Drills

Background Skills for Performing Higher Level Tactics

By | March 29, 2023

A coach from Michigan emails to ask for help with one-against-one situations for his Pee Wee level team…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 36

By | March 27, 2023

I can’t emphasize enough all the advice offered in this show.Ā  In fact, if a parent or coach who deals with young ones isn’t aware of this information, there’s a danger that their young athlete/s will forever be behind in athletic development…

The Benefits of Plyometrics

By | March 17, 2023

Are you looking to take your fitness to the next level? Want to improve your speed, power, and endurance? Look no further than plyometrics…

Scenes from a World Floorball Tournament

By | February 21, 2023

I think the following video shows this great game in all its beauty.Ā  And wait until you see some of the skills demonstrated by the world’s top floorball players.Ā  (Ya, I’d love every young hockey player to learn the skills and the playing principles nurtured in this relatively new sport.)

Puckhandling Is A Mentality! (One ā€œSickā€ Goal!)

By | February 16, 2023

Okay, so every time I get to talking about puckhandling with someone, I almost always find the need to suggest that ā€œit’s a mentalityā€.Ā  Said maybe another way — that’ll help you better understand, I should probably say that it’s a ā€œmindsetā€…

A Sample Hockey Practice Plan

By | February 13, 2023

Before anyone thinks the following is going to be just for coaches, I want to point-out that I’ll be sharing some of my thinking behind the drills I’ll list.Ā  Hopefully then, a lot of this will prove valuable to older hockey players and to parents of younger ones…

I Just Found These Old Hockey Game Notes

By | January 27, 2023

If there’s a difference between my old coaching schedule and those of most members, it’s that my high school guys started way back in June only to leave me at the American Thanksgiving, while my youngest teams were just getting underway in the early fall…

Simplified Floorball Rules

By | January 21, 2023

A worthwhile off-season usually takes some forethought and planning. And this has me suggesting that youth coaches or really into it parents might consider organizing an off-season team — or a couple of teams to form a league.

This Snippet Provides An Intro To Old USSR Hockey Training Basics

By | January 16, 2023

From an introduction to Coach Chic’s long ago studies at the Moscow Institute for Sport & Physical Culture, this snippet moves into the most important principles in motor learning for hockey players — don’t miss it…

The Speed of Learning

By | January 13, 2023

Shaun Goodsell, MA Founder and CEO of Mental Edge Athletes invest enormous amounts of time in practice.  Go to a football field, a hockey rink, a baseball diamond and you will most likely see coaches and athletes preparing for an upcoming contest. Many report that practice seems insignificant and boring leading some to quit and…