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A M ESSA GE FROM THE HOCKEY DIRECTOR

Welcome to the 2017-18 Little Caps season program.
The Little Caps philosophy is simple: We are committed to helping every Little Cap reach their full potential as Tier 1 hockey players.
We believe this focus on player development is the key to building a competitive program. To this end, the Washington Little Capitals
provide the best coaching available in the Washington, DC area. We offer our players well-organized, intense, and competitive
practice sessions each and every day. Players improve by being pushed out of their comfort zones. We will offer the latest skill
training techniques that are proven to enhance performance.
Once players become Little Caps, we are committed to continuously evaluating and supporting them, so that they know where they
are making progress and where they still need to improve. We will show patience and commitment to the players we select for our
teams. In turn, we expect our players to demonstrate hard work, commitment and dedication to excellence at every practice and
every game. With that each and every player will be able to show tangible progress over the course of the season.
Our goal is to develop not just elite hockey players, but young men and women of character. As an elite sports program, we expect
our players to maintain high standards both on the ice and in the classroom.

We want to help our kids become the best hockey players they can be. We will provide our players with a great hockey experience,
but also a great environment that promotes values of discipline and hard work. We will develop our players, and give them exposure
opportunities so they can advance beyond our program. And we will instill habits of excellence in our players that will help them to
be successful not just in hockey, but in life. We want our players and our program to develop the reputation so that coaches at any
level ? from juniors to college ? know that when you recruit a Little Caps you are not only going to get a great player, but a great kid as
well -- so that when a scout in a showcase watches one of our kids on the ice, see their habits, fundamentals and character, they can
say: ?That?s a Little Cap. ?
DAN JABLONIC

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