USA HOCKEY COACHING CLINICS

Follow the link to find out about CEP certification clinics. YOU must sign up through USA HOCKEY for all CEP clinics.

Coach's First Aid Training

 

USA Hockey’s Coaching Education Program, together with the Safety and Protective Equipment Committee, has joined with the American Red Cross to provide additional training for our coaches and other participants.  
Available online through the Indianapolis Chapter of the Red Cross “First Aid for Coaches” was developed by the Red Cross in conjunction with the USOC for use by its member National Governing Bodies. 
To access “First Aid for Coaches” go to www.USAHockey.com and click on “Coaches” from the top menu. The Red Cross link is on your left. There is complete menu of available training and “First Aid for Coaches” is the course that will be most relevant for our members. 

USA Hockey’s CEP recommends all coaches consider obtaining this training, and highly recommends at least one coach from each team be trained.

COLORDO MANDATORY CONCUSSION COURSE LINK

This link takes you to a webpage you can register and take a concussion training course. All coaches in Colorado are required to take this course. Cost is Free. Upon Completion you must print out certificate and give a copy to Brian ?Houlihan or VEHA REgistrar. YOU CANNOT STEP ON THE ICE OR RUN AVEHA ACTIVITY WITHOUT IT. You must create a login, then register for course, redeem registration certificate and use the certificate to start the course. Expect course to take about 1/2hour.

Small Area Games

This is a great article on the benefit of small area games. the author has adapted a number of drills from top coaches around the country. Bill Beany ( Middlebury College) is one of the contributors Acknowledgements Selected ideas in this work were adapted from: Bill Beaney, Paul Cannata, Bruce Crowder, Doc DelCastillo, Roger Grillo, Bjorn Kinding, Ken Martel, Mike Sullivan and many other coaches who have taken the time to share their knowledge and experience. Outstanding Small-Area Game Resources: Bill Beaney and Tim Gerrish. Championship Hockey Drills Series: 15 Cross-Ice Games. Video. Ames, Iowa: Championship Productions Bruce Crowder. Championship Hockey Drills Series: 6 Small-Sided Games for Hockey. Video. Ames, Iowa: Championship Productions

Sweet Hockey

Please make sure to check out all the information available on the Sweet Hockey page.

Coaching Tip of the week

Valuable coaching tips.

IMpact Concussion Management

Video Presentation on Concussion Management