Readying For A New Season

The Greatest Changes CAN Take Place FROM HERE ONWARD!

By CoachC | April 12, 2024

Although a lot of folks view hockey time as something like September to March (or April), I have to share a different — very important — slant on that…

Picking A Youth Hockey Program

By CoachC | April 4, 2024

A few years ago I became an adviser (or expert) with a youth sports association, primarily attempting to help hockey parents, coaches and players with their skills related training problems…

Losing Players by the Whistle?

By CoachC | March 28, 2024

As much as I’m into improving skating and stickhandling and playing smarts, I’m frequently thinking this website wouldn’t be worth a hoot without the kind of articles that are surfacing here…

Advice from Hockey Scouts for Aspiring Players

By CoachC | March 13, 2024

These scouts, with their keen eye for talent and years of experience, offer invaluable advice that can help guide your child on his or her journey to success on the ice…

3 Steps to Eat for Speed & Stamina

By CoachC | February 9, 2024

Kim’s passion is showing youth ice hockey parents how to create simple and easy meals to help their skater’s increase their speed and stamina on the ice.

Athletes Just Keep Getting Stronger and Stronger

By CoachC | December 31, 2023

Two long ago news events caused me to bring a few thoughts to my members’ minds — those having to do with MLB and the NHL…

Learning Hockey — with Coach Chic & Chomper

By CoachC | December 29, 2023

If your son, daughter or team is at the stage where they need to learn hockey’s basic rules and positioning, this is the video for them…

Can Goalies Improve Without A Coach?

By CoachC | December 22, 2023

This has to do with a dad not being happy because his goaltender son probably wasn’t going to improve much this coming year…

Help for a Hockey Coach’s Sore Throat or Hoarseness

By | December 7, 2023

Setting the scene for the following, I’d just finished a week-long hockey camp with my Team NEHI players.  And most of my fellow coaches know what that means.

The Role of a Centerman, Winger and Defenseman

By | November 21, 2023

I get asked about this a lot — I mean, how I perceive the role of a hockey playing centerman, a winger or a defenseman…