SKATING

Setting Up a Move or Deke

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

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Dealing With YOUR Local Skate Sharpener

By | June 29, 2021
Dealing With YOUR Local Skate Sharpener

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No Detail Too Small To Study

By | June 21, 2021
No Detail Too Small To Study

That featured photo up there may have confused some of my long time readers but, I think you’ll soon understand its meaning… Ya, I begin this entry with one of my favorite sayings, this one borrowed from the late, great Soviet hockey coach, Anatoli Tarasov.  As I recall,  “The Father of Russian Hockey” was referring…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #15

By | June 5, 2021
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #15

This program happens to be loaded with great advice about the hockey skating stride.  And, as I’ll so often say, it’s advice you probably won’t find anywhere else. Continuing something I started last month, you might take a look and listen to the YouTube video that caused such a stir:   Ice Hockey – Balance In…

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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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #14

By | May 5, 2021
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #14

Oh, boy.  A link to the video that caused such an uproar so many years ago is to follow — from before I was able to dig up all the scientific information to really support my thesis.  Take a look and listen, though, and tell me how I’m wrong:    Ice Hockey – Balance In…

Old Soviet (Russian) Hockey Reflections

By | April 29, 2021
Old Soviet (Russian) Hockey Reflections

Members will gradually get to know my long time Russian friend, Elena Segal, who has inspired a number of my articles.  We can also thank Elena for the current Russian hockey reflections, though.  She’s super-proud of her work in the use of ballet with other athletes, and she suggests to me that ballet was an…

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…

Russian Circle Passing – Variation 2 and 3

By | March 31, 2021
Russian Circle Passing – Variation 2 and 3

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The Hockey Skater’s Thrust and Shoulder Movements

By | March 28, 2021
The Hockey Skater’s Thrust and Shoulder Movements

Not everyone realizes there are discrepancies in the way various athletes move in a straight line, and it just so happens that there are also differences in the biomechnics applied in the three skating sports. It would be helpful for hockey coaches, parents and adult players to understand a few things — as they plan…