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Mental Toughness for High-Stakes Hockey

By CoachC | May 4, 2025 |
Mental Toughness for High-Stakes Hockey

I received a really challenging question from a hockey dad who hopes to help his Bantam AAA son improve his mental toughness while competing in the state of Maine (USA). Supporting an athlete at a higher youth hockey level is an exciting yet challenging journey for any parent. So, as his son navigates the high-pressure…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 62

By CoachC | May 1, 2025 |
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 62

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

Coming… May 2025

By CoachC | April 30, 2025 |
Coming… May 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…

Coming… May 2025 #2

By CoachC | April 30, 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…

Towel – Band Strength Training

By CoachC | April 29, 2025 |

A Towel is the simplest and most cost effective way to add in variety to your band strength training workouts.

How much is too much?

By CoachC | April 25, 2025 |
How much is too much?

We’re thrilled to present Shawnee Harlee’s insights as she addresses the well worn hockey question, “How much is too much?”

Fruit – Nature’s Multivitamin

By CoachC | April 18, 2025 |
Maintaining the Advantage with in-Game Fueling

Kim’s passion is showing youth ice hockey parents how to create simple and easy meals to help their skater’s increase their speed and stamina on the ice.

A Mighty Mite Team Doing Wide-dribbles

By CoachC | April 16, 2025 |
A Mighty Mite Team Doing Wide-dribbles

A young coach wrote me in our Ask The Coach section, and readers should soon catch on to his question… ~ Dennis C Hey Cliff! It’s awesome to see how much you care about coaching your Mighty Mite team there in Rhode Island. Teaching them a cool, advanced move like the wide-dribble puckhandling skill is…

A REAL Goaler Challenge

By CoachC | April 15, 2025 |
A REAL Goaler Challenge

I should have prefaced a previous post (Goaler Warm-ups) with a reminder, in that our goaltenders start learning to juggle on their very first days with us. Most of them need to start with one ball, and then very slowly progress to a second and a third. Yes, a little at a time, the degree…

Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 2

By CoachC | April 13, 2025 |
Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 2

I think it’s important to mention a few things before actually showing you what we’ve been up to. Okay, so what I’ve done is to design almost a simulated game for my high school guys.  Oh, they weren’t going to be playing, but they wer going to condition themselves in game-like fashion. During our first…