Timely Advice
10 Essential Tips for a Successful First Season as an Ice Hockey Coach
Becoming an ice hockey coach for the first time can be an exciting yet challenging endeavor. To help you navigate your maiden season with confidence, and to maximize your impact on the team, I’ve compiled 10 essential tips that are sure to set you up for success. From building strong relationships to fostering a positive team environment, these strategies will empower you to become a trusted leader both on and off the ice…
Read MoreCoach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 38
“The Last Frontier in Sport” takes a serious look at mental training’s place in current day sport… Coach Chic introduces things, but John Haime from NewEdge Mental Training takes over early and adds tons of advice for high level athletes…
Read MoreGreat Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 2
Okay, having just watched that video showing my older guys experimenting with some different ways of rope skipping, I think the following videos should make some sense…
Read MoreEffective Strategies For Hockey Team Communication And Cohesion
Effective team communication and cohesion are essential for success in ice hockey. With that, here are some effective strategies for improving team communication and cohesion on the ice…
Read MoreAnother Introduction to Floorball
By now I’m hoping you’re seeing floorball as a pretty fast-paced and exciting team sport that has grown in popularity around the world…
Read MoreGreat Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 1
While I never want to abandon any training ideas that are working well, you can almost be sure that I’ll make some changes to my teaching approach…
Read MoreWith summer right around the corner, are you being S.M.A.R.T.?
Summer is quickly approaching! Do you have a plan? Do not miss out on a great opportunity to prepare yourself for next hockey season…
Read MoreCCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 78
Currently many past episodes are available to the public on our CCC-TV Youtube Channel. Sometime soon, however, all past episodes may be archived (for members-only to view at their leisure)…
Read MoreHockey Team Building
First, with the off-season now upon us, coaches should be considering ways to prepare their teams for next fall.
Secondly, I discovered long ago that good teams tend to begin with a lot of small factions or even cliques, and some of the ideas shared below are just right for breaking down a lot barriers between those groups…
Read MoreSome After Hockey Practice Observations
While this is going to be brief, I suspect that the subject is as meaningful as it gets. It’s not going to be about skills or strategies, by the way. However, if we can all achieve what I’m about to suggest, a youngster is bound to become highly skilled and smart in the end…
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