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Written By: Connor Bizal If you know me, you know how much I love to have fun and bring positivity to every situation I find myself in. I have been told I smile too much and I can be found laughing too hard at the most minor things. When you see me at face value, you would assume I live a fairly easy and pleasant life. Currently, you would be right! However, things have not always been this way. I was blessed with the opportunity to write about my mental illness experiences for a blog called Athletes Helping Athletes. This process allowed me to reflect on my past and detail it in the best way possible. AHA is a tremendous resource for those who may feel they are alone or need to know that things do get better, so I highly recommend checking out their website and following them on social media! I wrote the article in hopes of shining a light on mental illness and inspiring those who may be fighting their own battles. Below you will find my toughest fight...
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Written by: Adam Zukowski 3. Do not burn bridges with coaches.
I will start with an example for this one: A few weeks after my senior season, I had two NA3HL coaches of league leading teams reach out and offer to sign me. At this point, I was frustrated with how my interactions with NAHL coaches had gone and did not want to think about the option of tier 3 junior hockey. I spent well over an hour each on calls with these coaches, and spent a month or so texting back and forth with each. I was not planning on accepting either of their offers, and later started ignoring their texts for days on end. After I signed to play U18 in Sioux Falls I had completely stopped responding to both coaches. A month later I checked twitter and saw that one coach was named the new assistant coach of the Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL), and right after that the other coach was named the head coach of the Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL, and whose camp I had planned on attending later that summer). |