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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Each has their own culture. I’m presuming you’re coming from a place with not a lot of hockey options.

Here’s something to watch out for —  at the Capitals Hockey Academy, your child could try out for a spot on the team, be awarded it via a written email, and then later be asked to step aside for one of the tournaments so that the Coaches son’s best. friend can take your space. The same kid who didn’t bother to try out. That’s the kind of toxic Dad culture you’ll find there.[/quote]

NP and CHA parent - I know this story is accurate. There shouldn’t even be a dad coach at the age and level this team is at - we were promised by CHA they were moving away from that. And this spring team is now made up of several kids who shouldn’t be on the team but are because either the son is friends with the kids or the mom is friends with the moms.

And it’s why quite a few of us have kids trying out elsewhere for fall [/quote]

Honestly though, the CHA spring teams are so watered down that's a tough comparison. None of the coaches want to coach the spring teams and very few of the top players want to play, so you end up with teams of players who range from AA to house league together, with any available coach tossed in.

Ultimately though, CHA should be making the coaching decisions not the coaches in isolation. You see the same bias even when they are paid coaches - they tend to pick kids with families they like and have coached before.[/quote]

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