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I Needed to Quicken My Players’ Shots!

By | July 12, 2022

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Off-ice Hockey Shooting Practice

By | July 8, 2022

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Teaching Hockey In A Closet – 2

By | June 30, 2022

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The Freedom to Change

By | June 30, 2022

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A Special OT Goal for Team USA

By | June 28, 2022

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #27

By | June 23, 2022

I can’t help but apologize that this show was recorded at the exact opposite time of the year. I mean, it’s currently June, and much of North America is dealing with heatwaves, while the following recording took place during a frigid winter season in Massachusetts, and very close to Christmas. That aside, I still hope hockey friends will enjoy the show, and pick up some good tips as well… Below please find the Show Notes for Podcast 27 of Coach Chic’s Hockey Secrets. Please remember that this podcast might be well over a decade old, but as the intro says,…

Quickening the Slapshot Setup

By | June 14, 2022

You should know that all my big ideas don’t necessarily end-up working so well. Actually, the first drill I created to solve the above noted problem calls for spreading 30 or so pucks high in an end zone, and then having two players at a time race to get three quick shots on goal. That drill is okay, and I still do use it once in awhile, 1) because my players seem to like the competition, and 2) because it just seems to be a decent change of pace from all the other shooting drills we use more often. Really,…

An Open Letter to All AAA Hockey Programs

By | June 3, 2022

Published April 2015 – Before I get rolling here, let me say that — as usual, a number of things set me off on this topic… First, after almost a lifetime of running my own programs, I later had the chance (and the pleasure, really) to observe a number of other AA and AAA programs, both closely and long distance. Secondly, the following question just arrived in my email inbox from a LinkedIn member… “With the new checking rules moving legal checking to the bantam level, how does this impact high school freshmen teams, where the current ages span both…

Teaching Hockey In A Closet – 1

By | May 29, 2022

As it turned out, my presentation encompassed six videos, with those segments containing both old and new information (when it comes to what my CoachChic.com members now). With this, my aim in this first segment is to just introduce the idea of “teaching hockey in a closet”… For those who won’t have access to the next five videos, I’m betting most will still get an idea of what I’m suggesting. As for my CoachChic.com members, plan on seeing the rest of this presentation in June 2022, as “Teaching Hockey In A Closet – 2”. Let me know what you think,…

Analyzing Hockey’s Boston Turn

By | May 28, 2022

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