Thankfully, a number of members have weighed-in, or offered their opinions or guesses, and I applaud the bulk of them for coming fairly close to what I’ll be suggesting down below…
The sender of this drill seems to have a knack for fun oriented drills. Ya, her approach to the game always seems to make me smile, and I can just imagine that her players look forward to what she might have planned next…
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.
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…
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”…
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…
I want to introduce something I doubt many members have ever seen before. Â Yes, it’s a training device that was long ago developed by a Canadian speed skating coach.
Okay, the above title might seem a bit pushy (if that’s the right word), but please hear me out…
If you’re a hockey parent or coach, and if you’ve ever tried to nail that perfect golf swing or master those dance moves, you know it takes practice. What you may not realize is that sleep plays a huge role in reinforcing those motor skills and muscle memory…
Of course, amateur players approach hockey with varying degrees of devotion. Working mostly with pretty dedicated kids, I’ve designed a very long-range, off-season plan to include age-specific speed, agility and strength work…