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Examining Hockey Sticks and Shots

By | August 12, 2021

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Thoughts on Hockey Drill Selection

By | July 28, 2021

I’m not always willing to offer assistance randomly online.  Why not?  Well, on the one hand, I’m more than familiar with the old adage:  “If you want to recognize the innovator, he’s the one with all the arrows in his back.” If you get my drift with that one, it suggests that I might be…

Improving A High Level Defenseman’s Point Shots

By | June 23, 2021

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No Detail Too Small To Study

By | June 21, 2021

That featured photo up there may have confused some of my long time readers but, I think you’ll soon understand its meaning… Ya, I begin this entry with one of my favorite sayings, this one borrowed from the late, great Soviet hockey coach, Anatoli Tarasov.  As I recall,  â€œThe Father of Russian Hockey” was referring…

Moving From A Vacuum To The Hockey Game

By | June 12, 2021

While this one originated with a question from a long time high school hockey coach, my answer probably isn’t going to exactly get too much into what he expects.  Oh, it’ll be good stuff for him, but I’m going to go a little bit beyond what he’s asking in order to really help his player…

Up-down Hockey StickWags

By | June 11, 2021

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So You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? — Part 3

By | June 1, 2021

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A Hockey Defenseman’s Decision-making

By | May 29, 2021

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A Brief History of Studying Genes

By | May 25, 2021

As sort of a background to our study on genes, I thought members would be helped to discover how new that study is. As quoted in Wikipedia: “In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all genetic material of an organism. It consists of DNA. The genome includes both the genes and…

So You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? — Part 1

By | May 24, 2021

Before reading this posts, members might like to get some further scientific background on genetics in “A Brief History of Studying Genes“. In what will likely be a three-part discussion on the human building blocks known as “genes”, I’m going to ask my long time friend and trusted advisor on such matters, Shaun Goodsell, MA,…