Skating
Band Training to improve A 40 yard dash
In case members don’t know it, the 40 yard dash is used as a measure of athletes beyond football combines. As a matter of fact, it’s often seen as a measure of an ice hockey player’s sprinting speed…
Read MoreSkate Sharpening: Trust Matters (So Avoid Big Box Stores)
When you find a great skate tech who is professionally trained, it’s difficult to try anyone else. However, when you are out-of-town…
Read MoreWhich Radius of Hollow Should You Choose?
I’m excited that my long time friend and hockey equipment specialist, David Carlson, returns this month to discuss the matter of “choosing the right skate radius and hollow”…
Read MoreUnlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey
Here’s the first advice Andrej provides us, this all about “Unlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey”…
Read MoreHow About a 3 on 3 Tournament
Perhaps like anywhere else, a lot of rinks in Massachusetts looked for creative ways to use ice-time during their off-season months…
Read MoreHow to REALLY Tie Hockey Skates
A member recently mentioned his bout with “lace bite”, which caused me to put the following together — for him and for all my other CoachChic.com friends…
Read MoreBuild Your Own Off-ice Hockey Training Center
Many good drills require some sort of training aid (I’ve mentioned previously that a lot of pretty good training tools can even be homemade)…
Read MoreDrill: Tic-Tac-Toe Down Low
This drill needs at least 7 players for flow at one end of the ice, from the hash marks to the boards…
Read MoreProfiling the Hockey Skate Blade
I’ll introduce David W. Carlson a little later, and invite visitors here to leave questions down below for David. But for now, let him take it away…
Read MoreDustin Pedroia’s Hand-eye Coordination
A future MLB star played lots of tennis and ping pong as a boy, and I thought… That’s something that deserves some discussion here…
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