PASSING AND RECEIVING

Thoughts on Puck Protection Skills

By | April 19, 2023

Okay, hopefully we get some decent hockey conversations going here, all to the betterment of my fellow coaches, parents and adult rec players…

My Latest Hockey Coaching Manual – “Equipment Matters”

By | February 28, 2023

As a member, you’re gaining access to yet another audio book at no charge, this one called “Equipment Matters”. And, let me tell you, does it ever…

Puckhandling Is A Mentality! (One “Sick” Goal!)

By | February 16, 2023

Okay, so every time I get to talking about puckhandling with someone, I almost always find the need to suggest that “it’s a mentality”.  Said maybe another way — that’ll help you better understand, I should probably say that it’s a “mindset”…

A Sample Hockey Practice Plan

By | February 13, 2023

Before anyone thinks the following is going to be just for coaches, I want to point-out that I’ll be sharing some of my thinking behind the drills I’ll list.  Hopefully then, a lot of this will prove valuable to older hockey players and to parents of younger ones…

Just a Few Reasons to Start a Floorball Program

By | February 4, 2023

As hockey’s off-season gradually nears, I’ve been planting some seeds concerning floorball. With that, I’ve already published a few related posts, while readers can expect more as the springtime nears…

I Just Found These Old Hockey Game Notes

By | January 27, 2023

If there’s a difference between my old coaching schedule and those of most members, it’s that my high school guys started way back in June only to leave me at the American Thanksgiving, while my youngest teams were just getting underway in the early fall…

This Snippet Provides An Intro To Old USSR Hockey Training Basics

By | January 16, 2023

From an introduction to Coach Chic’s long ago studies at the Moscow Institute for Sport & Physical Culture, this snippet moves into the most important principles in motor learning for hockey players — don’t miss it…

CCC-TV Hockey Show – Episode 74

By | December 15, 2022

Each CCC-TV episode includes awesome advice from some of hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors.  Non-members should know that the latest episode might only be available to the public for awhile. Currently many past episodes are available to the public on our CCC-TV Youtube Channel. Sometime soon, however, all past episodes may be archived (for…

YOUR Stick

By | December 10, 2022

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Hockey Stick Measurement Help

By | December 9, 2022

She began with the following: Hi Coach Chic, Sorry to bother you but I’ve been searching your site and have not had any luck on finding the info for sizing a hockey stick. By now, I hope she knows she wasn’t bothering me at all.  Again, I invite anyone in our game to bother me…