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Hockey Mom Tips
Hockey Mom Tip #12: How to guide kids to making great choices at restaurant during playoffs
Parents can support their young athlete by selecting a restaurant that offers the best pre- or post-game food choices, not necessarily the one that is a “parent-favorite”. It also helps if parents choose the healthy meals from the menu as well so that their athletes aren’t looking over at their plates longingly, wishing they could have had the fried cheese sticks, burger, fries and chocolate brownie for dessert. There is a time and place for that type of food selection and playoffs is not the time nor the place! Parents contribute enormously to playoff success – by making sure that their athletes sleep, eat and rest well and by helping them to manage their emotions during the stressful playoffs. Parents who practice what they preach will find it easier to motivate their young athletes to develop great habits that lead to playoff success!
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Author
Margot Lacoste is a retired dietitian, an avid hockey player, and hockey mom to four. Her experience raising children and advising hockey players and teams who play hockey led her to self-publish the first version of the Nutrition Edge for Hockey Players in 2002. She brings her expansive knowledge of hockey schedules, arenas, tournament schedules, and teenage hockey player preferences to this great resource.
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