Age Specific Training
Picking A Youth Hockey Program
A few years ago I became an adviser (or expert) with a youth sports association, primarily attempting to help hockey parents, coaches and players with their skills related training problems…
Read MoreLosing 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 MoreLearning Hockey — with Coach Chic & Chomper
If your son, daughter or team is at the stage where they need to learn hockey’s basic rules and positioning, this is the video for them…
Read MoreBuilding Muscle Strength with a Twist
Unlike traditional forms of exercise, which usually involve moving weights or body parts through a range of motion, isometric exercises involve holding a position or contracting muscles without any movement…
Read MoreWe Don’t Live in a Hockey Vacuum
While a whole bunch of hockey events have inspired this post, I can assure my many on-line friends that this has as much to do with everyday life as it does my sport…
Read More5 More Hurdles Facing Adult Hockey Playing Newbies
The first time you lace up those skates as a grownup, they may feel like medieval instruments of torture. Your ankles wobble like a newborn foal’s. Each time you reach for the puck, you face-plant on the ice. Frustration mounts as fast as new bruises on your ego…
Read More3 Must-Have Virtues For Hockey Parents
The puck drops and your mini Gretzky glides across the ice. Your heart swells with hope and pride. Will this be their breakout game? Their moment of glory?
Read MoreWhat We Can Learn from Hockey Penalties
I’m guessing it was sometime in the early 1980’s when the subject of this post first crossed my mind. I know it was during one of my first seasons as a college head coach, and I can even remember the two players who caused me to think there was a connection between penalties and some other playing difficulties…
Read More5 Hurdles Facing Adult Hockey Playing Newbies
Starting hockey as an adult recreational player can seem intimidating, but overcoming the common obstacles faced by mature rookies will make crossing that frozen threshold well worth it…
Read MoreRookie Hockey Parents Brace for Takeoff
Taking those first strides on tiny skates marks a milestone moment. But soon parents realize youth hockey is a winding journey — often a pricey one dotted with unfamiliar customs…
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