If I Had A Young Hockey Player

By CoachC | March 8, 2022 |
If I Had A Young Hockey Player

Okay, let’s get that last part out of the way — about systematically (and safely) bringing a youngster from one level to the next… You see, I often liken this to the math sciences, asking a hockey parent or coach if he’d recommend a first grader skip right from basic addition and subtraction — never…

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Adult Beginner Hockey Questions

By CoachC | February 25, 2022 |
Adult Beginner Hockey Questions

The first Matt lives not far from me, here in Central Florida… Actually, the Pastor at our church pulled me aside after Sunday services one day, suggesting that I might be able to help a young guy who had just begun playing ice hockey. If you know me at all, you know I smiled at…

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Develop Hockey Skills Like Lionel Messi – Part 1

By CoachC | February 23, 2022 |
Develop Hockey Skills Like Lionel Messi – Part 1

Okay, like any sports fan does today, I scrambled for two resource areas — beginning with Wikipedia (I later searched YouTube to see for myself)… “Lionel Andrés “Leo” Messi; born 24 June 1987 is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Often considered the…

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Rocket Man (and Asymmetrics)

By | December 15, 2021 |

In the event you didn’t yet see the following video, let me first introduce the so-called “Rocket Man”… Well, you’re there now — at the described link, and I’m about to tell you more… Now, I believe I came across the term “asymmetric” (as in movements) in something I read or heard from the late,…

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Bunting the Hockey Puck

By | November 23, 2021 |
Bunting the Hockey Puck

From the above photo you can probably already guess that I’m talking about my players learning to tap the puck out of the air and into the goal. And, you might also guess that I use the “bunting” tag because I want the kids to think of the movement as a rather short rap at…

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