Age Specific Training

Power Up Your Hockey Endurance

By CoachC | May 11, 2025
Power Up Your Hockey Endurance

During the off-season, many youth hockey families face a tough challenge: how to keep their teenagers in top shape when ice time is hard to come by. Ice rinks may shut down for maintenance, or costs and scheduling make regular access difficult. But staying in shape during the off-season doesn’t have to be expensive or…

Puck Control Secrets for Young Players

By CoachC | May 8, 2025
Puck Control Secrets for Young Players

I thought I’d try something new this month (and I wouldn’t mind trying it again during future months). Danny, a Mite coach from Southern California wrote me recently and asked if he could contribute to our CoachChic.com format. Of course, I have to be sure all the ideas provided by the guest coach meet our…

“Tips for Skating Speed and Agility”

By CoachC | May 6, 2025
“Tips for Skating Speed and Agility”

Continuing with our want to answer a bunch of questions that have accumulated from our Ask The Coach area, I’m excited to address a great one from a coach named “Chuck” from the West Coast of the USA… ~ Dennis C Improving skating speed and agility is a game-changer for high school hockey players looking…

Your Path to Overcoming Hockey Injuries

By CoachC | May 2, 2025
Your Path to Overcoming Hockey Injuries

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Towel – Band Strength Training

By CoachC | April 29, 2025
Towel – Band Strength Training

A Towel is the simplest and most cost effective way to add in variety to your band strength training workouts.

2 Ideas We Can Borrow from Ovechkin – Part 2

By CoachC | April 23, 2025
2 Ideas We Can Borrow from Ovechkin – Part 2

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Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 3

By CoachC | April 20, 2025
Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 3

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A Mighty Mite Team Doing Wide-dribbles

By CoachC | April 16, 2025
A Mighty Mite Team Doing Wide-dribbles

A young coach wrote me in our Ask The Coach section, and readers should soon catch on to his question… ~ Dennis C Hey Cliff! It’s awesome to see how much you care about coaching your Mighty Mite team there in Rhode Island. Teaching them a cool, advanced move like the wide-dribble puckhandling skill is…

Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 2

By CoachC | April 13, 2025
Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 2

I think it’s important to mention a few things before actually showing you what we’ve been up to. Okay, so what I’ve done is to design almost a simulated game for my high school guys.  Oh, they weren’t going to be playing, but they wer going to condition themselves in game-like fashion. During our first…

A Hockey Goal-scoring Revelation

By CoachC | April 12, 2025
A Hockey Goal-scoring Revelation

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