I don’t doubt member coaches, parents and older players will find a few things that’ll also help them (sorta like some food for thought)…
Each episode includes awesome advice from hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors, with past episodes are available on CCC-TV Youtube…
I pulled parts of this piece out of my archives. It’s a few years old now, but it’s still loaded with great advice for my current hockey friends…
Despite my inclination to frequently think outside the proverbial box, I’d like members to know that I don’t make hockey related decisions without a lot of serious thought. In fact, over my forty-plus years in coaching, I’ve mostly relied upon a set of standards I’ve come to call “The Nature of Our Game”…
I think it best that I show you a very short video before we get into a discussion on the benefits of rope skipping, this to act as sort of a frame of reference…
Every so often I like to dig back into my video vault for something that offers some solid teaching principles. And for today, I have a doosy from way, way back
As I reflect back on the hundreds of outstanding players I’ve had through the years, I’ve always found they had a few things in common. Oh, I’m not talking about great genetics here; actually, I think most of my best players overcame some shortcomings to achieve what they did…
A Pee Wee level coach was looking for help in a hockey forum. And, after noticing few others offered him anything that would really work, I decided to step in, troubleshooting the problem his kids seemed to be having with their backchecking…
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…
I want to introduce something I doubt many members have ever seen before. Â Yes, it’s a training device that was long ago developed by a Canadian speed skating coach.