A Coach’s Notebook

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…

3 Steps to Eat for Speed & Stamina

By CoachC | February 9, 2024

Kim’s passion is showing youth ice hockey parents how to create simple and easy meals to help their skater’s increase their speed and stamina on the ice.

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…

How to Easily Train Abs in Every Workout

By CoachC | February 5, 2024

If a visitor hasn’t yet met Dave Schmitz, Creator of THE BAND GYM, you’re in for a treat, as well as a great way to train for hockey away from the ice…

Dustin Pedroia’s Hand-eye Coordination

By CoachC | February 2, 2024

A future MLB star played lots of tennis and ping pong as a boy, and I thought…  That’s something that deserves some discussion here…