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Seaway Valley Coaching Spotlight: Yvon Besner
and the Minor Bantam AA Rapids
By Casey Leger hockey players. He continued coaching
when his own kids started playing.
von Besner is no stranger to the rink.
“I think hockey builds a strong sense of
YThis year, he’s taken a step up the
teamwork and a good work ethic amongst
age ladder coaching wise, taking his place
young kids and also helps them burn off that
behind the bench with the AA Bantam
excess energy and stay physically active at
Rapids, while last year he was heading the
the same time,” says Coach Besner, who is
Major Peewee AA squad.
a general manager at Rush Truck Centres.
Working with boys who are mostly His coaching obligations can certainly
thirteen years old comes with challenges, be challenging in terms of time. ‘It often
according to Coach Besner. “This can be means frequent trips back to the office after
a difficult age and certainly does not come hours to catch up on things that may have
without its share of distractions,” he says. been missed do to rushing out for a game
The rewards, he explains, include seeing the our practice,” he says. He also coaches
players develop into better hockey players lacrosse.
and seeing many of them graduate to a
“My coaching philosophy is simple,”
different level of understanding the game.
he says. “Hard work and effort will be
With twenty years coaching experience rewarded. If the effort is there, wins and
under his belt and having played Junior B losses will sometimes be beyond our control.
locally, Coach Besner first got behind the Players should challenge themselves to
bench before he had kids of his own, just be better every day. This is not just about
to be involved in teaching and developing hockey, but a philosophy of life.” Photo Submitted
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