At most of the rinks where I play in, there are a lot of people that think that just because there isn’t many people that play the game in Australia, they think they are better than what they actually are. Most of these people don’t even follow the NHL or any other league related to hockey yet they can comment on other peoples flaws. Yes there are people that know more than others and have something to teach but the majority don’t know anything other than getting a goal makes you a good player which even that is untrue.
A team may be made up of veterans, sophomores, rookies etc and they all play a key role. My theory is that all players have something to offer, if not then why do they play? Why would they be effective on a particular team? And if rookies don’t want to listen to the veterans on their team, their learning is going to be a lot slower then someone that takes the advice of the veterans. After all, the veterans that have been playing a while do have the more experience, which is handy to have.
But what some people need to be aware of is to give advice, you need to be able to take it as well. Compare it to the game of ice hockey. A team isn’t a team if one player just continuously takes it up the ice and tries to break through the offensive zone. It may work once but to work as team, players need to pass. And to pass it requires players need to be able to make a pass and the other to receive it. Because if any of these things aren’t completed then the pass won’t make it to the other player. And if a veteran gives advice, someone either has to listen to it or forget it. But if they forget it did the veteran ever really give out advice or were they just talking to themselves? And in a team environment, communication is vital.
