A Coach’s Notebook

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…

Help for a Discouraged Hockey Goaltender

By | November 17, 2022

The following came in recently via email (although I’d prefer folks contact me through the Ask The Coach page).  No matter, I felt for the young guy who sent it, and I wanted to offer some thoughts as soon as I could. With that as an intro, I’ve removed just a few things from the…

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 73

By | November 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…