General Skills Advice
An Open Letter to the North American Hockey Community
Sensing I know something hot and hugely beneficial when I see it, today gives me great pleasure to continue spreading the word about floorball…
Read MoreScenes from a World Floorball Tournament
I think the following video shows this great game in all its beauty. And wait until you see some of the skills demonstrated by the world’s top floorball players. (Ya, I’d love every young hockey player to learn the skills and the playing principles nurtured in this relatively new sport.)
Read MorePuckhandling Is A Mentality! (One “Sick” Goal!)
Okay, so every time I get to talking about puckhandling with someone, I almost always find the need to suggest that “it’s a mentality”. Said maybe another way — that’ll help you better understand, I should probably say that it’s a “mindset”…
Read MoreA Sample Hockey Practice Plan
Before anyone thinks the following is going to be just for coaches, I want to point-out that I’ll be sharing some of my thinking behind the drills I’ll list. Hopefully then, a lot of this will prove valuable to older hockey players and to parents of younger ones…
Read MoreJust a Few Reasons to Start a Floorball Program
As hockey’s off-season gradually nears, I’ve been planting some seeds concerning floorball. With that, I’ve already published a few related posts, while readers can expect more as the springtime nears…
Read MoreI Just Found These Old Hockey Game Notes
If there’s a difference between my old coaching schedule and those of most members, it’s that my high school guys started way back in June only to leave me at the American Thanksgiving, while my youngest teams were just getting underway in the early fall…
Read MoreSimplified Floorball Rules
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 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 MoreMy New Hockey Coaching Manual – “10 things you can do to improve your hockey play – No matter your age or level!”
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