A Coach’s Notebook

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 85

By | November 15, 2023

Each episode includes awesome advice from hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors, with past episodes are available on CCC-TV Youtube…

We Don’t Live in a Hockey Vacuum

By | November 12, 2023

While a whole bunch of hockey events have inspired this post, I can assure my many on-line friends that this has as much to do with everyday life as it does my sport…

Advances in Strength Training

By | November 9, 2023

In the case of strength training, it has evolved to emphasize functional strength and overall physical performance. So, keeping up with the latest trends in this field can help us achieve our fitness and game playing goals more effectively…

Speed Skating Versus Hockey Skating

By | November 7, 2023

I pulled parts of this piece out of my archives. It’s a few years old now, but it’s still loaded with great advice for my current hockey friends…

The Truth About Choking

By | November 4, 2023

Is all choking created equally? When an athlete is not able to find the internal resources under pressure to be their best, is it always for the same reason?

Coming… November 2023

By | October 29, 2023

Please know I do this as a courtesy to members and potential members, trying to give them a sense of what’s “coming” within the next month…

More on Solving Hockey Problems

By | October 29, 2023

Of course, chances are good that you also have to do tons of problem solving, if you’re a hockey player, hockey parent or hockey coach…

The Nature of Our Game (revisited)

By | October 26, 2023

Despite my inclination to frequently think outside the proverbial box, I’d like members to know that I don’t make hockey related decisions without a lot of serious thought. In fact, over my forty-plus years in coaching, I’ve mostly relied upon a set of standards I’ve come to call “The Nature of Our Game”…

Rope Skipping Benefits for Hockey Players

By | October 24, 2023

I think it best that I show you a very short video before we get into a discussion on the benefits of rope skipping, this to act as sort of a frame of reference…

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