A Coach’s Notebook

How Hockey Skaters Differ From Sprinters

By | April 8, 2022

As I completed a post entitled “What Hockey Skaters Can Borrow From Sprinters” earlier today, it struck me that I should also share here a video I’ve been circulating around social media for a few months. The main idea of the previous post focused on those mechanics that are very similar in running and skating,…

What Hockey Skaters Can Borrow From Sprinters

By | April 8, 2022

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Develop Hockey Skills Like Lionel Messi – Part 2

By | April 6, 2022

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Old USSR Hockey Training Ideas

By CoachC | March 29, 2022

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If I Had A Teenage Hockey Player

By CoachC | March 26, 2022

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Off-season Work on the Hockey Shot

By CoachC | March 19, 2022

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A Sample Snippet for Developing Speed

By CoachC | March 16, 2022

I can’t tell hockey folks how important it is for us to find related training ideas from other sports — the idea is to find ways to expand our abilities by “cross-training”. And, that’s the reason I love having Dave Schmitz in our CCC-TV Hockey Show lineup. We obviously have to be careful in what…

A Different Hockey Line

By CoachC | March 14, 2022

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Resisted Shooting

By CoachC | March 8, 2022

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If I Had A Young Hockey Player

By CoachC | March 8, 2022

Okay, let’s get that last part out of the way — about systematically (and safely) bringing a youngster from one level to the next… You see, I often liken this to the math sciences, asking a hockey parent or coach if he’d recommend a first grader skip right from basic addition and subtraction — never…