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Coach Has Favourites

By CoachC | March 10, 2025

We’re thrilled to present Shawnee Harlee’s insights as she addresses the well worn player complaint, that their Coach Has Favourites…

Organizing a Floorball League

By CoachC | March 2, 2025

Hello Gregg, and it’s fantastic to hear about your interest in starting a floorball league in your area. Floorball is a great way to develop young hockey players’ skills and keep them engaged during the off-season. Now, here’s a step-by-step guide to help you get rolling… Starting a floorball league in your county within Georgia…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 60

By CoachC | March 1, 2025

Within “AI” circles “Michael” is viewed as a good one, and don’t forget to view this post as an introduction to September’s content…

Help for Beginner Cross-overs

By CoachC | February 28, 2025

A few days ago, member Scott T. messaged me about my article on ā€œA Difference in Hockey Teaching Levelsā€œ.Ā  As Scott said, ā€œI find a lot of truth hereā€, in reference to some of the nervousness experienced by adult level beginners as they try new things. Scott went on to say that he has ā€œseveral…

Coming… March 2025

By CoachC | February 27, 2025

Folks should know I create this page as sort of a courtesy, trying to give visitors a sense of what’s “coming” within the next month…

Is Negative Self-Talk a Learned Behaviour?

By CoachC | February 26, 2025

Oh, man, has Shawnee hit the nail on the head once again… Okay, I need to tell you a story from about 20-plus years ago. As so often happened with me back then, I spent my winter Saturdays hopping from rink to rink around Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. And on this one day,…

A Travel Workout

By CoachC | February 23, 2025

Dave says, “I like using or trying new equipment, but it’s not what motivates me, and it shouldn’t be what you depend on…”

Blackhawks Legend Bobby Hull Diagnosed With CTE

By CoachC | February 19, 2025

Bobby Hull was one of the greatest players to ever lace a pair of skates in the NHL, playing 15 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1957 to 1972. Hull passed away at the age of 84 in late January of 2023, and was recently posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). More…

Increasing Your Team’s Shooting Power

By CoachC | February 18, 2025

I did a test recently with our HockeyMentor App, acting as a coach at the high school level, and explaining to “AI” that the challenges we’re facing are mainly in a the need to increase our shot power. Amazingly, here is some tailored advice and training solutions aimed at helping my players in this area:…

Strength on the Hockey Skates

By CoachC | February 12, 2025

I noted previously in another entry, that I’d at one time noticed a good many of my young players either being tossed around by opponents or losing the battles whenever they had collisions on the ice. So, I tried to think of ways I could recreate those situations in a practice setting. The first drill…