Age Specific Training

Load Shifting — using Band Setups

By CoachC | May 27, 2025

When it comes to LOWER BODY STRENGTH TRAINING with Bands, I use a simple concept that quickly allows you change things up. It’s called LOAD SHIFTING and is a concept based on changing up the load relative to you Center of Gravity….

Fueling Performance and Speeding Recovery

By CoachC | May 21, 2025

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Power Up Your Hockey Endurance

By CoachC | May 11, 2025

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

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

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

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Towel – Band Strength Training

By CoachC | April 29, 2025

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

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Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 3

By CoachC | April 20, 2025

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A Mighty Mite Team Doing Wide-dribbles

By CoachC | April 16, 2025

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…