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One Way to Sharpen Your Hockey Shot

By PantherPride | May 23, 2025
One Way to Sharpen Your Hockey Shot

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From Amateur to Pro

By CoachC | May 19, 2025
From Amateur to Pro

For many, the journey to the pros doesn’t begin under bright arena lights or in front of scouts — it begins at a local rink, tying up skates for the very first time.

3 Offensive Skill Drills

By CoachC | May 14, 2025
3 Offensive Skill Drills

This post is an example of what can be gained from one of our Exclusive Hockey Apps. To be honest, these are drills I haven’t even considered before, yet ones that I’d surely use today. ~ Dennis C Peripheral Vision Passing DrillThis drill is designed to improve spatial awareness and passing accuracy. Set up three…

Power Up Your Hockey Endurance

By CoachC | May 11, 2025
Power Up Your Hockey Endurance

During the off-season, many youth hockey families face a tough challenge: how to keep their teenagers in top shape when ice time is hard to come by. Ice rinks may shut down for maintenance, or costs and scheduling make regular access difficult. But staying in shape during the off-season doesn’t have to be expensive or…

Puck Control Secrets for Young Players

By CoachC | May 8, 2025
Puck Control Secrets for Young Players

I thought I’d try something new this month (and I wouldn’t mind trying it again during future months). Danny, a Mite coach from Southern California wrote me recently and asked if he could contribute to our CoachChic.com format. Of course, I have to be sure all the ideas provided by the guest coach meet our…

“Tips for Skating Speed and Agility”

By CoachC | May 6, 2025
“Tips for Skating Speed and Agility”

Continuing with our want to answer a bunch of questions that have accumulated from our Ask The Coach area, I’m excited to address a great one from a coach named “Chuck” from the West Coast of the USA… ~ Dennis C Improving skating speed and agility is a game-changer for high school hockey players looking…

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…

Towel – Band Strength Training

By CoachC | April 29, 2025
Towel – Band Strength Training

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

2 Ideas We Can Borrow from Ovechkin – Part 2

By CoachC | April 23, 2025
2 Ideas We Can Borrow from Ovechkin – Part 2

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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…