A Coach’s Notebook

Hockey Skating Gifs

By | February 15, 2022

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A Quick Snippet of Some Awesome Crossover Training with Bands

By | February 10, 2022

The mark of a modern day hockey player is that he or she be an outstanding athlete, first and foremost. And to old Coach Chic, athleticism is best developed through the use of certain “crossover sports” or activites. Fortunately for us, Dave “The Band Man” offers monthly training in the use of rubber bands for…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #22

By | February 10, 2022

Addressing listener mail — a welcome to “Pure Hockey Magazine” readers Benefits of Coach Chic’s work in “the bunker” Team NEHI spring workouts in The MOTION Lab Using media to enhance coaching

A Follow-up to: How Much Can We Copy From The Stars?

By | February 8, 2022

Like many other posts here, this one was inspired by some enthusiastic hockey friends. In fact, this one comes from an awesome Facebook group called “GOAL ! Hockey in the 70’s“, a group I enjoy visiting at least several times per day. Anyway, a few days ago a post titled “All time All Star points…

A New Kind of Hockey Skating

By | February 5, 2022

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Designing Puck-skill Hockey Drills

By | January 31, 2022

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A New Twist on Hockey Passing

By | January 27, 2022

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The Mathematics of Stick Targets

By | January 23, 2022

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

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A Sample Snippet of Some Czech Attack Drills

By | January 19, 2022

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…