c-0, d-8, e-0, f-10, g-0
#4 a-7, b-10, c-0, d-0, e-10, f-10, g-10
#5 a-0, b-5, c-0, d-10, e-15, f-0, g-15

Score 0 to 20 - GET PROFESSIONAL HELP IMMEDIATELY
Score 21 to 30 - BRING DUCT TAPE TO THE GAME TO COVER YOUR MOUTH
Score 31 to 40 - YOU’RE GIVING YOUR CHILD REASON TO QUIT PLAYING
Score 41 to 50 - YOU ARE WELL UNDER CONTROL – KEEP ENJOYING THE GAME
Score 51 or above - OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF GREAT PARENTHOOD