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Sports Psychology & Advisors Sports Psychology is an interesting field of study that is relatively new to the landscape. Works like “Hockey Tough” by Saul Miller, or “Hockey Grit, Grind and Mind” by Dr. Kevin Willis, are excellent books and should be read by coaches and players at this level. They can understand the visualization […]
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- 3 Puck Game From way to start or finish a practice. By Andrew Trimble Andrew Trimble is the General Manager and Co- Owner of the New England Wolves Hockey Club. He is also the Owner of Scoring Concepts LLC, a New Hampshire based hockey training company that offers camps, clinics,
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Each player and athlete will come to a crossroads during their final U18 season or the end of their High School season and they will ask you for advice. Do I go to college? Trade School? I still want to play hockey… am I good enough to play Junior or NCAA Hockey? Can you help
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The USPHL Premier was founded in 2012 under the premise of creating a “Super League” from remnants of the Eastern Junior Hockey League. It operated as the top division in the USPHL until 2017 when the NCDC was formed when a handful of USPHL Premier owners and Eastern Hockey League teams bound together to create
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Overspeed Shooting Warmup Simple skill drill that gets the team and goalies warmed up for practice. By Andrew Trimble To purchase Andrew’s new coaching book “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
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So your Jr team started off with low roster numbers… this is common for many teams in the USPHL and NA3HL. What do you (as a coach) do? One pool of players I would avoid relying on is poaching players from your youth program. Why avoid poaching U18 or U16 players within your program? Here’s
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On Friday, an undercover operation in Salem, Ohio, led to the arrest of Robert Acri, a Youngstown Phantoms employee. Robert, 30, who worked as the Director of Hockey Operations for the team, was suspended after the incident, according to a team statement released the next day. The Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force shared that
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- Forward & Defenseman Activation Warmup By Andrew Trimble To Purchase Andrew’s new book “the Hockey Planner” click on this link here- The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From Learn to Play to Junior Hockey: Trimble, Andrew: 9781963743395: Amazon.com: Books
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Players by the U18 level and certainly any level of Jr hockey, will have accumulated an expansive and wide range of skill sets. At one point in each of their playing careers they will have been the goal scorer or top player. Many will have been the top defenseman or penalty killer. All will have
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Trimble’s Drill of the Week- BU 6 Line Fun drill to get players moving and warmed up, and also increase communication with your team. By Andrew Trimble Purchase Andrew Trimble’s New Book “The Hockey Planner” on Amazon here- The Hockey Planner: A Year by Year Plan to Assist You on Your Hockey Coaching Journey: From
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