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, Iād like members to know that I donāt make hockey related decisions without a lot of serious thought. In fact, over my forty-plus years in coaching, Iāve mostly relied upon a set of standards Iāve 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 referenceā¦
Each episode includes awesome advice from hockey’s top coaches and specialty advisors, with past episodes are available on CCC-TV Youtube…
āYou Donāt Need Iceā mainly includes things I want to share with hockey players, coaches and parents from my old Soviet hockey studies and my coaching degree studies…
As youāll soon see, thereās a good reason why Iām holding the following from public view.Ā Ya, this is definitely for my members only!
I want to introduce something I doubt many members have ever seen before. Ā 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…
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…
How about the merits of having a slideboard around this lady’s house?Ā Ha…Ā What do you think I had to say about that?