A few days ago, member Scott T. messaged me about my article on “A Difference in Hockey Teaching Levels“. As Scott said, “I find a lot of truth here”, in reference to some of the nervousness experienced by adult level beginners as they try new things. Scott went on to say that he has “several…
A Travel Workout
Dave says, “I like using or trying new equipment, but it’s not what motivates me, and it shouldn’t be what you depend on…”
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I noted previously in another entry, that I’d at one time noticed a good many of my young players either being tossed around by opponents or losing the battles whenever they had collisions on the ice. So, I tried to think of ways I could recreate those situations in a practice setting. The first drill…
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The following question was submitted by Eric S. It’s a good one, but it can be difficult answering long distance (or without being able to actually see where his players are at a given time). Nonetheless, I do know that Eric works with a fairly talented teen group, so I’ll approach things from that perspective.…
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I just received a question from a long-time Twitter and Facebook friend, and this topic seems as timely as one can get. And, although it has to do with tournament prep, I’d have advised much the same if she was headed to an important tryout)… You see, she and her son are on their way…
I guess I ought to preface this post with the fact that I was eventually working with about my third generation of hockey players. Yes, I’d coached or instructed thousands of kids over about 45-years. So, over that time, you can guess that I’d pretty much seen it all. And, over that time, I’d also…
Actually, while our members only HockeyDrillBuilder app is new, we’ve already added a second version of that, plus a third tool known as the HockeyMentor app. Now, the initial app was aimed at providing member coaches, parents and older players some scientifically based ideas to improve a player’s or team’s skating, puckhandling, passing, receiving and…