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A Merry Christmas To All (Back Home)
It's funny, but only a few holidays get to me since being away from my old hometown of Whitman, Massachusetts. I mean, I enjoy New Year's eve, but it's not what I'd refer to as a nostalgic time. Nor...
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Performing Within Your Areas of Brilliance
Oh, man, did the video you'll see in awhile hit my inbox with pretty good timing -- not that I didn't know every bit of the information for a lot of years...Now, I'm guessing it was something like 25-...
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My Life as a "Soloist"
That label, "solo-ist" or "soloist", is not my own. A lot of people who work primarily on their own call themselves that. Is working on your own a nice gig? Most of us think so. However, does being...
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Nature versus Nuture
Just to kick things off with a little excitement, watch as much of this video as you'd like (there's not going to be a test at the end -- LOL). By the way, although there's a lot of hockey mentioned...
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Working a Straight Line to Success
This is going to be a short post, but one I believe is super-import to anyone's success. Once again, it stars one of my favorite fitness, Internet and business gurus, Bedros Keuilian.If you'll take a...
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(I'm not sure I like) Augmented Reality
Okay, I'm sure everyone reading this has at least heard of "virtual reality", even if he or she can't necessarily define it. I will get to that a little later, though.As for right now, I'm directing...
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A Hockey Skater's Arm Movements
This is a partial reprint of a very in depth post done exclusively for CoachChic.com members. So, while I'm sure there should be plenty of information to convince the open minded, some of the videos,...
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3 Steps to Hitting Your Goals Every Time
By now, I suspect my readers know I subscribe to a lot of different newsletters -- from my favorite game of hockey to scientific studies to motivational stuff to Internet marketing. I think such...
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The Little Chap Who Follows Me
The only credit I deserve here is 1) lucking into something as awesome as the following, and 2) recognizing it for its awesomeness.Anyway, since I decided to share it, perhaps you'll do the same -- if...
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A Little Tough Love Never Hurts
Quite some time ago, I wrote a CoachChic.com post entitled RESPECTING Young Hockey Players. I highly recommend it, for anyone who either has young children in sports, or for anyone who coaches kids at...
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How Do You Control Your Hockey Stick?
A few days ago I ran across a Reddit link to a video on basic hockey stickhandling. Like a lot of those videos, it was overly simple, with hardly any earth-shattering information included. (In my...
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Whole Body Vibration
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a workaholic. Truth be known, though, I love what I do -- researching and writing, researching and creating new hockey training methods. Still, I firmly believe...
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Three Obstacles To Happiness
Aaaaaah, happiness...It's a funny thing, in that I think most of us grownups (and maybe some younger folks) spend a lifetime searching for "something" that will bring us happiness. I sense some think...
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The 2010 NHL Draft (from a Coach’s Perspective)
The following is a reprint of a blog post I did in the summer of 2010, shortly after the NHL Draft. I've resurrected it for good cause, to support a new article in my CoachChic.com site.* Jane put it...
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What I Owe to Sport
Although I'll use some examples of my own ups and downs in life, this piece is really for parents of young athletes, and of course, for my hockey friends...As it so happened, I received the following...
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An Open Letter to All AAA Hockey Programs
This post actually appeared a few years ago, as part of my old Hockey Diary blog. So, while the timing of some things might be off those couple of years, the information is no less appropriate to...
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The Freedom to Change
This discussion actually began amid some Facebook comment exchanges with a long time UK friend. Actually, it started innocently enough, with my friend offering something to the effect that, "A guy...
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A 7-part Hockey Video Series
Over a few years of penning this Hockey Diary (and other site posts), I'm sure I've mentioned my long ago studies in the old Soviet Union quite a few times. Ya, it kinda formed the basis for a lot of...
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A Thank You to My Dad
I've gotten to like Facebook's new flashback feature, or the feature that shows things I was doing a year ago, two years ago, and going back to my earliest days on that social media site. As it turns...
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Helicopter Studies Muddy the Youth Hockey Waters
Ugh. I hope you can bear with me here for awhile, as I deal with a perpetual pet peeve. Ya, while youth sports, youth parents and youth coaches are constantly taking a beating in social media circles,...
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