How Should a Beginner Hold a Hockey Stick? Part 2

By | January 28, 2021 |
How Should a Beginner Hold a Hockey Stick? Part 2

Before I get going, this could have easily been rename as “A New Poll (or three) – About How You Hold a Hockey Stick“. Up front, you wouldn’t believe how many people arrive here at CoachChic.com having searched Google and elsewhere for help on how to hold a hockey stick!  So, before I ultimately provide…

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Nature Versus Nurture In Hockey

By | January 3, 2021 |
Nature Versus Nurture In Hockey

Just to kick things off with a little  excitement, watch as much of this video as you’d like (there’s not going to be a test at the end — LOL).  By the way, although there’s a lot of  hockey mentioned in this post, I’m going to suggest that parents and  coaches in other sports will ultimately…

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Floorball: The Fastest Growing Team Sport

By | October 14, 2020 |
Floorball: The Fastest Growing Team Sport

I have my long ago friends at the Sports Connection to thank for this extremely informative article.  (I say long ago, because it seems they’ve disappeared since I borrowed this awesome article from them.)  I love that they’ve provided a brief history for floorball, and that they go even more into the rules than other articles I’ve…

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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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