A study of former National Hockey League players shows that enforcers who spent a lot of time dropping their gloves or in the penalty box lived significantly shorter lives than their peers…
This just might be one of the most important posts to be found here on my CoachChic.com website — I truly mean that. The reason? I’d say it’s because a head coach’s unwillingness to seek out and then adhere to the latest in scientific principles is quite likely to harm his or her players — in numerous ways, and over both the short term and the very long term…
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…
For those who are new here, please know I do this as sort of a courtesy to my members and potential members, trying to give them a sense of what’s “coming” within the next month…
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…
As a coach writes me, “I’m going to be coaching a u19 Girls team this year. We start our camp in Lake Placid soon — eating, sleeping and training in the Olympic Center, with plenty of team bonding. Any suggestions?”
Okay, hopefully we get some decent hockey conversations going here, all to the betterment of my fellow coaches, parents and adult rec players…
Summer is quickly approaching! Do you have a plan? Do not miss out on a great opportunity to prepare yourself for next hockey season…
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)…
You see, a new Facebook friend happened to ask me how she might learn about ice hockey. My short answer was to send here to the “Free to Non-members” area to find whatever she thought might help.
As it turned out, she meant that she didn’t have a clue about hockey, and that everything on my site was beyond her current understanding…