A Beginner Hockey Player’s Skating Speed

By | October 6, 2022 |

This is about a note I took as I watched my beginner (or Mighty Mites) team play one day long ago… Let me start by stating that my kids seemed as though they already skated faster than most opponents.  What caused me to jot that note, however, was that I knew my little guys could…

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Crosby Sets Up Letang

By | October 21, 2023 |

Every so often I like to dig back into my video vault for something that offers some solid teaching principles. And for today, I have a doosy from way, way back

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First Things First in Hockey Skills Work

By | October 7, 2023 |

As I reflect back on the hundreds of outstanding players I’ve had through the years, I’ve always found they had a few things in common.  Oh, I’m not talking about great genetics here; actually, I think most of my best players overcame some shortcomings to achieve what they did…

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Backward Skater’s Steady Upperbody

By | October 3, 2020 |

I’m sure I sometimes sound a little snobbish — like today in social media when I posted: “I got so tired of watching current day hockey coaches teaching backward skating wrong — and I mean REALLY wrong,  that I decided to start a video on that subject for my Mastermind Group.   Ugh.” Truly, guys, I…

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