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Creating a Reactive Warrior Part 2 (August 26, 2009)
Any training program, regardless of it's intention for an NHL players, a High School goalie, or a Pee Wee player; all start with a stability and a flexibility/mobility phase before progressing into the more traditional strength and power phases.
Explore more on this topic with our Strength and Conditioning Coach and Personal Trainer Billy Corbett.... Read part 2 of this article on hockey dry land training techniques.
Finding Teachable Moments (November 28, 2007)
There are three primary job responsibilities that a coach performs and those are being a leader, an organizer and a teacher. Some coaches have good leadership skills and instincts and that makes them successful. USA Hockey Coaching Clinics teach coaches how to be organized, how to create practice plans and how to communicate with their teams and parents. But little time is spent teaching coaches how to teach, or more importantly what is important to teach.
Learn more about Teachable Moments that coaches should take advantage of. Read the full article on Finding Teachable Moments.
Creating a Reactive Warrior (November 8, 2007)
The players who possess the greatest movement capabilities will find the game of hockey easier to play and consequently they will probably be the best players on the ice. What we do off ice or for our dry land training should be reflective of how the body must function on the ice.
To explore this topic, we put the task to our Strength and Conditioning Coach and Personal Trainer Billy Corbett.... Read part 1 of this article on hockey dry land training techniques.
Preparing Your Stick for Off-Ice Practice (August 3, 2007)
It is always best to practice on-ice and off-ice with the same equipment, especially something as personal and critical as your stick. However, the off-ice environment has very different surface properties as compared to the surface of the ice....Read the full article.
Let Them Play (July 17, 2007)
We recently completed a summer clinic that ran over the course of the past two months where we were coaching girls of all ages and ability levels...Read the full article.