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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Rebound/ Redirect Stations Developing Goal Scoring and a Shooters Mentality BY Andrew Trimble To Purchase Andrew Trimble’s New Book on “The Hockey Planner” click on this link- The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From Learn to Play to Junior Hockey: […]
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We’ve all read Horror Stories or “Death Pool” stories about teams with either inflated or shrunken roster sizes. For parents and players, this time of the year can be a time of great excitement as they enter their host family or join their team, but soon realize that much of what they were promised upon
Will your team make it? The Truth about Roster Sizes. Read More »
Trimble’s Drills of the Week- 2 Small Area Games for the U8 or Mite Levels U8 Gretzky Game At the younger levels passing and playing with your head up is always an issue. Put in constraints, such as this game, to improve awareness, passing and give-n- go scenarios. 3 v3 with Player 1 behind the
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We are currently nearing or at the end of the off-season. Players and parents endure a lot in the off season… Showcases, Tryouts, Main Camps, not to mention, work, school, friends and home life. Many players cope with these external factors in different ways. Time off? Sad to see it end? Frustrated? Certainly, we all
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- 2 Lap Warmup Variations By Andrew Trimble Andrew is the author of The Hockey Planner, a new coaching book available on Amazon. To Purchase click on this link: The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From Learn to Play to Junior
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How Can I Improve Training Camp for my Players Next Season? Each season during training camp we (the New England Wolves JR teams) spend considerable time setting standards and expectations for our athletes. 3-4 days of sessions that last anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes. Presentations by coaches, players and small group interactions. Over the
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Warmup Skills Position 6-8 cones staggered up the left and right side of the ice with space in the middle. Coming out of the corners, players will perform a specific skill or execute a simple maneuver around the cones, and then complete another skill on the straight away down the middle of ice. Some variations
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The NCDC has never been a FREE league. Even before the announcement that the NCDC would introduce Tuition- based teams into their league ( Boston Jr. Rangers and Railers Junior Hockey Club To Join USPHL | NCDC (ncdchockey.com) ) for the 2024-25 season, the fee structure involved with the NCDC, made it impossible for anyone
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Slalom Skating/ Skills Warmup Simple warmup to do at a clinic, camp or a skills practice with your teams to get a lot of kids moving and a high volume of repetitions. Position 6-8 cones staggered up the left and right side of the ice with space in the middle.
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Some Success Stories from Coaches transitioning from Junior Hockey to College Hockey… We’ve all heard of the great success stories from Coaches like Jon Cooper (NAHL to USHL to AHL to NHL Champion) and Derek Lalonde. Coaches who worked their way up from Tier I US Junior Hockey to Minor Pro or College Hockey. These
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