Thinking the Game – Defensively

A Sample Hockey Practice Plan

By | February 13, 2023

Before anyone thinks the following is going to be just for coaches, I want to point-out that I’ll be sharing some of my thinking behind the drills I’ll list.  Hopefully then, a lot of this will prove valuable to older hockey players and to parents of younger ones…

I Just Found These Old Hockey Game Notes

By | January 27, 2023

If there’s a difference between my old coaching schedule and those of most members, it’s that my high school guys started way back in June only to leave me at the American Thanksgiving, while my youngest teams were just getting underway in the early fall…

How Pro Hockey Scouts Think

By | December 30, 2022

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 34

By | December 26, 2022

I made these recordings not long before my move to Florida. After many years of coaching high school, Juniors and college, I found it fun to be paid to coach both a Mite and a Bantam team.  Anyway, the reason the enclosed audios aren’t so great is because I was recording while driving to a…

Another Chicken or Egg Story

By | December 22, 2022

By now, most serious hockey fans have seen the following video, and many have replayed it until almost memorizing the moves — if it’s even possible to memorize them. Anyway, whether you’ve seen this clip before or not, I’d like the visitor to watch it a time or two, before allowing me to say my…

A Great Slot Coverage Drill

By | November 30, 2022

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 33

By | November 22, 2022

As mentioned prior to the previous podcast entry, I had to break down my studio upon moving from Massachusetts to Florida, and it took me quite some time to re-organize once in the Sunshine State. Gradually, however, things have come back together — nicely… Below please find the Show Notes for Episodes 33 of Coach…

3 on 3 Backchecking Drill

By | November 12, 2022

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Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast 31 and 32

By | October 26, 2022

As the new podcast intro says, I had to break down my studio upon moving from Massachusetts to Florida, and it’s actually taken quite some time here in the Sunshine State before I was able to put things back together again. I’m back, however, and gradually getting into the swing of things… Below please find…

Hockey Line Changes

By | October 22, 2022

Getting right to that coach’s main question here, my feeling is that the time to teach changes on-the-fly has an awful lot to do with a team’s overall game awareness.  Said yet another way, I’ll suggest that youngsters who have their basic skills under control, and those who are able to understand basic positioning, should…