Felicia Hardy and Smoked Brisket

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With another intense set of games for tonight, Moscow and Malmo, the coaching staff of HC Davos Dynamo made the practice optional.  Felicia Hardy after taking a couple bruises from the last game decided that they would sit this one out and get some rest. 

 

Rest today looks like a time to make players on the team a fantastic BBQ smoked meal.  On today’s menu will be smoked Brisket, Hash Brown Casserole and Pit Beans.  It will be a long 21-hour process to do the brisket but will be well worth it when it is done.  A slow process done over low heat (225 degrees) with hickory wood.  

 

Smoking brisket could be used as an analogy for training a player, it is a long slow process that takes constant monitoring, doing little adjustments over time but once it is finished you get a level of perfection that you can’t achieve if the process is rushed.  It is a process that can seem daunting, or it can be a relaxing journey that allows you to sit back and enjoy. I encourage you to look at building your player as the journey.  Take it in, enjoy each step, build slowly, purposefully.  Know that the process works, you can achieve a great result if you keep at it, a slow constant pace. 

 

Today there is only 6 more hours until the brisket is finished, in building Felicia Hardy I will have 7 more seasons.  It is a slow process, but it will result in something great.  So, I am sitting back, having another cup of coffee, and am enjoying the process.