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How Should a Beginner Hold a Hockey Stick? Part 1
My Facebook friend, Kathy C, couldn’t have posed a more timely question. For, beginner hockey players had been flocking to learn-to-play type clinics all over North America at the time, and a lot of new hockey parents were scratching their heads as they attempted to outfit their youngsters. More specifically, Kathy joked that I get…
Read MoreMeet “Joe”
Although I’ve made this video and special tool available for public viewing, some training devices to come will only be available to certain levels of this site. With that, if you want to know how a sick coaching mind has functioned all these years (LOL): My grandson is now over 30 years old, but this…
Read MoreAn Intro to The MOTION Lab
If there’s one thing I greatly miss after relocating from Massachusetts to Florida it’s my indoor hockey training facility I dubbed The MOTION Lab. The short video above provides a brief introduction but, I’ll look forward to sharing lots of ideas in future posts, including background information concerning some of the gadgets you see used…
Read MoreHockey Parent: Coach Relationships
Okay, so a fresh season got underway a few months back, with a whole bunch of players reporting to their new teams and their new coaches. Personally, I’ve always liked to see each of my new players — or my new team — as a blank canvas on which to paint a new masterpiece (okay,…
Read MoreA Great Hockey Skater Is Suddenly Falling?
Aaaaah… I love it when folks toss their hockey problems my way (even if I’m not sure I can answer them)! Okay, so not long ago I received the following question (which might just be a huge challenge for me). Please take a read… This actually came by way of Twitter, but I thought it…
Read MoreFloorball: The Fastest Growing Team Sport
I have my long ago friends at the Sports Connection to thank for this extremely informative article. (I say long ago, because it seems they’ve disappeared since I borrowed this awesome article from them.) I love that they’ve provided a brief history for floorball, and that they go even more into the rules than other articles I’ve…
Read MoreSuspension Training for Hockey Players
I’m always saying that part of my job is to do the research for my hockey members (and I also like to do it selfishly, for myself). Anyway, I’ve always subscribed to a number of strength training magazines and newsletters, just so I can keep-up with the very latest in training methods. So, along came a new…
Read MoreHockey Fights!
Now, trust me: that I can appreciate how countless 20-something fans can really get into hockey fights. Frankly, so did I when I was much younger. In fact, I can totally understand how hockey fans love to see a lot of rough and tumble things as they watch a game and cheer for their favorite team —…
Read MoreHockey Game Notes
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Read MoreHockey Gains Come When You Least Expect Them
I have a nice young lady to thank for this entry. For, you see, my video on “Incredible Stickhandling” made it just about around the world — even to a lady hockey player over in the United Kingdom. Sometime near when she purchased and downloaded those videos, she messaged me to express some concerns. (I think she…
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