A Coach’s Notebook
Losing Players by the Whistle?
As much as I’m into improving skating and stickhandling and playing smarts, I’m frequently thinking this website wouldn’t be worth a hoot without the kind of articles that are surfacing here…
Read MoreGame Day: What to Say or Not Say to Your Athlete
Shawnee Harle is a specialist in mental training, who will now continue guiding our CoachChic.com hockey members to “Win from within”…
Read MoreWhich Radius of Hollow Should You Choose?
I’m excited that my long time friend and hockey equipment specialist, David Carlson, returns this month to discuss the matter of “choosing the right skate radius and hollow”…
Read MoreUnlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey
Here’s the first advice Andrej provides us, this all about “Unlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey”…
Read MoreDoing the Right Thing
I need to say right now, that most of our more advanced level work (or work with older players) should end-up being enjoyable to those in our charge…
Read MoreAdvice from Hockey Scouts for Aspiring Players
These scouts, with their keen eye for talent and years of experience, offer invaluable advice that can help guide your child on his or her journey to success on the ice…
Read MoreWhere Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 2
Now, from this old coach’s perspective, new drill ideas frequently come about because there’s a problem. Said yet another way, a new drill can be created to solve a difficulty one of our players — or most of our team — is experiencing…
Read MoreWhere Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 1
It’s been several years now, since one of my Team NEHI assistants described something he’d seen on a newscast. I guess the sports segment showed some clips of our local NHL hockey team, and then it highlighted the team’s new coach…
Read MoreHow About a 3 on 3 Tournament
Perhaps like anywhere else, a lot of rinks in Massachusetts looked for creative ways to use ice-time during their off-season months…
Read MoreLooking Forward to Your Hockey Comments
I guess it just comes with life in the world of Internet spam, when I’ve had to experiment with ways to encourage good comments from good people while discouraging not-so-nice comments from the not-so-nice spammers…
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