Konstantinos Housseas – Hockey Training Success

Chapter Overview:
0:00 – Intro
0:05 – Background and Early Days in Hockey
0:24 – Discovering LPS Athletic
0:40 – First Impressions of LPS
0:58 – Training Experience at LPS
1:13 – Results and Improvements
1:30 – Challenges and Weight Loss
1:48 – Sacrifices and Commitment
2:08 – Overcoming the Urge to Quit
2:27 – Memorable Moments in Hockey
2:50 – What DOMINATE Means to Konstantinos
3:03 – Future Goals
3:18 – Advice to Other Athletes

Konstantinos Housseas’s Hockey Dryland Training Success

My name is Konstantinos Housseas. I play for the U14 Marquette Majors and I play hockey. When I was five, my dad put me in boxing, and then when I was eight, I started playing hockey. And it went on from there. Growing up, I started playing soccer, then my dad took me to a Toronto Police game, and I fell in love with the game. Ever since, I’ve loved it. Before I came to LPS, our team had a dryland training before I practiced, which is an hour and a half. And then I practiced with the skills, shooting, all the basics, hockey, and then when I came to LPS, I used to come four days a week, two years a week. And then practice dry land, all that.

So my dad introduced me to LPS after I got home from school. He was like, “Want to go to this gym?” and he said to try it out. If you don’t like it, don’t come back. But I was like, “Sure.” I tried it out and I loved it. So I’m still here. My first impression of LPS was a little nervous about what people think of me. But ever since, it’s been home to me. I’ve been coming here almost every day. It’s like a second home for me. I know everyone. The coaches have been nice to me.

The training here at LPS can get pretty intense sometimes, but overall it’s helped me get stronger, better. It’s helped me be a better athlete overall. I’ve seen a lot of results from coming to LPS. I’ve gotten faster, stronger, my shot’s been way harder. It’s jumped up to another level and I feel like my first two steps of my skating have accelerated past everyone else. Now the first year heading for me it’s been easier than it should be.

Some challenges, probably losing weight has probably been a big one for me since maybe five. I’ve been a little bit on the thicker side and that’s been a pretty big challenge. Usually, the coach has been pushing me to do my first pull-up and I finally got it. So that’s one thing on the bucket list. Some sacrifices that I’ve made, the biggest one is eating healthy so I can keep my weight in the gym up and my strength up. Also, free time outside of the gym. I’ve been coming here a lot, getting stronger, getting better, being a better athlete.

There have been a few times where I’d like to quit, but I just stopped because I thought if I quit, I won’t be the athlete that I should be. I just won’t be better than everyone else, and I want to keep that. So me and Coach Mo sat down one day and we had a one-on-one talk and after that, I just had to be a new Kosta, had to keep going. I just switched to a different Kosta.

The most memorable moment is probably starting my first day here. That’s probably my favorite moment because LPS just got me stronger, better, and for hockey, probably my first goal, AAA. That was pretty fun. It was pretty hard to remember, it was a few years ago, but I think I shot it from the slot, it went in, I celebrated. Dominant means being the best person you can be, being better. Not quitting, achieving more. That’s what I think.

Some of my future goals, obviously, as a 14-year-old, are making the NHL. But first, I gotta go step by step, making the OHL or the CHL or the Western Hockey League. And then from there, AHL, and then step up and keep going. One piece of advice that I would give is trust the process. Just trust, keep going, don’t quit, don’t stop.

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