WANTED: Swedish American Canadian Hockey Coach

I thought that might catch your attention. I just spent my first week assisting BC Hockey run the Hockey Coach 2 Certification for recreational level and new [...]

3 Tips for running a Novice hockey practice using stations

Hi coaches thank you for your great energy and commitment coaching novice/squirt hockey.  With these simple tips you can manage high practice numbers with [...]

3 Bench management tips for youth hockey coaches

I love getting questions from the coaches we help.  Today's post is inspired by a post in our How to Play Hockey Facebook Group, from a Midget coach [...]
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Barry Smith Interview: The best tip I learned this summer from an NHL coach

Barry Smith is a straight shooter.  He tells it like it is, whether he is teaching kids, pros, or coaches like me.  I spend my professional life teaching [...]

The backchecker doesn’t hand off his man to the D anymore.

Or at least like we used to 'in my day.' I enjoy analysing the subtle ways hockey has changed 'since I played.'  My pro career ended about 10 years ago, and [...]
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Coach: 115 hockey tactic lessons your team needs to be successful.

  4 Critical Questions for a Hockey Coach: Do your players REALLY understand you when you are talking tactics and terminology?   Are YOU totally [...]