Former head coach of the Russian national team Vyacheslav Bykov in a conversation with , he said that Russian children’s coaches are able to bring young hockey players to the highest level of training.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Russian Hockey Federation (RFH) President Vladislav Tretyak and the Russian Sports Ministry to address the situation in which Russian hockey players go to play in foreign leagues at a very young age. . The head of state said that “hockey businessmen take children from sports schools and drag them abroad”, “there is a lot of money, the damage is obvious to us”, it’s “a business, and not always regulated and not always noble.”
— We must approach this subject seriously. We need to spend more time promoting hockey in our country. Does anyone in the NHL comment on what’s happening in the KHL?
– No.
— Many people don’t even know that such a league exists. Why should we promote their championship? The media should talk more about the KHL, but now the advantage is towards the American championship, and that is wrong. All the information you give us is passed on to the children and parents, who then leave us. You have to interview the children’s coaches, find out how things work in this environment. Our hockey players are sought after abroad because of their play in the KHL. Our coaching team is capable of bringing athletes to the highest level.
We must make it known that our training is of a high standard. Why should parents take their children abroad when our coaches can do a quality job? It is important that the child receives not only hockey education, but also general education – he completes his studies. No one can guarantee that a teenager will become a KHL or NHL player. Educating a person through hockey is also an important process, because if a person fails and does not receive education, what to do?
According to the president, there are those who want to enrich themselves at the expense of others. The Ministry of Sports and the Russian Hockey Federation issue licenses to agents; before receiving them, they must pass certain tests. A good agent is an educated person and will treat the people with whom he or she develops relationships with understanding. And all civilized contractual relations must be equal, regulated between the sports officials of the countries, while respecting the interests of the league, the federation, the clubs, the players and the supporters who want to see, support and identify with their favorite players.
Children and young people have every right to attend matches, watch them with their own eyes, experience and be like their idols, adopt their skills and have the opportunity to communicate with them in their clubs. It is also an important aspect in passing on traditions from generation to generation, thus strengthening the power of our hockey.
I think that club leaders and coaches should hold information meetings with the parents of their players, explain to them how the development process takes place and what tasks will be set for the development of children. Parents have the right to know how their children learn. Like in an educational school, because they trust the most valuable thing: their child,” Bykov told .
Source : MatchTV
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