Having a little fun here, I thought I’d lighten the format some, but without lessening the importance of our topic, teaching our players to read and react better in their games…
Intermediate-level ice hockey players need to master a range of skills to succeed in the sport. These skills include both individual and team-based abilities, as well as physical and mental attributes…
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…
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?”
Summer is quickly approaching! Do you have a plan? Do not miss out on a great opportunity to prepare yourself for next hockey season…
A coach from Michigan emails to ask for help with one-against-one situations for his Pee Wee level team…
Almost every time I ask a group of young players to define the term “checking”, they will blurt out something like, “Smash ’em into the boards!” However…
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. Hopefully then, a lot of this will prove valuable to older hockey players and to parents of younger ones…
As hockey’s off-season gradually nears, I’ve been planting some seeds concerning floorball. With that, I’ve already published a few related posts, while readers can expect more as the springtime nears…