Welcome to the 2024/2025 U15 Mississippi Thunderkings!
U15 Parents & Players,
I’d like to introduce myself and welcome everyone back to the new Hockey season.
My name is Ricky Smith and I’ve been involved with minor hockey in a few different capacities over the years that range from playing, officiating, timekeeping, and helping on a bench. This will be my first year with MTK as well as a non-parent head coach.
My objective as the head coach this year is to assist players in building confidence and self-esteem while trying new things in a positive learning environment.
My expectations for all players are to give their very best efforts at all times. Hard work, consistency, and team work are going to be very important contributing factors to the team’s success.
We aren’t just building better hockey players. These young men are learning important life skills that will help them for years to come in their future life/professional goals. For this reason, we will aim to always have team engagement in discussions and decisions being made.
Off-ice program
· Off ice physical training
· Team meetings (sometimes broken up into positions)
On-ice program
· Situational game play drills
· Flow drills
· Individual skills
I wish everyone the best that will be trying out. I expect everyone’s best and look forward to getting our team together for the upcoming season. If any parents or players have any questions, I would encourage you to reach out the MTK executive and we can set up a meeting through them.
Good Luck!
Rick