Author Description

FOREVER THEIR COACH, "All Rapped Up is a circle of life, positive story, about a young ice hockey coach who followed in the coaching footsteps of his father and the man who taught him how to skate and play the game. You will read how in his 9 years of coaching at the Pee Wee & Bantam levels, Pat Doyle and his teams overcame the odds year after year to achieve personal success. In this day and age, it seems like all you hear in the media are negative stories surrounding youth sports with coaches, parents and players. However, in this book youll discover how Coach Patty had a unique relationship with all of his players and how they had a unique relationship with him as well. He was their coach, their friend, and their big brother. Someone they could relate to in the formative years of their lives. Read about how he connected with each of them by not only teaching them how to play hockey, but also through his wild, crazy, flamboyant style, a style that became known as Patty Hockey. He helped guide 2 teams to the National Finals, but more importantly he had a special bond with each of his players and all of his teams. Read how his players had a once in a lifetime experience while playing a sport that they loved. This book takes you inside the time his players helped him over come the tragic death of his father in 1995 and read how a year later he and his players came to the assistance of a teammate after the heartbreaking death of his father as he stood in the stands watching a game. Year after year each one of his teams had a one of a kind distinction that became their identity and definition and he fondly remembers each team that way. And read how Coach Patty took the torch that was passed down to him by his coach, and passed it down to his players, who have since grown up and as young adults, are now coaching the sport of ice hockey and teaching children how to play the game, just like their coach did for them, and the circle of his hockey life was completed. Underst