A Coach’s Notebook

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 63

By | January 14, 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…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #23

By | January 11, 2022

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

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

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

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Passing Basics in Hockey

By | December 29, 2021

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Improving Your Wrist Shot Mechanics

By | December 28, 2021

For an awful lot of years, I’ve felt that a puck and opponents can distract from a player’s concentration as he or she is drilling. (Wait until you see the positional drill I invented years ago!) This segment, however, is all about a player’s wrist (or sweep) shot mechanics, and it gives me the chance…

Put REAL Muscle in Your Hockey Shot!

By | December 27, 2021

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A Scientific Snippet about the Skating Stride

By | December 18, 2021

Unfortunately in this day and age, there are a lot of hockey folks who tend to trust their eyes, instead of seeking scientific help. In the end, the wrong information can have a lasting (and often negative) impact on a player. One such area of our game involves the mechanics (or biomechanics) governing a hockey…

Rocket Man (and Asymmetrics)

By | December 15, 2021

In the event you didn’t yet see the following video, let me first introduce the so-called “Rocket Man”… Well, you’re there now — at the described link, and I’m about to tell you more… Now, I believe I came across the term “asymmetric” (as in movements) in something I read or heard from the late,…