The Integrity Sports International Story

Integrity Sports International has been an idea, a concept, and a philosophy we have had for many years. We always felt it would be fun and rewarding to work with kids and pass on many of the things we have learned over the years. Then something happened which forced us to take this idea and make it a reality.

I was at the rink one day and a director of a hockey camp from Minnesota asked me how old my son was. I told him 18 months and he said to me,

“Don’t wait too long to get your kid into my programs like a lot of those NHL guys do.”

I started chuckling to myself only to see this guy was serious and that’s when the light went on. If this is how people are speaking to parents that have actually played the game, what are they saying to parents who don’t have any idea what to do, or what’s best for their child?

After that we sat down and started laying out the type of program that we would want our kids to be a part of. The philosophy had been set and from there it was only a matter of time…