Hockey Snippets
A Sample Snippet About Using Bands to Strengthen the Hips
Our CCC-TV Hockey Show’s band specialist, Dave Schmitz, always has some great ideas for cross-training, but his methods are especially helpful to hockey players during the off-season months. So, with that, Dave has some awesome exercises here to strengthen any hockey player’s (all important) hips… To watch the entire video, please click HERE! * PS:…
Read MoreA Sample Snippet on One Way to Quicken the Shot
This old coach has always been looking for game-related skill drills, and this is an awesome example. You see, at one point during their season, I discovered that my feeder team was struggling to react quickly enough to loose pucks in the offensive crease. In other words, by the time they reacted to such conditions,…
Read MoreA Sample Snippet about Floorball Benefits
One of the little known sports available for cross-training hockey players is that of “floorball”. It may be confused with a long standing recreational game known as “street hockey” or “ball hockey”, but it’s floorball has been taken far more seriously in many European countries. In fact, many current day NHL players with European roots…
Read MoreA Sample Snippet for Off-season Training Ideas
Of course, just about every presentation offered in any CCC-TV Hockey Show episode is good to know as we enter the spring and then summer off-season months. That said, I thought I’d point to a video I made a few years ago featuring my very talented High School Prep team. It includes a number of…
Read MoreA Sample Snippet for Developing Speed
I can’t tell hockey folks how important it is for us to find related training ideas from other sports — the idea is to find ways to expand our abilities by “cross-training”. And, that’s the reason I love having Dave Schmitz in our CCC-TV Hockey Show lineup. We obviously have to be careful in what…
Read MoreA Sample Snippet of Some Czech Shooting Drills
As I said in reference to Oldrich Jindra’s earlier snippet, “Coaches love drills!” So, once again he’s sharing some ideas for shooting drills that might prove interesting and challenging to developing hockey players. Fortunately for us, Oldrich appears monthly with a new collection of drills he’s gathered from around the world. And, with all that,…
Read MoreA Quick Snippet of Some Awesome Crossover Training with Bands
The mark of a modern day hockey player is that he or she be an outstanding athlete, first and foremost. And to old Coach Chic, athleticism is best developed through the use of certain “crossover sports” or activites. Fortunately for us, Dave “The Band Man” offers monthly training in the use of rubber bands for…
Read MoreA Quick Snippet for a healthy hockey breakfast
Lifestyles being what they are today, our young athletes don’t always fuel their bodies as they should. Along comes our CCC-TV Hockey Show nutrition specialist, Kimberly Smith Lukhard, to save the day. Actually, what Coach Chic really appreciates about Kimberly is her blend of a scientific background and the experience she has as a hockey…
Read MoreA Sample Snippet of Some Czech Attack Drills
It’s been said often that, “Coaches love drills!” And we know no one with a better collection of drills than our CCC-TV Hockey Show contributor Oldrich Jindra. Fortunately for us, Oldrich appears monthly with a new collection of drills he’s gathered from around the world. With all that, here’s a quick snippet from a CCC-TV…
Read MoreA Scientific Snippet about the Skating Stride
Unfortunately in this day and age, there are a lot of hockey folks who tend to trust their eyes, instead of seeking scientific help. In the end, the wrong information can have a lasting (and often negative) impact on a player. One such area of our game involves the mechanics (or biomechanics) governing a hockey…
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