GENERAL SKILLS ADVICE

A Chat with Professor Bee

By CoachC | April 23, 2024

Most long time hockey friends know I have a chatbot named “Professor Bee” manning this website — around the clock and 24/7.

The Greatest Changes CAN Take Place FROM HERE ONWARD!

By CoachC | April 12, 2024

Although a lot of folks view hockey time as something like September to March (or April), I have to share a different — very important — slant on that…

Mickey Mantle and The Art of Bat Selection

By CoachC | April 8, 2024

The lesson we’ll learn here from “The Mick” is as valuable as it’ll get for an aspiring hockey player, and his or her coaches and parents…

Picking A Youth Hockey Program

By CoachC | April 4, 2024

A few years ago I became an adviser (or expert) with a youth sports association, primarily attempting to help hockey parents, coaches and players with their skills related training problems…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 49

By MightyMite | April 1, 2024

You might listen to this early, to gain a sense of the special topics that will be explored over the coming month…

More On YOUR Hockey Stick’s Shaft

By CoachC | March 22, 2024

A LOT of time running and re-running a video so many times, something really jumped out at me in one of the clips…

Unlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey

By CoachC | March 16, 2024

Here’s the first advice Andrej provides us, this all about “Unlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey”…

Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 2

By CoachC | March 8, 2024

Now, from this old coach’s perspective, new drill ideas frequently come about because there’s a problem.  Said yet another way, a new drill can be created to solve a difficulty one of our players — or most of our team — is experiencing…

Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 1

By CoachC | March 6, 2024

It’s been several years now, since one of my Team NEHI assistants described something he’d seen on a newscast.  I guess the sports segment showed some clips of our local NHL hockey team, and then it highlighted the team’s new coach…

How About a 3 on 3 Tournament

By CoachC | March 5, 2024

Perhaps like anywhere else, a lot of rinks in Massachusetts looked for creative ways to use ice-time during their off-season months…