A Travel Workout

By CoachC | February 23, 2025 |

Dave says, “I like using or trying new equipment, but it’s not what motivates me, and it shouldn’t be what you depend on…”

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Increasing Your Team’s Shooting Power

By CoachC | February 18, 2025 |
Increasing Your Team’s Shooting Power

I did a test recently with our HockeyMentor App, acting as a coach at the high school level, and explaining to “AI” that the challenges we’re facing are mainly in a the need to increase our shot power. Amazingly, here is some tailored advice and training solutions aimed at helping my players in this area:…

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Strength on the Hockey Skates

By CoachC | February 12, 2025 |
Strength on the Hockey Skates

I noted previously in another entry, that I’d at one time noticed a good many of my young players either being tossed around by opponents or losing the battles whenever they had collisions on the ice. So, I tried to think of ways I could recreate those situations in a practice setting. The first drill…

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High Intensity Skating Drills – Part 1

By CoachC | February 7, 2025 |
High Intensity Skating Drills – Part 1

The following question was submitted by Eric S. It’s a good one, but it can be difficult answering long distance (or without being able to actually see where his players are at a given time). Nonetheless, I do know that Eric works with a fairly talented teen group, so I’ll approach things from that perspective.…

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