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TBirds Women in Coaching Group
One of our least tapped into resources are the moms and female alumni in our ranks. Last night, with facilitation from long standing TBird rep coach Amy de Bree, a group of current and hopeful future women coaches gathered on zoom to simply chat around how we can bridge the gap to create a welcoming…
Read MoreFebruary Skills Camps and Clinics Announced
As we close out the 2020-21 season, we will offer the following mini-series of clinics over the final month: Starting the week of Feb 2 2011 & 2012 Goaltender Development led by ProFormance Goalie School – Wednesdays @ 5:00 – 6:15 pm – Richmond Olympic Oval South – $50 Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar…
Read MoreJanuary clinics for U11, U13 and U15 recreational now open for registration
Vancouver Thunderbirds are excited to offer two mini-series clinic sessions for our U11 and U13/U15 recreational players over the remaining weeks in January. We are excited to have these sessions led by a number of our TBird rep coaches who will bring a high level of energy to the sessions. Sessions will run for the…
Read MoreScotiabank Runway to the World Juniors Contest
How to make the most of FlipGive
Last night, Adam from FlipGive provided a chance to learn how to maximize FlipGive. You can listen in on the recording here, or you can even book an online appointment with Adam to walk you through it (he’s amazing!) but just to give you an idea: Join your team by choosing it from this page.…
Read MoreTop 5 Reminders on running a Phase 2 “Physically Distanced” practice
With the announcement by Dr. Bonnie Henry today returning sport to Phase 2 programming, we have developed our own TBird Top 5 list to help remind our coaches of the Phase 2 on-ice programming. Thanks in advance to all of our coaches who will help us stay on the ice during this temporary pause in…
Read More2020-21 Points of Focus Review Meeting
Special thanks to our Referee-in-Chief Trevor Boudreau for walking us through the 6 Points of Focus on rule changes for the 2020-21 season. For those coaches who were unable to attend the meeting, please click here to watch the recording.
Read MoreSeptember 16 Parent Meeting – Recreational and Rep
Last night Thunderbirds hosted parent information meetings for the U11-U18 recreational and rep divisions to provide some information on the upcoming balancing process, tryouts and post-Thanksgiving league play. If you missed the sessions, you can watch the recordings below by clicking on the name of the session: Joint Information Session – covers items that impact…
Read MoreAnnouncing our Rep Coach Lineup for 2020-21
Over the past few weeks, we have been in discussion with a large number of coaches. As Covid-19 has caused delays to starts of the season for some leagues, the silver lining is Thunderbird have been fortunate to secure high level coaches to help us get the season off to a great start. Those marked…
Read MoreThunderbird Training Session – Coaches, Division Ambassadors, Team/Group Managers, HCSP
Thank you to the 130+ people who took time away from watching the Canucks game to participate in the Thunderbirds Start of Season Training session. For those that weren’t able to join us, we recorded the main session along with the break out sessions. Please click the link below to listen to the information provided…
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