A Coach’s Notebook

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 74

By | December 15, 2022

Each CCC-TV episode includes awesome advice from some of hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors.  Non-members should know that the latest episode might only be available to the public for awhile. Currently many past episodes are available to the public on our CCC-TV Youtube Channel. Sometime soon, however, all past episodes may be archived (for…

This Snippet Shows Some Awesome Off-ice Skating Drills

By | December 13, 2022

Dave Schmitz offers some “band training” ideas especially aimed at working the core, but also including some really taxing movements for the skating movement. (I’d use these at home to pass by others on your team or in your league.) So, do check this one out… To watch the entire video, please click HERE! *…

YOUR Stick

By | December 10, 2022

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Hockey Stick Measurement Help

By | December 9, 2022

She began with the following: Hi Coach Chic, Sorry to bother you but I’ve been searching your site and have not had any luck on finding the info for sizing a hockey stick. By now, I hope she knows she wasn’t bothering me at all.  Again, I invite anyone in our game to bother me…

Modern Hockey’s Frantic Pace

By | December 6, 2022

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Instilling Heart and Desire in a Hockey Player

By | November 30, 2022

Now, believing in myself as I do, I wrote back to say that I see it as relatively easy to accomplish — with a couple of IFs.   Ya, a couple of dawgoned IFs… Okay, so I’m boasting a bit as I write back to the former pro, telling him I know exactly how I’ve always…

A Great Slot Coverage Drill

By | November 30, 2022

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Get The Eyes up!

By | November 26, 2022

This isn’t going to be a long post, but it is one that’s very much overdue, mainly because of the video I’m going to share right now… Ya, if a picture is supposedly worth a thousand words, well… Just how much is a video like this worth? Now, if you follow me at all on…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 33

By | November 22, 2022

As mentioned prior to the previous podcast entry, I had to break down my studio upon moving from Massachusetts to Florida, and it took me quite some time to re-organize once in the Sunshine State. Gradually, however, things have come back together — nicely… Below please find the Show Notes for Episodes 33 of Coach…

This Snippet Offers Secrets for Skating Speed

By | November 19, 2022

Coach Chic’s first inside knowledge about “over-speed training” came about during a session at the Moscow Institute for Sport and Physical Culture in the former Soviet Union — a good 15-years before such methods became more known in North America. To watch the entire video, please click HERE! * PS: The app running this program…