Age Specific Training

Teaching the Beginner Hockey Player to Shoot

By | April 21, 2021

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…

How Neuroscience Is Changing What We Know about Learning

By | February 28, 2021

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Ideas For Using A “Model Rink”

By | January 29, 2021

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A Drill To Help Hockey Players Be Aggressive

By | January 13, 2021

Ironically, a request just came-in from Europe for some advice on helping hockey players be more aggressive.  I say ironically, because it’s a question that I’ve received numerous times over the years, and one that I’d planned on addressing here sometime soon. Most parents are concerned that their child isn’t battling enough for loose pucks. …

Our First “Mighty Mite” Hockey Practice

By | December 19, 2020

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How Should a Beginner Hold a Hockey Stick? Part 1

By CoachC | October 28, 2020

My Facebook friend, Kathy C, couldn’t have posed a more timely question.  For, beginner hockey players had been flocking to learn-to-play type clinics all over North America at the time, and a lot of new hockey parents were scratching their heads as they attempted to outfit their youngsters. More specifically, Kathy joked that I get…

Meet “Joe”

By CoachC | October 28, 2020

Although I’ve made this video and special tool available for public viewing, some training devices to come will only be available to certain levels of this site. With that, if you want to know how a sick coaching mind has functioned all these years (LOL): My grandson is now over 30 years old, but this…

Off-ice Hockey Tactical Practice

By CoachC | October 28, 2020

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Hockey Success Breeds More Hockey Success

By | October 14, 2020

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A Great Hockey Skater Is Suddenly Falling?

By | October 14, 2020

Aaaaah…  I love it when folks toss their hockey problems my way (even if I’m not sure I can answer them)!  Okay, so not long ago I received the following question (which might just be a huge challenge for me).  Please take a read…  This actually came by way of Twitter, but I thought it…