‘Coaching is coaching:’ From pros to rookies
Tom Coolen has coached a lot of teams in his 58 years. His career has spanned seven countries and 25 years. He’s spent thousands of hours in rinks with teenagers in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, to grizzled pros in Europe. And he knows how to win. During the 1992-93 season, he led the [...]
Only a few months ago, the St. Thomas University men’s volleyball team didn’t exist. Suspended for a year for violating the school’s hazing policies after the death of rookie player Andrew Bartlett at a team party, the team lost many of its players. It had to rebuild from scratch. What emerged was a team made [...]
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Ed Welch carries a red book with him called A Season in Words. It has a chapter on how to communicate with your team as a coach, what to say before – and after – an important game. But sometimes, words from a book aren’t enough. After 50 years of coaching, and even with his [...]
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Only one year after the team was suspended, the St. Thomas University men’s volleyball team has won the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association championship in front of a home crowd. STU beat the Holland College Hurricanes three sets to two (15-25, 25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 15-3) Sunday at the Lady Beaverbrook Gym. The team, made up almost [...]
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The St. Thomas University women’s volleyball team will have to settle for second best. The number two-ranked women lost the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association championship game against number-one ranked Mount St. Vincent University on Sunday afternoon in the Lady Beaverbrook Gym. As the host team of the tournament, the lower bleachers of the gym were [...]
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For Michael Bourgeois, volleyball is his one true passion – despite having played many different sports his whole life. The first-year St. Thomas University student is a recent addition to the university’s men’s volleyball line-up “Volleyball has always been my strong front, also it’s my favourite sport,” said Bourgeois. “I started in Grade 8 with [...]
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A million things are running through Francis Sirois’ mind when he jumps up in front of the net and prepares to smash the volleyball onto the opposing team’s side of the court. He needs to decide what he’s going to do with the ball almost instantly. He needs to see in front of him, to [...]
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The floor of the South Gym is old, slippery and uneven. There aren’t any bleachers so the fans have to sit in plastic chairs along the sideline. The sports teams use public washrooms as changing rooms and four coaches share one office. The lights flicker and sometimes even go out. “If we’re going to compare [...]
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Stephanie Fauquier – The Aquinian The St. Thomas women’s volleyball team fought hard Sunday morning against Mount Saint Vincent, only to have come up a little short. The women were unable to win in five sets. Sunday’s game determined who would finish in either third or fourth place. St. Thomas is now in fourth place [...]
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