General Positional Advice

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 73

By | November 15, 2022

Each CCC-TV episode includes awesome advice from some of hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors.  Non-members should know that the latest episode might only be available to the public for awhile. 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…

3 on 3 Backchecking Drill

By | November 12, 2022

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 31 and 32

By | October 26, 2022

As the new podcast intro says, I had to break down my studio upon moving from Massachusetts to Florida, and it’s actually taken quite some time here in the Sunshine State before I was able to put things back together again. I’m back, however, and gradually getting into the swing of things… Below please find…

Hockey Line Changes

By | October 22, 2022

Getting right to that coach’s main question here, my feeling is that the time to teach changes on-the-fly has an awful lot to do with a team’s overall game awareness.  Said yet another way, I’ll suggest that youngsters who have their basic skills under control, and those who are able to understand basic positioning, should…

Buzzer Hockey Line Changes

By | October 21, 2022

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Dumping The Puck

By | October 21, 2022

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How Many Drills Are Needed Over a Long Hockey Season?

By | September 23, 2022

The reason I jumped on that question was that I could just envision the answers that would soon roll in.  I mean, I can see some coaches quoting numbers — like 15, 25, 40, 80, whatever.  And I can tell you that none of us would be right if we got hung-up on a number.…

Does Coaching Win (Hockey) Championships?

By | September 15, 2022

Dean Robinson begins his article suggesting that pro athletes tend to have more influence on a game’s outcome than the coach (think Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James here, maybe a Michael Jordan in years past, the stars who comprised the 1927 New York Yankees, the Islanders and Oilers during different parts of the ’80′s).  This…

Tried and True Hockey Principles

By | August 30, 2022

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #29

By | August 28, 2022

I know I said it last month, but I mean it even more today — as in “Man, this episode is jam packed with advice and ideas” — and stuff that you just won’t find anywhere else! Honestly, have a listen… Below please find the Show Notes for Podcast 29 of Coach Chic’s Hockey Secrets.…