Hockey Line Changes

By | October 22, 2022 |
Hockey Line Changes

Getting right to that coach’s main question here, my feeling is that the time to teach changes on-the-fly has an awful lot to do with a team’s overall game awareness.  Said yet another way, I’ll suggest that youngsters who have their basic skills under control, and those who are able to understand basic positioning, should…

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Does Coaching Win (Hockey) Championships?

By | September 15, 2022 |
Does Coaching Win (Hockey) Championships?

Dean Robinson begins his article suggesting that pro athletes tend to have more influence on a game’s outcome than the coach (think Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James here, maybe a Michael Jordan in years past, the stars who comprised the 1927 New York Yankees, the Islanders and Oilers during different parts of the ’80′s).  This…

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A Message to My Favorite Parents & Players

By | September 7, 2022 |
A Message to My Favorite Parents & Players

(An Idea For Team Coaches) Okay, I’ll need to explain this post some… You see, a number of years ago I decided to create a website just for my team — and by that, I mean for my team’s parents, their kids, and my assistants. The majority of the posts were videos, with some diagrams,…

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #25

By | April 22, 2022 |
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #25

Below please find the Show Notes for Podcast 25 of Coach Chic’s Hockey Secrets. Please remember that this podcast might be well over a decade old, but as the intro says, most of the principles shared within are just as valid today… *I think everything in this particular episode is worthy of some very serious…

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