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Jerry Z’s New Stick

By | December 5, 2023
Jerry Z’s New Stick

After several hockey friends recently hit me with questions having to do with hockey sticks, it struck me that I might dig back into the CoachChic.com archives for a long ago post where I really got into a former student’s issues with his stick.

Maximizing Athletic Potential: Unleashing Your Unique Learning Style in Sports

By | November 23, 2023
Maximizing Athletic Potential: Unleashing Your Unique Learning Style in Sports

While physical prowess and skill development are crucial components, understanding one’s learning style can be a game-changer in achieving peak athletic excellence…

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 85

By | November 15, 2023
CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 85

Each episode includes awesome advice from hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors, with past episodes are available on CCC-TV Youtube…

Speed Skating Versus Hockey Skating

By | November 7, 2023
Speed Skating Versus Hockey Skating

I pulled parts of this piece out of my archives. It’s a few years old now, but it’s still loaded with great advice for my current hockey friends…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 43

By | October 30, 2023
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 43

In my honest opinion — and after decades of observation, I firmly believe that young hockey players should learn checking…

Coming… November 2023

By | October 29, 2023
Coming… November 2023

Please know I do this as a courtesy to members and potential members, trying to give them a sense of what’s “coming” within the next month…

More on Solving Hockey Problems

By | October 29, 2023
More on Solving Hockey Problems

Of course, chances are good that you also have to do tons of problem solving, if you’re a hockey player, hockey parent or hockey coach…

The Nature of Our Game (revisited)

By | October 26, 2023
The Nature of Our Game (revisited)

Despite my inclination to frequently think outside the proverbial box, I’d like members to know that I don’t make hockey related decisions without a lot of serious thought. In fact, over my forty-plus years in coaching, I’ve mostly relied upon a set of standards I’ve come to call “The Nature of Our Game”…

Rope Skipping Benefits for Hockey Players

By | October 24, 2023
Rope Skipping Benefits for Hockey Players

I think it best that I show you a very short video before we get into a discussion on the benefits of rope skipping, this to act as sort of a frame of reference…

Crosby Sets Up Letang

By | October 21, 2023
Crosby Sets Up Letang

Every so often I like to dig back into my video vault for something that offers some solid teaching principles. And for today, I have a doosy from way, way back