A Coach’s Notebook

Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 2

By CoachC | March 8, 2024

Now, from this old coach’s perspective, new drill ideas frequently come about because there’s a problem.  Said yet another way, a new drill can be created to solve a difficulty one of our players — or most of our team — is experiencing…

Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 1

By CoachC | March 6, 2024

It’s been several years now, since one of my Team NEHI assistants described something he’d seen on a newscast.  I guess the sports segment showed some clips of our local NHL hockey team, and then it highlighted the team’s new coach…

How About a 3 on 3 Tournament

By CoachC | March 5, 2024

Perhaps like anywhere else, a lot of rinks in Massachusetts looked for creative ways to use ice-time during their off-season months…

Looking Forward to Your Hockey Comments

By CoachC | March 4, 2024

I guess it just comes with life in the world of Internet spam, when I’ve had to experiment with ways to encourage good comments from good people while discouraging not-so-nice comments from the not-so-nice spammers…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 48

By CoachC | March 1, 2024

Please allow Michael to re-introduce the changes to our monthly Hockey Secrets Podcast, plus another new one. I know you’ll like it…

Core Confidence

By CoachC | February 27, 2024

Confidence isn’t just about flashy plays or winning games. Real confidence runs deeper — it’s about knowing you’ve got what it takes, no matter what.

Build Your Own Off-ice Hockey Training Center

By CoachC | February 21, 2024

Many good drills require some sort of training aid (I’ve mentioned previously that a lot of pretty good training tools can even be homemade)…

Curious not Furious

By CoachC | February 16, 2024

Shawnee Harle is a specialist in mental training, who will now continue guiding our CoachChic.com hockey members to “Win from within”…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 47

By CoachC | February 13, 2024

Please allow Michael to introduce some major changes to this monthly Hockey Secrets Podcast. I hope you like it…

Drill: Tic-Tac-Toe Down Low

By CoachC | February 7, 2024

This drill needs at least 7 players for flow at one end of the ice, from the hash marks to the boards…