Readying For A New Season

Picking A Youth Hockey Program

By CoachC | April 4, 2024
Picking A Youth Hockey Program

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
Losing Players by the Whistle?

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
Advice from Hockey Scouts for Aspiring Players

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…

Athletes Just Keep Getting Stronger and Stronger

By CoachC | December 31, 2023
Athletes Just Keep Getting Stronger and Stronger

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
Learning Hockey — with Coach Chic & Chomper

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
Can Goalies Improve Without A Coach?

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
Help for a Hockey Coach’s Sore Throat or Hoarseness

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
The Role of a Centerman, Winger and Defenseman

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

Starting Your Hockey Year Off Right!

By | October 4, 2023
Starting Your Hockey Year Off Right!

It isn’t often that I’ll ask skaters to take a look at a goalie training segment.  Naw, you guys and gals USUALLY have enough on your minds without worrying about another position.  This time, however, what I’m about to suggest to you might just make all the difference in the world as you approach a new year…

5 More Hurdles Facing Adult Hockey Playing Newbies

By | September 30, 2023
5 More Hurdles Facing Adult Hockey Playing Newbies

The first time you lace up those skates as a grownup, they may feel like medieval instruments of torture. Your ankles wobble like a newborn foal’s. Each time you reach for the puck, you face-plant on the ice. Frustration mounts as fast as new bruises on your ego…