General Skills Advice
Jerry Z’s New Stick
After several hockey friends recently hit me with questions having to do with hockey sticks, it struck me that I might dig back into the CoachChic.com archives for a long ago post where I really got into a former student’s issues with his stick.
Read MoreMaximizing Athletic Potential: Unleashing Your Unique Learning Style in Sports
While physical prowess and skill development are crucial components, understanding one’s learning style can be a game-changer in achieving peak athletic excellence…
Read MoreCCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 85
Each episode includes awesome advice from hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors, with past episodes are available on CCC-TV Youtube…
Read MoreSpeed Skating Versus Hockey Skating
I pulled parts of this piece out of my archives. It’s a few years old now, but it’s still loaded with great advice for my current hockey friends…
Read MoreCoach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 43
In my honest opinion — and after decades of observation, I firmly believe that young hockey players should learn checking…
Read MoreComing… November 2023
Please know I do this as a courtesy to members and potential members, trying to give them a sense of what’s “coming” within the next month…
Read MoreMore on Solving Hockey Problems
Of course, chances are good that you also have to do tons of problem solving, if you’re a hockey player, hockey parent or hockey coach…
Read MoreThe Nature of Our Game (revisited)
Despite my inclination to frequently think outside the proverbial box, I’d like members to know that I don’t make hockey related decisions without a lot of serious thought. In fact, over my forty-plus years in coaching, I’ve mostly relied upon a set of standards I’ve come to call “The Nature of Our Game”…
Read MoreRope Skipping Benefits for Hockey Players
I think it best that I show you a very short video before we get into a discussion on the benefits of rope skipping, this to act as sort of a frame of reference…
Read MoreCrosby Sets Up Letang
Every so often I like to dig back into my video vault for something that offers some solid teaching principles. And for today, I have a doosy from way, way back
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