GENERAL SKILLS ADVICE

Hockey Coaching Qualifications

By CoachC | May 10, 2024
Hockey Coaching Qualifications

A major aim of this CoachChic.com site is to arm parents and coaches with as much scientific information as possible, and to then share some ideas about artful ways to apply those scientific principles…

A Chat with Professor Bee

By CoachC | April 23, 2024
A Chat with Professor Bee

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
The Greatest Changes CAN Take Place FROM HERE ONWARD!

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
Mickey Mantle and The Art of Bat Selection

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
Picking A Youth Hockey Program

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 CoachC | April 1, 2024
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 49

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
More On YOUR Hockey Stick’s Shaft

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
Unlocking the Power of a Fast Mind in Hockey

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
Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 2

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
Where Do Hockey Drills Come From? Part 2

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…