A Coach’s Notebook

A New Twist on Hockey Passing

By | January 27, 2022
A New Twist on Hockey Passing

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The Mathematics of Stick Targets

By | January 23, 2022
The Mathematics of Stick Targets

I’m half joking about the above title. I mean, you probably don’t believe we should have to get very technical about how to hold a stick blade when readying for a pass. Yet, I find passes being muffed so often that I feel compelled to get into this subject pretty deeply. In fact, once or…

Big Ball Keepaway for a Mental Distraction

By | January 21, 2022
Big Ball Keepaway for a Mental Distraction

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A Sample Snippet of Some Czech Attack Drills

By | January 19, 2022
A Sample Snippet of Some Czech Attack Drills

It’s been said often that, “Coaches love drills!” And we know no one with a better collection of drills than our CCC-TV Hockey Show contributor Oldrich Jindra. Fortunately for us, Oldrich appears monthly with a new collection of drills he’s gathered from around the world. With all that, here’s a quick snippet from a CCC-TV…

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 63

By | January 14, 2022
CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 63

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…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #23

By | January 11, 2022
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #23

Back in ‘the bunker”… Some (unusual?) ideas about equipment adaptations Comparing the needs of a baseball batter to those of a hockey player Sharing thoughts on mixing new training ideas with old ones More about my teams’ off-season training program

A Great Passing/Receiving Drill

By | January 11, 2022
A Great Passing/Receiving Drill

Searching for ways to gain more repetition with a given skill (just to avoid doing the same old drills over and over again), I especially like substituting “hand passing” — with a beanbag, a ball or a puck — as a way of reinforcing basic passing skills. And, the reason I KNOW this form of…

Passing STRENGTH!

By | January 7, 2022
Passing STRENGTH!

A lack of passing strength isn’t only common to defensemen but, it’s with my younger blueliners that problem usually jumps right out at me… Before going on, let me suggest that very firm, flat passes are best for advancing the puck out of our own zone. And, from my point of view, I’d rather an…

Russian Half-sticks

By | January 3, 2022
Russian Half-sticks

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Passing Basics in Hockey

By | December 29, 2021
Passing Basics in Hockey

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