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Spotting the Real Goal-scorer Early

By | October 6, 2021
Spotting the Real Goal-scorer Early

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Answer: How Should A Beginner Hold A Hockey Stick

By | October 1, 2021
Answer:   How Should A Beginner Hold A Hockey Stick

To begin here, the poll dealing with “How Should A Beginner Hold A Hockey Stick” is the only one so far to arrive at the answers I’d expected or hoped for. Yes, I suspect that most players ultimately hold their dominant hand at the top of their sticks, they steer the stick’s motions with that…

The Nature of Our Game

By | August 30, 2021
The Nature of Our Game

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Great Hockey Plays Come From Practice!

By | August 22, 2021
Great Hockey Plays Come From Practice!

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Setting Up a Move or Deke

By | August 12, 2021
Setting Up a Move or Deke

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Mighty Mite Team Wide-dribbles

By | June 30, 2021
Mighty Mite Team Wide-dribbles

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So You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? – Part 2

By | May 31, 2021
So You Think Your Genes Determine Your Fate In Sports? – Part 2

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Teaching the Beginner Hockey Player

By | April 27, 2021
Teaching the Beginner Hockey Player

Okay, I have to start with a huge smile here,  because I’ve just finished browsing through some old notes reflecting back on what I’d call — for the lack of a better name — a “tryout” I ran a few years back for a new 5- and 6-year old team coming from my winter Learn-to-skate/Learn-to-play…

Asymmetric Puckhandling

By | April 10, 2021
Asymmetric Puckhandling

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Making Long Jump Ropes

By | April 6, 2021
Making Long Jump Ropes

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…