I have Kevin T (from Facebook’s Hockey Drills Only group) to thank for the video below, for giving me permission to post it here, and for reminding me of a few things I may have previously forgotten to share with CoachChic.com readers. I doubt there’s a problem with Kevin and his son, but I feel the need to suggest here and now that hockey-time away from the rink has to be a little different than the time spent at the rink. You see, over my many years in the game, the number of kids I’ve worked with are up in…
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If youâve noticed my absence for a few days, itâs probably because nothing has really ticked me off over that stretch. Thatâs what I need to get me going sometimes, ya know — so I can rant or rave about something with some real passion. With that, Iâve had plenty to set me on fire lately, and Iâm feeling like my keyboard just might burn-up over this one⌠Up front, two things⌠1) Before they closed their doors, I wrote one (and sometimes two) advice columns per issue for âHockey/USAâ magazine. And hardly a month would go by over nearly 20-years without me…
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My Facebook friend, Kathy C, couldnât have posed a more timely question. For, beginner hockey players had been flocking to learn-to-play type clinics all over North America at the time, and a lot of new hockey parents were scratching their heads as they attempted to outfit their youngsters. More specifically, Kathy joked that I get to settle an ongoing debate — between her, her husband and the local pro shop guys — in determining which way her 4-year old son should hold a hockey stick. Fortunately for Kathy (and any other new hockey parents or beginner coaches), Iâve been dealing…
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I have a nice young lady to thank for this entry. For, you see, my video on âIncredible Stickhandlingâ made it just about around the world — even to a lady hockey player over in the United Kingdom. Sometime near when she purchased and downloaded those videos, she messaged me to express some concerns. (I think she was praying they’d work, and she was even hoping they worked quickly enough for her next game — gulp, I hate that kind of pressure!) Anyway, checking in with her a few days after, just to see how she was doing, I sensed she needed…
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