10 Ways to Make At-Home Skills Training More Game-Realistic
Getting extra training outside of team practice is important to reaching your goals. But training at home can often be repetitive, solitary and frustrating. You put in lots of hours, but don't see that much improvement in real games. Below are 10 simple and effective...
Hard Skill Sports vs. Soft Skill Sports
In this blog post, I'd like to take a deep look at one of the key "talent tips" from Daniel Coyle's The Little Book of Talent. Coyle is the author of both the in-depth book The Talent Code and the summary of tips known as The Little Book of Talent. Both books have a...
Robust Skills vs. Resilient Skills
Preface: The idea of robust vs resilient skills is something that I learned about through an interview on The Talent Equation Podcast with Ted Suihkonen, skills coach for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL and owner of Suihkonen Hockey. The interview can be found here and...
Hockey Mythbusters Vol. 1
Introduction Spend enough time in the game of hockey and you're likely to hear a few. I've come across so many over the years that I couldn't even fit them all into one article! In "Hockey Mythbusters" I'll be taking a look at (and doing my best to debunk) every...
What Does “Skill Progression” Really Mean?
Note: Many of the ideas presented below were first brought to my attention by other coaches who deserve credit here. These coaches include Derek Miller, skills coach for the Ottawa 67’s of the OHL and founder of Next Gen HKY; Dean Seymour, skills coach for the Regina...
10 Things Hockey Players Can Do Right Now to Make the Most of Time at Home
Eventually the rinks will reopen; games and practices will start again. The world might never be quite the same, but eventually we will get back to hockey. In 6-12 months, will you look back on this time and ask yourself, “did I do enough?” In some ways, the current...
Pet Food Drive for MaxFund Animal Shelter
Want to win free hockey gear and support a good cause? The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic has had a grave impact on all of our lives. Some of the unseen victims of the current crisis are the pets of low-income families who have suffered a job loss or other major economic...
How to Build Your Own “Attack Triangle” Stickhandling Training Aid at Home
An “Attack triangle” is a popular stickhandling training aid for hockey that simulates the position of a defender’s stick and feet. Players can perform a wide variety of drills (both on-ice and off-ice) using an attack triangle to improve their ability to control the...
12 Off-Ice Drills to Improve Your Stickhandling and Shooting Skills at Home
Players who put in extra work at home are probably going to have a better chance of reaching their goals than players who don’t (all other things being equal, of course). The problem is that many players don’t know how to really improve their skills in a way that...
10 Ways to Make At-Home Skills Training More Game-Realistic
Getting extra training outside of team practice is important to reaching your goals. But training at home can often be repetitive, solitary and frustrating. You put in lots of hours, but don't see that much improvement in real games. Below are 10 simple and effective...
Hard Skill Sports vs. Soft Skill Sports
In this blog post, I'd like to take a deep look at one of the key "talent tips" from Daniel Coyle's The Little Book of Talent. Coyle is the author of both the in-depth book The Talent Code and the summary of tips known as The Little Book of Talent. Both books have a...