Bob Acton Sports, formerly known as “Hockey and Homework” and “Beaches Sports Academy” was founded in 2003 by Bob Acton. What started as a simple after school program involving one hour of hockey and one hour of homework, has now developed into a staple for hockey and lacrosse development in the Beaches Community. “Our goal at Bob Acton Sports is to develop talented hockey players, but also happy and confidents ones. It is important to note that we’re not here to trying to develop strictly elite hockey players, we are trying to develop any boy or girl to play hockey for the rest of their life. We develop kids and the ones that really want to chase the dream, we make sure that we’re moving forward and providing the mentorship for them… it goes way beyond the hockey. Parents need advice for where their kids want to go, whether its possible school opportunities, scholastic opportunities, junior programs… and we have a plethora of experience within this field. We don’t want to look at this as a hockey program as we do a lot of dryland programs, lacrosse programs, ball hockey programs… we simply want to be a place in the area where parents trust us and develop some really good life skills”. “A lot of people talk about the hockey, but we want to develop people who can give back to the community. We want them to really help kids and we want them to tell their stories. Maybe they were intimidated by Bob Acton and his sternness or discipline, but later on they realize that my bark is much bigger than my bite. There is a lot of discipline that we hope they can apply in life”. - Bob Acton