Timely Advice
5 More Hurdles Facing Adult Hockey Playing Newbies
The first time you lace up those skates as a grownup, they may feel like medieval instruments of torture. Your ankles wobble like a newborn foal’s. Each time you reach for the puck, you face-plant on the ice. Frustration mounts as fast as new bruises on your ego…
Read More3 Must-Have Virtues For Hockey Parents
The puck drops and your mini Gretzky glides across the ice. Your heart swells with hope and pride. Will this be their breakout game? Their moment of glory?
Read More5 Hurdles Facing Adult Hockey Playing Newbies
Starting hockey as an adult recreational player can seem intimidating, but overcoming the common obstacles faced by mature rookies will make crossing that frozen threshold well worth it…
Read MoreFight versus Flow in Hockey
As promised recently in Podcast 42, here’s our favorite mental training expert to discuss the theory of “fight versus flow” as it pertains to our sport…
Read MoreCoach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 42
Make no mistake about it, the best hockey players — at any age — have great mental skills as well as great physical skills. So, let’s listen to this podcast before I comment further…
Read MoreTop Tasks for New Hockey Coaches: Teaching Skills and Earning Respect
The exhilarating moment has arrived. You’ve just been named a youth hockey coach, and now find yourself standing at center ice before your very first practice…
Read MoreTips For Keeping Your Cool as a Hockey Parent
I hate to admit it, but I think I could have used this advice when I began as a young hockey parent. Anyway…
Read MoreRookie Hockey Parents Brace for Takeoff
Taking those first strides on tiny skates marks a milestone moment. But soon parents realize youth hockey is a winding journey — often a pricey one dotted with unfamiliar customs…
Read MoreHurricane Alert
Tropical Storm Idalia may rapidly intensify into a major hurricane by the time it makes landfall in Florida on Wednesday (8/30/2023)…
Read MoreBeware of Some Foolish Training Devices – Part 2: Where I Always Got My Gear
Every so often I let my members in on the place where I purchased much of my training gear of the years. I like to limit this kind of post to my “members only”, and for some very good reasons…
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