NHL Hockey season starts early in Stowe, VT
The professional hockey season started in Stowe last week even though no one knew about it. The Boston Bruins were in town for a little break from the rigors of training camp and for some team building. I was fortunate enough to be asked to lead their team building event while they were here.
It was great fun for me. I used to do this kind of work all the time in my corporate life and I’ve missed it since I bought Ten Acres three years ago. My plan was always to host team building events here at the lodge and now I’m hopeful that will begin to happen.
The team was great and did an excellent job throwing themselves into the activities I had designed to meet their needs. The Bruins are a commited organization that has invested resources of all kinds to help with the development of the club. I met with the team’s Sports Psychologists and gained insight into their challenges and goals. From there it was faciliate the event and help them discover how to work better.
One activity we did was orienteering. This was my first experience with it as a facilitator and I found it to be a useful activity. The guys loved it and worked hard to find all the targets. The other activitites were classic “low ropes” challenges…these are basically problem solving activities that require a team to think collectively. I was pleased at not only how well they did solving the problems, but the enthusiasm in discussing the process afterwards. They wanted to learn and get better. If you want to read an article on the day, click this link http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=999&NewsID=842992&CategoryID=18256&on=1
The coaches and management seemed pleased with the day and I was fortunate to be asked to join the team for dinner that night. Some great stories were shared as well as dreams of a run to the playoffs. I haven’t followed hockey that much, but I told the guys I would be keeping an eye out on them throughout the season.
While the official start of the season for the Bruins is this Friday (in Dallas), to me, the season really started on an open field surrounded by fall colors in Stowe VT.
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