We’ve all been stung by some awful hockey advice during our years in the game, and more often than not it came from someone who swore up and down he (or she) knew exactly what was wrong and exactly what to do. Am I striking a chord with anyone? I mean, whether in your capacity as a new coach, a hockey parent or as a new adult rec player, I’m sure you recall someone steering you in a very wrong direction. Is there a method to my madness here? Ya, I think so. For, if others newer to the game…
While I studied long ago in the old USSR, I found it interesting that their coaches used a lot of activities for training that we’d have defined as schoolyard or playground games her in the states. Perhaps what I found most interesting was the fact that we North Americans had abandoned many of those physical challenges as rather old fashion, while the Soviets ran with them with great results. One such activity, for sure, was that of rope skipping. By the time I returned from Moscow, I was obviously looking everywhere for new ideas, or activities that might challenge my…
I’m not sure where to begin with this one, but maybe it’s best to first explain what set me on fire… You see, I like to follow goings on in various hockey and other sport forums. And it was one such group having mainly to do with skate sharpening and pro shop operations that recently got me flying at my keyboard. Discussions there are usually kept at a fairly high level, but some odd posts do seem to slip through the cracks. What I’m talking about is a post that had absolutely nothing to do with skate sharpening, or much…
I say it often enough, that I love my work in hockey, especially because of the great people it allows me to meet. Then, since the day I set foot (or fingers) onto Twitter, I’ve said pretty much the same thing: that I’ve met some remarkable people through social media. Carole Lockwood Taylor, of Tyler, Texas, is such a find for me, a really nice lady I happened to meet through Facebook. More interesting, though, is the way Carole and I really got to know one another. More fascinating still, is her connection with our game, ice hockey… Over a…
I remember years ago there being a trick question some Smart Alecs would spring on any unsuspecting hockey fan who believed he (or she) knew a lot about the game. What they’d do is pose something close to the above title, as in “Is forechecking a defensive or offensive part of hockey, or a team or individual ploy?” With that, let’s have some fun with the following poll. Then, once we’ve received enough responses, I’ll share something to help all hockey newbies easily classify most common terms. DON’T FORGET THAT WE MUST VOTE BEFORE WE’RE ABLE TO SEE THE POLL’S…
Before I get going, this could have easily been rename as “A New Poll (or three) – About How You Hold a Hockey Stick“. Up front, you wouldn’t believe how many people arrive here at CoachChic.com having searched Google and elsewhere for help on how to hold a hockey stick! So, before I ultimately provide a serious answer to this question, I thought I’d initially host a few polls on how experienced hockey players HOLD and CONTROL their sticks. I’ll need a lot of help on this, but here’s some background to these polls. What I’ve done below is to…
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Just to kick things off with a little excitement, watch as much of this video as you’d like (there’s not going to be a test at the end — LOL). By the way, although there’s a lot of hockey mentioned in this post, I’m going to suggest that parents and coaches in other sports will ultimately find it interesting… Okay, there’s ultimately going to be a reason for that video. But for now, the above title describes a battle currently raging in many areas of sport, although I’ll suggest that it would apply to just about anything we humans do — from…
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