Detroit — For aspiring young hockey players, mixing academics with athletics can be difficult.
Along with the standard team hockey practices and games, you have a lot of travel to out-of-state tournaments – and then there’s the individualized training for skating, shooting and weight training.
The traditional brick and mortar school room, for the major-junior caliber player, can’t easily be fit into the schedule.
The flexibility at the traditional physical school just isn’t there.
Which makes the popularity of online courses in the world of top-tier athletics so understandable.
Take the case of Northville’s Nick Robertson.