Members will gradually get to know my long time Russian friend, Elena Segal, who has inspired a number of my articles. We can also thank Elena for the current Russian hockey reflections, though. She’s super-proud of her work in the use of ballet with other athletes, and she suggests to me that ballet was an…
I have three close connections with this video… First, I’ve been following Steve Washer for about 6-years now, and I enjoy his unique outlook when it comes to video production. And, perhaps one reason I like his approach is that he’s hardly ever confined himself to the proverbial box. Second, it’s Steve’s mention of Ruth…
Okay, I have to start with a huge smile here, because I’ve just finished browsing through some old notes reflecting back on what I’d call — for the lack of a better name — a “tryout” I ran a few years back for a new 5- and 6-year old team coming from my winter Learn-to-skate/Learn-to-play…
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Number one, just because this piece centers around young hockey players doesn’t mean those dealing with older players aren’t going to gain from it. With that, I recently received a great question via social media. And, since it seemed something worthy of most parents and coaches of very young kids, I asked the writer if…
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While I studied long ago in the old USSR, I found it interesting that their coaches used a lot of activities for training that we’d have defined as schoolyard or playground games her in the states. Perhaps what I found most interesting was the fact that we North Americans had abandoned many of those physical…
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Not everyone realizes there are discrepancies in the way various athletes move in a straight line, and it just so happens that there are also differences in the biomechnics applied in the three skating sports. It would be helpful for hockey coaches, parents and adult players to understand a few things — as they plan…
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