A Coach’s Notebook
No Detail Too Small To Study
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, “The Father of Russian Hockey” was referring…
Read MoreMoving From A Vacuum To The Hockey Game
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…
Read MoreUp-down Hockey StickWags
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Read MoreCoronavirus Conundrum: The Challenges of Playing Hockey in a Pandemic
The pandemic forced several top NHL prospects to play in unusual places – and in some cases to not play at all. But it also created a few unforeseen benefits, too. More…
Read MoreCoach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #15
This program happens to be loaded with great advice about the hockey skating stride. And, as I’ll so often say, it’s advice you probably won’t find anywhere else. Continuing something I started last month, you might take a look and listen to the YouTube video that caused such a stir: Ice Hockey – Balance In…
Read MoreSo You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? — Part 3
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Read MoreRebound Control Drill
Drill Description: Thinking about most drills — the ones that aren’t expressly designed forgoalkeepers often aren’t very helpful for them. When most drills involvethe goalkeeper, it’s only to stop an initial shot, and nothing else, butwhat’s just as important as making the initial save is getting in thehabit controlling where rebounds go. Too often, drills…
Read MoreSo You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? – Part 2
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Read MoreA Hockey Defenseman’s Decision-making
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Read MoreA Brief History of Studying Genes
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…
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