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		<title>Goalie Off-ice Training (from an unlikely source)!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, those who haven&#8217;t yet gotten with the social media craze ought to think again, since I met a number of our top guest writers through either Twitter, Facebook, or Google+.  Such was the case with this article&#8217;s author, the personable and very bright Cynthia King. Actually, this article kicks off a special series Cynthia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/goalie-off-ice-training-from-an-unlikely-source/</link>
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		<title>Make the Most of Half-ice Hockey Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have my good friend, Seth L, to thank for this entry. As he explained things, he just coached his first hockey game in 2-years.  And, very much in &#8220;Coach Chic-ese&#8221; fashion &#8212; , he said that he was excitedly, &#8220;Decompressing now &#38; expanding on my notes from the game.&#8221; Although his team had lost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/make-the-most-of-half-ice-hockey-practices/</link>
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		<title>NBC Brings ‘Science of NHL Hockey’ to TVs and Classrooms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I boast often about the quality of our membership.  I mean, we have some really into it guys and gals here who not only take advantage of this site&#8217;s content, but they also contribute a great deal to our hockey discussions, and thereby drastically increase CoachChic.com&#8217;s value. One such member is Tim Taylor, for whom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/nbc-brings-%e2%80%98science-of-nhl-hockey%e2%80%99-to-tvs-and-classrooms/</link>
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		<title>Build a Backyard Hockey Rink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freezing cold temperatures have been slow to arrive in the Northeaster United States this winter, which should explain the lateness of this post.  If I&#8217;d have had my thinking shoes on, however, I&#8217;d have probably helped my member friends all the more by giving them some time to plan.  In other words &#8212; for reasons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/build-a-backyard-hockey-rink/</link>
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		<title>Out of the Mouths of Babes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In most instances, we use that expression &#8212; &#8220;out of the mouths of babes&#8221;&#8211; in reference to young kids saying the darnedest things.  In this case, however, the enclosed video was sent me by an adult lady friend I&#8217;ve met through Facebook.  Much like we&#8217;d envision young kids, however, my friend is purely a casual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the Time to Think About Tryouts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps members recall me getting into and having a little fun with a new video program that allows me to use a couple of robots to get my messages across to YouTube.com and social media friends. So, at the risk of boring (or maybe slightly amusing) you, I&#8217;ve included a recent one down below as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/tis-the-time-to-think-about-tryouts/</link>
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		<title>Knowing When Your Hockey Players &#8220;Get it&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a satisfying feeling.   But then, I know this is going to take some explaining. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Knowing When Your Hockey Players &#8220;Get it&#8221; My AAA Bantam team had about 3-weeks off from games over the recent Christmas through New Years break.  Still, we had our two practices per week, these giving us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/knowing-when-your-hockey-players-get-it/</link>
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		<title>Skating for Ice Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This pretty good question arrived about a week ago.  But, like a lot of other ones that require a great deal of thought, I&#8217;ve just sat and stared at it for days on end. Truly, this topic might deserve a tome-sized answer some day down the road.  For now, however, let me deal as best [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/skating-for-ice-hockey/</link>
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		<title>The Need for a Hockey Coach to Think on His Skates ;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, that title wasn&#8217;t meant to make me sound like a genius.  (Actually, I had to choose something like that to help this subject reach the search engines.) Really, though, I wanted to share a couple of thoughts with readers, these having to do with a few things that crossed my mind during a recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/the-need-for-a-hockey-coach-to-think-on-his-skates/</link>
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		<title>Quickening A Big Hockey Player&#8217;s Feet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know where or when it began, but quite a few years ago I started to realize that I can do a lot for bigger guys. Among the players I believe I influenced quite bit were current and former hockey players, several who ultimately steered towards big-time college lacrosse, and even one humongous guy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/quickening-a-big-hockey-players-feet/</link>
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		<title>Should Facemasks Be Made Mandatory in the NHL?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This one falls in kind of a gray area, mainly because it doesn&#8217;t really have anything to do with teaching the game.  However, since it comes from a long-time CoachChic.com friend, I&#8217;ve made an exception and included it here. Also, this isn&#8217;t the kind of topic I dwell much on.  So, since my grandson is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/should-facemasks-be-made-mandatory-in-the-nhl/</link>
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		<title>Fair Ice-time in Youth Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is actually a follow-up to an article entitled, &#8220;3 Principles Atom Minor Hockey Coaches Should Follow&#8220;, and its in direct response to a question asked under that piece.  (I highly recommend that every member read that, and even send it to your favorite coach or organization head.) For, Phil writes to me about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/fair-ice-time-in-youth-hockey/</link>
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		<title>About the Skater&#8217;s Rhythm-bar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, man, I hope my friends don&#8217;t hurt themselves laughing at what I&#8217;ve entered down below.  But, here&#8217;s a little history to all of this&#8230; A few weeks ago, someone turned me on to an interesting program provided over on YouTube.com.  That program gives anyone the chance to create cartoon videos from a host of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/about-the-skaters-rhythm-bar/</link>
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		<title>A Cool Video Gadget for Hockey Coaches &amp; Parents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel it at least a small part of my duties here to keep members apprized of new gadgets that may help them, or may ease their learning or teaching experiences.  So, I was psyched that I received an email this morning showing something that should do just that for you. Actually, this isn&#8217;t exactly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/cool-video-gadget-hocke/</link>
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		<title>Transitioning from In-line Hockey to Ice Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I say it often enough, that I love my work in hockey, especially because of the great people it allows me to meet.  Then, since the day I set foot (or fingers) onto Twitter, I&#8217;ve said pretty much the same thing:  that I&#8217;ve met some remarkable people through social media. Carole Lockwood Taylor, of Tyler, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/transitioning-from-in-line-hockey-to-ice-hockey/</link>
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		<title>A Guide to Hockey Learning Styles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CoachChic.com membership DOES have its benefits.  For, despite the fact that the following information is free to the public, most hockey coaches, parents and players will never find it.  In fact, most hockey folks don&#8217;t even realize this type of science exists at all, or that it even matters. Actually, a pro hockey coach called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-guide-to-hockey-learning-styles/</link>
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		<title>Helping A New &#8220;Hockey&#8221; Mom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We can thank Natalie C for the following question, submitted via our Ask The Coach box up above. And a good question it is, since it&#8217;s one that arises throughout the winter as I deal with my own Learn-to-skate/Learn-to-play clinics. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Helping A New &#8220;Hockey&#8221; Mom Just so you know, I placed the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/helping-a-new-hockey-mom/</link>
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		<title>The Need to Compete!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ya know, even after 40-ish years of doing what I do, I still sometimes have difficulty defining the uniqueness of my style &#8212; or how my approach to the game tends to be different from most others. Sometimes reality hits from out of the blue, though, like as I read an article like the following. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/the-need-to-compete/</link>
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		<title>A Hockey Defenseman&#8217;s Decision-making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This question arrived via my new friend from Italy, Stefano.  And let me tell you that it&#8217;s a tricky one. What I mean by tricky &#8212; at least in this case &#8212; is that there&#8217;s probably no exact answer to it.  But, let me explain&#8230; &#8211; Dennis Chighisola A Hockey Defenseman&#8217;s Decision-making I&#8217;ll begin by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-hockey-defensemans-decision-making/</link>
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		<title>Goalers as Part of a Team System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said it numerous times here before, in that I&#8217;m in no way a goaltending specialist.  No, I have to leave that kind of stuff to guys like Todd Jacobson. At the same time, I&#8217;m kind of a &#8220;movement specialist&#8221;, and I&#8217;ve also coached hockey teams for about 40-years. So, it&#8217;s in the latter capacity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/goalers-as-part-of-a-team-system/</link>
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		<title>To &#8220;Skate Up&#8221; or Not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The above question is forever gracing my email inbox, or I&#8217;m stopped in a local rink lobby and asked basically the same thing.  It most often comes from the parent of a hockey student I&#8217;ve taught for awhile, and on occasion from someone I don&#8217;t even know. The reason I&#8217;m commenting at this time &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/to-skate-up-or-not/</link>
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		<title>When Will New Hockey Skills Kick-in?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t doubt that many hockey parents and coaches get frustrated, waiting for certain new skills to kick-in with their players.  (And I don&#8217;t doubt some adults wonder the same thing when it comes to their game.) So, since I&#8217;m trying to infuse a bunch of new plays into the games of both my AA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/when-will-new-hockey-skills-kick-in/</link>
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		<title>How Many Drills Are Needed Over a Long Hockey Season?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you happen to be on LinkedIn &#8212; but you haven&#8217;t engaged in some of their hockey related forums, you really should.  Like many other social media sites, there are plenty of great hockey people to be met there.  And, at least for me, there are a ton of great ideas that can be gleaned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/how-many-drills-are-needed-over-a-long-hockey-season/</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter to All AAA Hockey Teams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever done this before &#8212; pointing our CoachChic.com members to a specific blog post.  At the same time, I think the following is rather special, and it should prove to be hugely helpful to some older players, parents, coaches and hockey administrators. I went on sort of a tear the other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/an-open-letter-to-all-aaa-hockey-teams/</link>
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		<title>The 10 Commandments of Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen versions of the following numerous times over the years.  And, while each point is valid, I&#8217;ll suggest that key &#8220;commandments&#8221; in hockey probably aren&#8217;t limited to just ten (in fact, I&#8217;ll someday let you know my rather extensive list). Anyway, I happened upon the following graphic on Facebook yesterday.  And, although I shared [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/the-10-commandments-of-hockey/</link>
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		<title>Help for a Discouraged Hockey Goaltender</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following just came in via the CoachChic.com &#8220;Ask The Coach&#8221; box.  And, although it&#8217;s kinda late at night, I felt for the young guy who sent it, and I wanted to offer some thoughts as soon as I could. With that as an intro, I&#8217;ve removed just a few things from the following question, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/help-for-a-discouraged-hockey-goaltender/</link>
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		<title>The Root of Most Hockey Injuries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I don&#8217;t want to come off as if I&#8217;m THAT smart that I can totally fulfill what&#8217;s suggested in the above title.  At the same time, a lot of what I like to do here is provide my good friends and members some serious food for thought. You probably also ought to know that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/the-root-of-most-hockey-injuries/</link>
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		<title>A Message to Hockey Parents: Training versus Trying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Shaun Goodsell and the folks from Mental Edge just keep coming with the gems, and the following article fits in that category. So, as always, I&#8217;m psyched that Shaun shares his stuff &#8212; with me, and with all CoachChic.com members. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola A Message to Hockey Parents: Training versus Trying By Shaun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-message-to-hockey-parents-training-versus-trying/</link>
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		<title>Coach Chic&#8217;s First AAA Bantam Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I get underway here, I think I ought to remind members about the entries I make under this category, A Coach&#8217;s Notebook&#8230; Number One, I&#8217;m a notorious note-taker, for reasons you can discover in this category&#8217;s first post. Number Two, I don&#8217;t share these with the idea of embarrassing my kids (or others surrounding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/coach-chics-first-aaa-bantam-game/</link>
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		<title>Adding Game-like Pressure to Hockey Drills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As happens often between my two teams, I found it easier to shoot the below video in one of my AA Mite practices.  However, as I&#8217;ll explain later, the demonstrated drill can easily be adapted for my AAA Bantams and older players. As for the drill, I tend to teach basics first, but then I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/adding-game-like-pressure-to-hockey-drills/</link>
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		<title>Just Some Hockey Musing (About Skills)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This will be a short post.  However, since my two teams kicked-off their seasons this past weekend, I thought I&#8217;d share a bit about what&#8217;s on my mind. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Just Some Hockey Musing (About Skills) * My AA (&#8217;03) Mites Following USA Hockey&#8217;s ADM recommendations, my young team begins their long winter schedule [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/just-some-hockey-musing-about-skills/</link>
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		<title>Reality Check</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following piece was so moving that I couldn&#8217;t go without placing it somewhere within this site.  But, where?  Well, I suspect &#8220;My Hockey Experiences&#8221; is a fairly appropriate spot. Then, before turning things over to the star blogger, Jeff Chick, I thought I&#8217;d tell my own quick story&#8230; For, you see, although Jeff currently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/reality-check/</link>
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		<title>Using an Agility Ladder for Hockey Quickness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure CoachChic.com members now believe deeply in the benefits of off-ice training, as well as the great positive transfer of skills that can take place from dryland to the ice. In preface to this entry, I&#8217;d like you to watch (or review) the video on Sprint Training for Hockey Skating Speed, because it provides [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/using-an-agility-ladder-for-hockey-quickness/</link>
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		<title>Rebound Control Drill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contributor: Seth Dussault, MA, USA Drill Category: Shooting, Screening, Deflecting, Rebounding, Defending Slot and Goaltending Rebound Control Drill * Drill Description: Thinking about most drills &#8212; the ones that aren&#8217;t expressly designed for goalkeepers often aren&#8217;t very helpful for them. When most drills involve the goalkeeper, it&#8217;s only to stop an initial shot, and nothing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/rebound-control-drill/</link>
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		<title>Challenging Hockey&#8217;s Status Quo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have new member, Gareth, to thank for the inspiration here. Shortly after he joined CoachChic.com, we connected in a Facebook Chat.  And it was then that he mentioned a want to delve through these pages and &#8220;&#8230;back up a lot of my thoughts.&#8221;  As Gareth continued, &#8220;I think coaches just need some guidance and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/challenging-hockeys-status-quo/</link>
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		<title>Vapor Strobe Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m creating this entry for a lot of reasons&#8230; First, I didn&#8217;t find the following information; actually, a good friend who knows my unique interests sent me the initial link, which led me to many more interesting pages on this subject. Secondly, the device demonstrated in this post &#8212; and the scientific thinking behind it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/vapor-strobe-training/</link>
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		<title>Dealing With A Shortage of On-ice Hockey Practice Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can hate myself for not keeping my side of any bargain.  I truly mean that, and you can probably attribute that to my upbringing. That&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve been feeling over the past few months, too &#8212; kind of embarrassed, knowing a guy put his faith in me, but that I hadn&#8217;t yet come through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/dealing-with-a-shortage-of-on-ice-hockey-practice-time/</link>
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		<title>Jump Rope Training For Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may think I&#8217;ve said this too often, but I firmly believe that social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google+ have connected me with some of the best and brightest in the world.  That&#8217;s where I discovered most of the special guest writers here within CoachChic.com, and Facebook is where Dom Browne and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/jump-rope-training-for-hockey/</link>
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		<title>Thinking Ahead For that College Hockey Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Donna A. dropped a pretty tricky question in the old coach&#8217;s lap.   Actually, so have a number of hockey dads with older boys recently posed similar ones. But, let&#8217;s allow Donna, the mom of a relative beginner, ask her question right here: &#8220;Okay, coach, here is a question as I sit here and think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/thinking-ahead-for-that-college-hockey-scholarship/</link>
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		<title>Guiding a 4-year Old Hockey Player</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have Erin S to thank for this awesome &#8212; and very appropriate &#8212; question submitted to Ask The Coach!  (Thanks, Erin!) Erin mentions some background information &#8212; in that her 4-year old son&#8217;s dad is a professional hockey player, and that the little tyke has been skating since he was 16-months old.  The lad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/guiding-a-4-year-old-hockey-player/</link>
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		<title>Multitasking and Hockey Coaching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t believe the above title and the subject of the video below have to do with hockey?  Please have a look at that video before you read my impressions down below. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Multitasking and Hockey Coaching To begin, understand that Mr Carr is talking about ALL human beings here. And I mention [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/multitasking-and-hockey-coaching/</link>
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		<title>The Goaler&#8217;s Dance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been saving this video for the longest time. In my estimation, it&#8217;s revolutionary. With that, there really isn&#8217;t much for me to say in print form, because the history to this unique type of drilling is spelled out in the video &#8212; how I arrived at the idea, how Todd Jacobson finally took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/the-goalers-dance/</link>
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		<title>Predicting Hockey Stardom &#8211; Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good friend Fred G just challenged me with a pretty tough question. In essence, he&#8217;s asked if I could put all the components that go into the making of a great hockey player into a pie chart, and then assess the various weights or percentages of the pie each of those would have. Short answer:  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/predicting-hockey-stardom-update/</link>
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		<title>Predicting Hockey Stardom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Twitter friend Joe C (who goes by @Emptynet62) sent me a link this morning to a video that highlights something we&#8217;ve all probably seen countless times. I took the link Joe provided, sat back and watched, then found my mind racing with lots of random thoughts.  Perhaps, though, you should watch the same video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/predicting-hockey-stardom/</link>
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		<title>A New Hockey Coaches&#8217; Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I released my new hockey coaching manual several weeks ago, and along with that came a pair of bonuses. What I hope proves to be an awesome supplement to the manual is an mp3 audio recording which shares lots of real-life experiences I&#8217;ve had over 40-years of dealing with young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-new-hockey-coaches-forum/</link>
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		<title>Member $ Deals $</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Members Only! Henceforth, we&#8217;re going to be on the lookout for special deals on hockey related products.  And, you have our promise that these will include substantial savings in comparison to what others might pay. x &#8211; A new product is coming x- A new product is coming x- A new product is coming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/member-deals/</link>
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		<title>A Hockey Chat with Coaches &#8211; 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I talked about the off-ice sessions I&#8217;d organized for both of my new teams &#8212; the young AA Mites, and the older AAA Bantams. I haven&#8217;t completely fixed the quality of the audio yet.  However, I do have some ideas that I promise to try shortly. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola A Hockey Chat with Coaches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-hockey-chat-with-coaches-3/</link>
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		<title>Does Coaching Win (Hockey) Championships?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This entry comes about from an article sent me by a really great Twitter friend.  In my estimation, the guy is a real &#8220;thinker&#8221;, which means nearly everything he sends my way causes me to think (sometimes &#8217;til my brain hurts). The real article was titled &#8220;Does Coaching Win Championships?&#8221;, which dealt mainly with pro [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/does-coaching-win-hockey-championships/</link>
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		<title>Being A Good Hockey Teammate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ravi, one of our long-time and very active members, suggested I address something here at CoachChic.com. What brought us to discussing this was the flurry of trades that took place before, during and after the recent NHL Draft.  More specifically, some not-so-nice things came to light in the media, once a guy had been traded.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/being-a-good-hockey-teammate/</link>
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		<title>Rope Skipping Benefits for Hockey Players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This might be a topic I don&#8217;t need to address with most members.  Still, I don&#8217;t like to ever leave any important point unsaid. Make no mistake:  rope skipping is beneficial to just about every athlete, and it can help a hockey player in a number of extra ways. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Rope Skipping Benefits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/rope-skipping-benefits-for-hockey-players/</link>
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		<title>Audio:  Goal Setting in Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free gifts will usually only be available for one month, then they’re gone.  So, since you won’t want to miss a single extra, be sure to check this section at least once per month.  Better yet, click the NEWS FEED button up in the right corner, and never miss a new post again. FYI… If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/audio-goal-setting-in-hockey/</link>
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		<title>Goal Setting in Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The title for this piece might be &#8220;Goal Setting in Hockey&#8221;.  However, I (and likely Shaun Goodsell) would tell you that the principles contained in the following video would serve one well in any sport, in the classroom, at work, and even in our personal lives.  As a matter of fact, having heard Shaun&#8217;s presentation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/goal-setting-in-hockey/</link>
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		<title>Instilling Heart and Desire in a Hockey Player</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This topic really isn&#8217;t a new one.  Still, the way a former pro player phrased the question (or his statement) sent me right to typing a pretty long, detailed reply. How it started was that the guy Messaged me through Facebook, suggesting that, &#8220;The hockey invention no one has come up with yet would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/instilling-heart-and-desire-in-a-hockey-player/</link>
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		<title>The Value of Keepaway Games in Hockey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To begin, I like to use drills that simulate real game conditions. Secondly, I like to use drills that sorta force players to deal with problems, consequently forcing them to solve those problems on their own. Thirdly, I&#8217;ll quite frequently just toss players into a set of conditions and let them initially sink or swim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/the-value-of-keepaway-games-in-hockey/</link>
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		<title>Balance in Hockey&#8217;s Forward Skating Stride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, I resurrected my Skater&#8217;s Rhythm-bar after having kept it slightly hidden for a few years.  (In other words, I&#8217;ve only been using it lately behind closed doors and with special students.) Two things made me pull those R-bars out of mothballs, however: 1) a former student and long-time pro player reminded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/balance-in-hockeys-forward-skating-stride/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Tommy&#8217;s First Pair of Skates&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, boy, do I have a story to tell.  But, let me do that after you&#8217;ve had a chance to see the video and hear this special song&#8230; Loading... Please DO share this page with anyone you think would enjoy the video (especially hockey moms and hockey dads?). And please DO add your Comments below [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/tommys-first-pair-of-skates/</link>
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		<title>Do Schools Kill Creativity?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Really, this entry was at least partly inspired by my previous post in this category &#8212; which included Dr Norris&#8217; pretty intriguing comments on USA Hockey&#8217;s new ADM program. At the same time, I&#8217;m hoping that by now my CoachChic.com friends have come to trust me as I search high and low for information that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/do-schools-kill-creativity/</link>
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		<title>Dr Steve Norris Speaks on the ADM Hockey Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have CoachChic.com member, Tim Taylor, to thank for locating this VERY informative video. Dr Norris isn&#8217;t introduced until about the 23-minute mark of the video, so you might want to fast-forward to that point.  Also, the audio doesn&#8217;t improve until after awhile but, it does ultimately improve. As for the information in this video, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/dr-steve-norris-speaks-on-the-adm-hockey-program/</link>
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		<title>A Hockey Chat with Coaches – 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hoping members enjoy this new format attempt &#8212; it surely helps me kill two birds with one stone, enabling me to add what I hope to be helpful content while also having you keep me company on an otherwise lonely drive to a rink.  &#8211; Dennis Chighisola A Hockey Chat with Coaches – 2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-hockey-chat-with-coaches-%e2%80%93-2/</link>
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		<title>A Hockey Chat with Coaches &#8211; 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I take lots of drives to rinks, some short ones, some VERY long.  And I&#8217;ve thought often about using that drive-time to chat with fellow coaches (as well as parents and older players). With that, let me try something new, in hopes you like it. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola A Hockey Chat with Coaches &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-hockey-chat-with-coaches-1/</link>
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		<title>Modern Hockey&#8217;s Frantic Pace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most members know this is the time of year when I&#8217;m rummaging virtually everywhere for new hockey training and playing ideas.  And, while I&#8217;ve been known to dig through plenty of on-line and off-line manuals, as well as scientific research papers, a site like YouTube.com can prove an equally valuable resource. In all honesty, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/modern-hockey-pace/</link>
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		<title>With summer right around the corner, are you being S.M.A.R.T. ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s interesting that my friend, Bruce Turpin, should publish on the following topic at this time.  After all, it&#8217;s pretty much been my mantra here for several weeks. Anyway, I don&#8217;t want to spoil things by getting into that now; Bruce will do the job even better than I. Then, just so you know, Coach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/smart-training/</link>
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		<title>We Are An Ice Hockey Family (Thanks To My Dad)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think it&#8217;s really neat all the wonderful people I&#8217;ve met in this game.  And I count Cathy Cuff Coffman as one of the nicest of them all. Actually, we go way back to when her oldest son first attended one of my summer hockey schools in Reading, PA.  Back then, I didn&#8217;t know the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/we-are-an-ice-hockey-family-thanks-to-my-dad/</link>
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		<title>Introducing A Special Section on Hockey Scouting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of what has me adding this new category is a new assignment I&#8217;ve just taken on &#8212; that as sort of an adviser to young players making their climb up the hockey ladder.  Of course, that often means helping the players&#8217; parents even more than the kids.  And, come to think of it, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/introducing-a-special-section-on-hockey-scouting/</link>
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		<title>Never Miss Another Hockey Post &#8212; Again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know lots of my friends here are tech-savvy.  At the same time, I can appreciate those who are not (personally, I&#8217;m good at some technical things, not so good at others). Anyway, I&#8217;d hate to think that there&#8217;s a single member who misses a new hockey post when it initially hits CoachChic.com (or one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/never-miss-another-hockey-post-again/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Here&#8217;s Your Free Excerpt &#8220;How to Assemble &amp; Teach A Basic Hockey System&#8221;!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/heres-your-free-excerpt-how-to-assemble-teach-a-basic-hockey-system/</link>
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		<title>Hockey Coaches: Build a Team Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve wanted for the longest time to help you all with this subject, but it took me quite a while to decide how I could best approach it. What I&#8217;m talking about is my recommendation that teams have their own website.  Oh, I&#8217;m sure many of you are using generic sites like Eteamz.  However, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/hockey-coaches-build-a-team-website/</link>
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		<title>How Pro Hockey Scouts Think</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If ever there was an audio program players, parents and coaches should listen to, it&#8217;s one like this.  I mean, at one time or another, all three parts of the hockey population wrestle with important decisions, large and small. And, while I&#8217;d like to think there is already plenty of help here within these CoachChic.com [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/how-pro-hockey-scouts-think/</link>
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		<title>Winning Hockey Starts Right Now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes ask myself if I really need to write something like this.  Then, moments later, I realize it&#8217;s an absolute necessity. Oh, my guess is that long-time CoachChic.com members already know what I&#8217;m about to say (although they may not mind a brief reminder).  On the other hand, I&#8217;m betting a lot of folks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/winning-hockey-starts-right-now/</link>
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		<title>My New Hockey Coaching Manual</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually like to sell anything within these pages.  At the same time, I&#8217;d feel rather badly if I didn&#8217;t let my favorite hockey people know about something unique, or something that could save them some money.  So, please allow me to do this just once&#8230; &#8211; Dennis Chighisola My New Hockey Coaching Manual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/my-new-hockey-coaching-manual/</link>
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		<title>Making Indian Clubs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know what Indian clubs are, I&#8217;ve provided two videos that show one of those in use, as well as a very similar strength training device referred to as a clubbell.  (It appears to me that their use is similar, but I&#8217;d love for a member who knows more about this subject to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/making-indian-clubs/</link>
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		<title>Playoff Hockey Preparations 1, 2 &amp; 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The initial post has expanded with each recent day, now finishing as a 3-part series&#8230; I&#8217;ve struggled with doing this entry &#8212; but only because it&#8217;s rather difficult to address the needs of all the different levels of our game within one post.  Yet, I thought I might talk a little bit, in general here, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/playoff-hockey-preparations/</link>
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		<title>Hockey&#8217;s Empty-netter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons I like to take game notes is because certain things &#8212; or certain situations &#8212; only arise once in a blue moon.  Such is the case with the following occurrence (at least where young players are concerned)&#8230; &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Hockey&#8217;s Empty-netter As you might have guessed, the empty-net situation just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/hockeys-empty-netter/</link>
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		<title>Periodization in Hockey Strength Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So much has changed in the science of strength training over recent years, with new terminology cropping up all the time.  Truthfully, if you grew-up playing hockey (or any other sport) during the &#8217;60s, &#8217;70s or &#8217;80s, it&#8217;s best that you forget all you learned back then, and stay tuned here at CoachChic.com.  (Topnotch specialists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/periodization-in-hockey-strength-training/</link>
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		<title>An IMPORTANT Hockey Tryout Tip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much to my chagrin, most youth hockey organizations will soon be holding tryouts.  (My feelings about springtime hockey tryouts are well documented &#8212; within CoachChic.com and over on my blog, Coach Chic&#8217;s Hockey Diary.  Ugh.) Anyway, while I&#8217;ve previously mentioned many suggestions when it comes to prepping for tryouts, there&#8217;s one I want to re-emphasize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/an-important-hockey-tryout-tip/</link>
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		<title>Spotting the Real Goal-scorer Early</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of folks ask me if I believe I can spot a hockey player early-on who might ultimately make it to our game&#8217;s highest levels.  I answer honestly, suggesting that no one can tell during a player&#8217;s first years &#8212; if he or she will still be in love with the game later, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/spotting-the-real-goal-scorer-early/</link>
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		<title>Great Hockey Plays Come From Practice!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have my grandson, Anthony Chic, to thank for pointing me towards the following video.  And, as soon as I saw it I recognized a &#8220;teaching moment&#8221; I just had to share with you. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Great Hockey Plays Come From Practice! Before getting further into this topic, I&#8217;d like you to view the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/great-hockey-plays-come-from-practice/</link>
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		<title>Mental Training Interview Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank God I have some of the nicest (and sharpest) hockey friends in the world!  And you can count among them my friends at the Mental Edge. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Mental Training Interview Series Thanks to my good friend Shaun Goodsell and his Mental Edge staff, CoachChic.com now has available a series of interviews with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/mental-training-interview-series/</link>
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		<title>About That Hockey Forechecking Poll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose a lot of folks have been wondering why I polled hockey players and parents about whether their teams use a forecheck (or not). You can see that and other Polls &#60;= by clicking on that link. Well, I think it&#8217;s about time I explained. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola About That Hockey Forechecking Poll As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/about-that-hockey-forechecking-poll/</link>
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		<title>A Hockey Goal-scoring Revelation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m kinda chuckling to myself about this title, and this topic.  I mean, I&#8217;ve been coaching hockey for over 40-years, which ought to suggest that I&#8217;ve just about seen it all by now, and I&#8217;ve pretty firmly established all of our game&#8217;s playing principles.  Ah, so one would think.  In reality, however, I never stop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-hockey-goal-scoring-revelation/</link>
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		<title>A Goalie&#8217;s Water Bottle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, a faithful CoachChic.com member and I were having a conversation about his son&#8217;s seemingly running out of gas late in his hockey games.  After awhile, I came to understand that his son is a young goaltender, and his games were being played in almost non-stop action (like lots of current day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-goalies-water-bottle/</link>
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		<title>Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, if you guessed I&#8217;m busy at researching again, you&#8217;d be right about that. Anyway, take a look at what I found for you (it&#8217;s really good stuff)&#8230; &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/olympic-motivational-speaker-ruben-gonzalez/</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s &#8220;Think&#8221; Goaltending!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing a little research lately for a special program I&#8217;m reading to advertise.  That kind of stuff often brings your favorite &#8220;Nutty Professor&#8221; to some areas other coaches just wouldn&#8217;t ever consider exploring. Actually, I wasn&#8217;t looking for goaltending ideas as I surfed the Net today.  However, when I ran across the following [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/lets-think-goaltending/</link>
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		<title>Hockey&#8217;s Last Man Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have my good Facebook friend Frankie S to thank for pointing me towards the following video.  (Hey, I can&#8217;t do all the research by myself!  ) As you&#8217;ll soon see, it contains a pretty good example of an important hockey principle (or the violation of such), as well as another suggestion for high level [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/hockeys-last-man-back/</link>
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		<title>Hockey and Plyometrics &#8211; 1, 2 &amp; 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a late note, I apologize for moving this collection of material from the &#8220;Free to Non-members&#8221; section to only make it available for my members.  However, having just recently added some REALLY high level information (as Part 3), I thought that only fair.  Sorry. * As I&#8217;m so often saying (or writing), our sport [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/hockey-and-plyometrics/</link>
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		<title>Off-ice Hockey Shooting Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following was inspired by a Twitter friend and CoachChic.com member. He wants to provide a shooting and puckhandling area in his garage for his young son, and he initiated the conversation by asking about those (rather expensive?) commercially made &#8220;plastic ice&#8221; pads. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola Off-ice Hockey Shooting Practice For those who have come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/off-ice-hockey-shooting-practice/</link>
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		<title>The Missing Element</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shaun Goodsell, MA Founder and CEO of Mental Edge It is probably safe to say that every person has something they want that they do not currently have. For some it boils down to more success. Still others want less stress and heartache. So the question is, what is the critical factor that leads to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/the-missing-element/</link>
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		<title>A Hockey Center&#8217;s Defensive Role</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like you to know that this series was inspired by a number of members.  Actually, I thought it was going to be an easy job &#8212; following different positional players around the game ice.  But, for a reason I&#8217;ll save for the final installment, it&#8217;s been a whole lot more difficult. Anyway, for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-hockey-centers-defensive-role/</link>
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		<title>Special Hockey Announcement!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friends here at CoachChic.com might be interested to know that I had a plan concerning members going into this venture. I&#8217;d set a certain number of early sign-ups that I would refer to as &#8220;Charter Members&#8221;, and I&#8217;d reward them with a special, reduced membership fee. Having reached that magic number a few weeks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/special-hockey-announcement/</link>
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		<title>Teamwork and a Winning Attitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often mentioned here about spending a good deal of time digging for new ideas.  What members might not know is the variety of that research. I hope you appreciate that this really isn&#8217;t the time for me to look too much into new drill ideas (unless I&#8217;m asked a specific question, or unless my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/teamwork-and-a-winning-attitude/</link>
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		<title>Having Hockey Dreams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There might be a visitor or two who doesn&#8217;t think the following videos belong on a hockey website.  Oh, man, I beg to differ! I don&#8217;t care what line of work we&#8217;re in, or our favorite pastime, I don&#8217;t believe we should be limited &#8212; by others &#8212; when it comes to dreaming, and when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/having-hockey-dreams/</link>
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		<title>A Pro Hockey Player&#8217;s Shooting Accuracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post should have really been titled &#8220;The Chicken or Egg Question&#8221;.  That said, you&#8217;ll have to read further to find out why.  Along the way, you ought to get a kick out of the great Ovechkin&#8217;s shooting accuracy. &#8211; Dennis Chighisola A Pro Hockey Player&#8217;s Shooting Accuracy I think it best that you first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-pro-hockey-players-shooting-accuracy/</link>
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		<title>Hockey Parent:Coach Relationships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me begin this entry with the suggestion that I was less than the ideal 20-something hockey parent.  Frankly, I think I was a bit too much &#8212; over the top even, and I probably should have taken &#8220;the pill&#8221; I sometimes recommend to current day parents. That said, I&#8217;ve coached the game now for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/hockey-parent-coach-relationships/</link>
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		<title>Hockey&#8217;s Plus/Minus Stat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my assistant coaches raised this subject just recently, suggesting we use the plus/minus stat with our players. Hmmmmm&#8230; Actually, I told him I&#8217;d always used it with my college, high school and junior high school hockey teams, that I&#8217;d thought to introduce it to our younger team, but then &#8220;something&#8221; got in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/hockeys-plusminus-stat/</link>
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		<title>Land Paddling for Hockey Core Strength?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ha&#8230;  Over my 40-years in our game, I&#8217;ve gotten used to people calling me a little sick.  Or, when they want to put it a little nicer, they dub this old coach &#8220;The Nutty Professor&#8221;.  If anything, though, I take those as compliments.  Actually, I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;d appreciate either me or CoachChic.com if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/land-paddling-for-hockey-core-strength/</link>
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		<title>A Great Hockey Skater Is Suddenly Falling?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aaaaah, I love it when folks toss their hockey problems my way (even if I&#8217;m not sure I can answer them)!  Okay, so I just received the following question (which might just be a huge challenge for me).  Please take a read&#8230; &#8211; Dennis Chighisola A Great Hockey Skater Is Suddenly Falling(?) This actually came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/a-great-hockey-skater-is-suddenly-falling/</link>
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		<title>How Hockey REALLY Began for Coach Chic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll begin this by saying that hockey actually began for me when I was about 9- or 10-years old.  Up to that point I&#8217;d been mostly a baseball and football enthusiast, mainly because those were the sports my dad was most interested in.  But then, my mom&#8217;s youngest sister married a guy who was all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.coachchic.com/how-hockey-really-began-for-coach-chic/</link>
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		<title>A Hockey Defensive Zone No-no!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please appreciate that I&#8217;m never really knocking a pro (or other) player when I show him making a mistake here.  It&#8217;s almost always a great player (and one of the best in the world) we&#8217;re looking at.  I think we also have to appreciate that great players make mistakes having to deal with other great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Borrowing&#8221; from Our Hockey Strengths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you&#8217;ll soon see, there&#8217;s a good reason why I&#8217;m holding the following from public view.  Ya, this is definitely for members only! You see, this post is a result of the Comments that came-in after I posted &#8220;Hockey Stick Measurement Help&#8221; (go see that if you haven&#8217;t already). Yes, two awesome members &#8212; Craig [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Flex of a Hockey Stick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got psyched when I saw a replay of Eric Fehr&#8217;s second goal in the 2011 Winter Classic.  I mean, I immediately thought to myself, I just have to show my CoachChic.com friends that one! &#8211; Dennis Chighisola The Flex of a Hockey Stick Actually, not much can be seen in the first few views [...]]]></description>
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