Coming

Members should love the new posts that are scheduled to appear very soon…

- I tried to accommodate a member a week or so back by giving him a pretty good “head-manning” drill. But, I wasn’t totally satisfied with my answer. It so happens, though, that I invented a beauty for my junior high school kids the other day, and I’ll try to get that up in the free Drills section within a day or so.

- Saturday morning is going to bring an awesome article by NDA Head Hockey Coach (and our NEHI goalie coach), Todd Jacobson. It’s called “Reflections of a High School Hockey Coach”. My guess is that coaches, parents and high school aged players are going to get a lot from that.

- Going back about a decade, I’ve taught my players a move made famous by the great Bobby Orr. So, I found a video of Orr demonstrating what I’ve dubbed the “THE Bobby Orr Move”. I’ve gathered some footage of my young teenage players doing to it (pretty nicely), and I’ve broken the move into 4 fairly easy-to-do steps. By all means, defensemen should know how to do this, but it’s also a great move for forwards to use on the attack.

- By popular demand (again), the Slapshot Visualization video will appear under the month of February’s *Gifts. For those who don’t know, this is a video I allow you to download and save to your PC desktop so that a player can watch it any time he or she wants. Just watching (and listening) is helpful, by I hightly recommend a player daily watch some great demonstrators and follow right along with (or emulate) their movements. And, while most players could use this kind of training, I’m going to highly recommend it to those moving-up to their first season (and their first tryout) at a slapshot level.

Coaches should get a kick out of my “cart“. But, rather than me explaining that here, please check back under the Coaches’ Corner to be informed (and amused?).

Good friend and member, Craig S, had some questions about my grandson performing the Tight Turn (or Boston Turn). So, while Craig is hopefully gathering some YouTube demos of the Sundin’s protecting the puck, I’ve promised to shoot some footage of Anthony Chic doing his thing in a college game this coming weekend.

Well, all the above might seem like a lot. However, I’m guessing it’s about a fifth of what I plan on posting over the coming few weeks.

Oh, I just forgot to mention… As if I haven’t been into “blogging” yet, I’ve started an official one now. And, if you’ll just click on Dennis’ Blog up in the second row above, see what you think, and tell me whether I should quit my day job or not!

Special Note About My Hockey *Gift of the Month

Beginning in July of 2009, CoachChic.com has featured a special “downloadable” gift for members-only.

There IS a purpose for making certain files downloadable. For example, in some instances, members will be able to view unique videos from their desktops (like those aimed at visualizing a specific skill), thus making it easy for members to use the material over and over again. At yet other times, these free downloads may be in the form of a printable pdf file or even an ebook. The possibilities are endless.

Here’s the catch, though… Free gifts will only be available for one month, then they’re gone. So, since you won’t want to miss a single free download, be sure to check this section at least once per month. Better yet, click the NEWS FEED button up in the right corner of this page, and never miss a new post again.

FYI… If you’ve just recently joined, you’ve probably already missed some truly valuable downloads. Have no fear, however… I promise to occasionally rerun these at times when they’d best suit your needs. Promise!