How Should a Beginner Hold a Hockey Stick? Part 1

By CoachC | October 28, 2020 |
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…

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Hockey Gains Come When You Least Expect Them

By | October 10, 2020 |
Hockey 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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On-ice Hockey Vision

By | October 10, 2020 |
On-ice Hockey Vision

It’s a funny thing, in that some subjects necessary to playing our game well seldom get talked about in hockey circles.  That’s why I spend so much time seeing what coaches in other sports are doing, and that’s why I got psyched to find some pretty good help for our hockey players’ vision…   Okay, I…

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Developing Team Play in Young Hockey Players

By | October 10, 2020 |
Developing Team Play in Young Hockey Players

Long time hockey friends know I love fielding questions —  because trying to solve them tends to make me really think, and to perhaps even become better at what I do.   However, as I joked to the coach who sent me the most recent one, he didn’t have to start with such a toughie.  Yup, developing…

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Learning By Doing

By | October 9, 2020 |
Learning By Doing

Over recent years, it seems tons of seminar speakers, the two North American hockey federations, and a host of do-gooder bloggers have believed that hockey players should put their gear away once their season has ended.  As members will discover, I believe in that, too — at least partially, but I also believe the old adage, about learning…

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