Agility Ladder Training for Hockey Players

By | September 17, 2021 |
Agility Ladder Training for Hockey Players

As has been mentioned several times and in several places, I’ll be running a series of videos demonstrating my way of adapting agility ladder training for hockey players.  This post is my aim at helping coaches, parents and adult players to ready for that form of training. First, of course, you’ll need a ladder…  And,…

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The Good And The Bad Of “Flow Drills”

By | September 10, 2021 |
The Good And The Bad Of “Flow Drills”

I’m guessing most readers know what I mean by so-called “flow drills”.  In a nutshell, they’re drills that usually only need to be started, and then continue to flow until a coach decides to end things.  One such drill might start with an attack towards a net, with the players who just completed the attack…

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #18

By | September 5, 2021 |
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #18

In this episode I addressed one of my Rules for Winners, this having to do with always keeping ones eyes on the puck — both defensively and offensively. I also promised to share a video containing lots of off-ice training ideas — which is timely, because of the current day pandemic limiting many rinks and players…

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The Best Pre-game Stretching for Hockey Players

By | July 30, 2021 |
The Best Pre-game Stretching for Hockey Players

A while back I wanted to offer some suggestions when it came to the best way for a hockey player to stretch prior to practices and games. At the same time, I’d just obtained an unbelievable new kind of software that could make such information sharing more effective and interesting. Enter something called “interactive video”……

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