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Grit Kore Driven by purpose, not hype. Grit Kore is a mindset — training body & mind to build true resilience. Truth over trophies. Progress over polish. Find. A.

Way. 🔗 gritkore.com At Grit Pile Kidz, we strive to ignite the spark in children to discover their inner passions. We share true and inspiring stories of people who reached their goals through unwavering diligence, passion and grit, overcoming rejection and conquering self-doubt. Our goal is to encourage kids to find a passion and use that as a vehicle to build their "Grit Pile". By telling the stories of accomplished individuals, we believe kids will get inspired and committed to the journey and grind to achieve greatness. Every success story starts with a love for what you do. Building your Grit Pile is the groundwork to achieving your dreams. Passions and dreams can change over time, but the Grit Pile you build will be transferable to any new goal!

Custom jackets. Proud hockey moms. Then an email from the club: trademark infringement, a 15% royalty demand, and a thre...
10/12/2026

Custom jackets. Proud hockey moms. Then an email from the club: trademark infringement, a 15% royalty demand, and a threat to suspend their 10-year-olds.

This happened to a 10U team in New Jersey. The owner later said no player was suspended, but the email still went out.

So which camp are you in?

CAMP 1 – Team Pride: The moms were cheering on their kids, not counterfeiting gear.
CAMP 2 – Trademark: The logo belongs to the club. Using it takes permission.

Vote in the poll, or drop a 1 or 2 in the comments.

Then read the full story (link in bio). The bigger question we’re asking: at what point does youth hockey stop feeling like a community and start feeling like a business?

Hockey parents: check your player contract before you order team-branded gear.

FIND. A. WAY.

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Your legs don’t die in the third because you’re out of shape. They die because you skated on what you ate at 11 am.The L...
09/22/2026

Your legs don’t die in the third because you’re out of shape. They die because you skated on what you ate at 11 am.

The Locker Room is open. Your side of Grit Kore. Written to you, not your parents.

Comment LOCKER and we’ll DM you the link.
What’s in it:

Game-day fuel timeline, from breakfast to the bus ride home

Nine recipes you can make in a dorm room with a microwave and a mini-fridge

Three warm-ups that need one hockey bag and zero equipment

Seven breaths and exactly when to use each one, from pre-game nerves to after a bad shift

One screen. One thing to do today. Nothing in there you can’t do yourself.

Two rooms open now. Fuel and Warm-Up. The rest open through the season.

Save this so you have it before your next game. Send it to the teammate who eats a bag of chips in the car.
Comment LOCKER for the link. It’s in the bio too.
FIND. A. WAY.

Raise the athlete, not the scoreboard!Two young athletes can begin with similar natural ability.Fast forward a few years...
08/31/2026

Raise the athlete, not the scoreboard!

Two young athletes can begin with similar natural ability.

Fast forward a few years, and one has become stronger, faster, more coordinated, more resilient, and more confident.

What happened?

The difference often isn’t talent.

It’s the development gap.

Athletic potential isn’t fixed—it’s realized through the right environment, quality coaching, nutrition, sleep, movement, and thousands of intentional decisions over time.

As parents, it’s easy to focus on today’s results:
🏒 Making the team.
🏒 Scoring goals.
🏒 Ice time.

But the bigger question is:

Are we building the athlete they’ll become at 16, 18, or 21?

The goal isn’t to maximize today’s performance.

The goal is to maximize tomorrow’s capacity.

👉 Swipe through to see the framework we use to think about long-term athletic development.

Which factor do you think is most overlooked in youth sports today—sleep, nutrition, movement, coaching, or mindset?

Leave your thoughts below. We’d love to hear them.

Find. A. Way.

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All this for what? And for whom? Let’s think this through. New York’s new cover story on how travel leagues got expensiv...
08/25/2026

All this for what? And for whom? Let’s think this through.

New York’s new cover story on how travel leagues got expensive, hypercompetitive, and all-consuming — and who’s profiting from it.

Worth every parent’s ten minutes. A must read. Link in bio.

We’re bringing the whole table to the kick-off. 🏒Saturday, August 29 · 11AM–4PM · SoNo Ice House front lot.Food trucks, ...
08/24/2026

We’re bringing the whole table to the kick-off. 🏒
Saturday, August 29 · 11AM–4PM · SoNo Ice House front lot.

Food trucks, dunk a coach, test your shot — and Grit Kore set up with the full Hockey IQ series:
📕 Hockey IQ Book 1 — journal + workbook for Pewees & Bantams

⭐ Grit On Ice 1 & 2 — the starter pack for ages 7–10
🃏 Brainstorm the Barn — the hockey strategy card game, 8+
🎒 Komo’s Grit Engine & MattyMo’s Grit Pile — for the little ones, 3+
🧢 Tees, hats and patches

Coaches and team managers: come talk to us about team discounts. Best way to start a season is with everyone reading the same book.

Swipe to see what’s on the table. See you Saturday.

Find. A. Way.

08/24/2026

“You can’t teach Hockey IQ.” We hear it every tournament weekend. We think it’s wrong.

Yes, cognitive ability varies — the research is clear on that. But a different starting point is not a fixed ceiling.
We tested it this summer with Coach Matt Moulson. A few weeks in, my son came home and said:

“Dad, the boys are talking about the Flow Line while they’re playing NHL. They’re calling each other out when someone breaks the flow.”

They weren’t memorizing concepts. They’d built a shared way of seeing the game — and they were coaching each other with no adult in the room.

To be clear: not instead of skill sessions. Alongside them.
📖 Full post — link in bio.

Born or built? Tell me below. 👇

Find. A. Way.

07/14/2026

Your kid gets coached on skating, shooting, and passing. Nobody’s coaching the other 70% of the game.

Coach Moulson is changing that. He’s spearheading the first-ever Grit Kore Hockey IQ Camp — built directly on the book.

And here’s what we didn’t expect:

The kids are leaning hardest into the nutrition and mental strength work.

Not the drills. The stuff nobody’s ever bothered to teach them. How to fuel a tournament weekend. How to reset after a bad shift. How to walk into a big game and not shrink.

Turns out when you finally give young athletes the whole picture — mind and body, not just hands and feet — they want it.

That’s what the Grit Kore Hockey IQ book was built for:

🧠 Hockey IQ — reading plays, scanning, seeing the ice a beat before everyone else
🥗 Nutrition — fueling between games, not just surviving them
💪 Mental strength — tools for pressure, mistakes, and the shift after the bad shift

Nine weeks. Which is exactly what’s between right now and next season.

Coaches + team managers — run it with your whole roster. One language, one standard, everyone bought in.
Parents + players — work it at home. Nine weeks of what most kids never get taught.

Next season is decided in the offseason. It always was.

📥 Comment READY and I’ll send you the link to grab the book.
❤️ Like + share with a coach, a team manager, or a player who wants to come back better.
🔗 Link in bio.

07/12/2026

One player was taught. His father played in the NHL. The entire lesson:

Two scans as the puck comes to you. Look far early. Look close late.

That’s it. Most kids have never heard it once.

Tonight, on the drive home, ask:

“What did you see before you got the puck?”

If the answer is “…the puck” — you just found the thing worth working on.

🔗 Full study (open access) linked in bio.

06/19/2026

🚨 LOCAL HOCKEY COACHES — THIS IS FOR YOU! 🚨

We’re excited to invite all local youth hockey coaches to join us on June 25 at Darien Ice House for a special Hockey IQ Coaches Clinic featuring 7-Time Stanley Cup Champion Coach Barry Smith.

Coach Barry has spent decades developing elite players at the highest levels of the game, and now he’s sharing the principles, teaching methods, and player-development strategies that help build true Hockey IQ in young athletes.

🏒 See Coach Barry in action on the ice
📚 Learn how our new Hockey IQ Book Series can support your team’s player development both on and off the ice
👥 Discover practical tools to help players think the game faster, make better decisions, and become more complete athletes
💥 Team discounts on the Hockey IQ Book Series are available through our website

This is a unique opportunity to learn from one of hockey’s most respected teachers and connect with fellow coaches who are passionate about developing smarter, more confident players.

📍 Darien Ice House
📅 June 25
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:50 PM
🎟️ Free Admission
📧 RSVP: mailto:[email protected]

🔗 Link in bio for team book discounts and more information.

Tag a coach who should be there and share this with your hockey community! 🏒🔥

06/17/2026

🥗🏒 Nutrition is part of the process.

Great athletes don’t just train hard—they fuel their bodies to perform, recover, and grow.

In this edition of our Nutrition Series, we’re sharing some of our athletes’ favorite snacks and go-to recipes that help keep them energized on and off the ice.

🥤✨ Enjoy Elin’s Power Smoothie!

One of her favorite breakfast and after-school snacks, this smoothie is packed with the nutrients young athletes need to fuel performance, support recovery, and stay energized throughout the day.

🍓 Quick recovery snacks
🥜 Protein-packed favorites
🥑 Healthy fuel for busy athletes
💪 Simple recipes that support performance

Remember: what you eat today helps determine how you perform tomorrow.

📚 Looking for more tools to help your athlete develop healthy habits, resilience, and a growth mindset? Check out the Grit Kore book.

💬 What’s your athlete’s favorite healthy snack? Share it in the comments!

🔄 Save this post for later and send it to a sports parent looking for healthy nutrition ideas.

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