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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…
Read MoreCCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 75
Each CCC-TV episode includes awesome advice from some of hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors…
Read MoreThe Speed of Learning
Shaun Goodsell, MA Founder and CEO of Mental Edge Athletes invest enormous amounts of time in practice. Go to a football field, a hockey rink, a baseball diamond and you will most likely see coaches and athletes preparing for an upcoming contest. Many report that practice seems insignificant and boring leading some to quit and…
Read MoreA Not So Skater Helper
Aaaaah, the memories… When I was a very young coach, I was just starving for any kind of information that would advance me in that profession. And so I enlisted in just about any clinic or course that helped me in that way. (Actually, would you believe I climbed US hockey’s coaching ladder twice? Yup,…
Read MoreHow NHL Teams Evaluate Their Prospects At The World Juniors
Fans watch through a different lens than scouts, who watch through a different lens than management personnel. While many fans are focused on the best players or their favorite team, scouts are primarily focused on draft-eligible players… More…
Read MoreThis Snippet Is All About An Awesome Snack Before A Hockey Game
Kimberly Smith Lukhard is on a roll, dealing with a different healthy food for hockey players, or special one for each letter of the alphabet. This episode features the letter “D” and “dates”, which Kim says are awesome as a pre-game or pre-practice snack… To watch the entire video, please click HERE! * PS: The…
Read MoreCoach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 34
I made these recordings not long before my move to Florida. After many years of coaching high school, Juniors and college, I found it fun to be paid to coach both a Mite and a Bantam team. Anyway, the reason the enclosed audios aren’t so great is because I was recording while driving to a…
Read More“Tommy’s First Pair of Skates”
Now, the Story Behind the Story… Some years ago my youngest brother sent me a collection of songs he’d written, composed and sung for me to try as background music in some of my hockey videos. Anyway, the CD he sent me sat for a week or so before I had a chance to browse…
Read MoreAnother Chicken or Egg Story
By now, most serious hockey fans have seen the following video, and many have replayed it until almost memorizing the moves — if it’s even possible to memorize them. Anyway, whether you’ve seen this clip before or not, I’d like the visitor to watch it a time or two, before allowing me to say my…
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