Drills
More Thoughts on Off-ice Skill Development for Ice Hockey Players
Off-ice skill development is an important aspect of a hockey player’s training regimen. It can help
one improve his or her game and reach full potential on the ice…
Background Skills for Performing Higher Level Tactics
A coach from Michigan emails to ask for help with one-against-one situations for his Pee Wee level team…
Read MoreCoach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 36
I can’t emphasize enough all the advice offered in this show. In fact, if a parent or coach who deals with young ones isn’t aware of this information, there’s a danger that their young athlete/s will forever be behind in athletic development…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Plyometrics
Are you looking to take your fitness to the next level? Want to improve your speed, power, and endurance? Look no further than plyometrics…
Read MoreScenes from a World Floorball Tournament
I think the following video shows this great game in all its beauty. And wait until you see some of the skills demonstrated by the world’s top floorball players. (Ya, I’d love every young hockey player to learn the skills and the playing principles nurtured in this relatively new sport.)
Read MorePuckhandling Is A Mentality! (One “Sick” Goal!)
Okay, so every time I get to talking about puckhandling with someone, I almost always find the need to suggest that “it’s a mentality”. Said maybe another way — that’ll help you better understand, I should probably say that it’s a “mindset”…
Read MoreA Sample Hockey Practice Plan
Before anyone thinks the following is going to be just for coaches, I want to point-out that I’ll be sharing some of my thinking behind the drills I’ll list. Hopefully then, a lot of this will prove valuable to older hockey players and to parents of younger ones…
Read MoreI Just Found These Old Hockey Game Notes
If there’s a difference between my old coaching schedule and those of most members, it’s that my high school guys started way back in June only to leave me at the American Thanksgiving, while my youngest teams were just getting underway in the early fall…
Read MoreSimplified Floorball Rules
A worthwhile off-season usually takes some forethought and planning. And this has me suggesting that youth coaches or really into it parents might consider organizing an off-season team — or a couple of teams to form a league.
Read MoreThis Snippet Provides An Intro To Old USSR Hockey Training Basics
From an introduction to Coach Chic’s long ago studies at the Moscow Institute for Sport & Physical Culture, this snippet moves into the most important principles in motor learning for hockey players — don’t miss it…
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