Apogee Hockey Journal
Don’t Forget Your Development
The days are getting shorter, nights and mornings colder, and it’s a lot harder to get up in the morning, especially for growing teenagers. Your teams are now deep in their seasons, and you’ve gotten into a rhythm. Teams, especially high-level club teams, [...]
Open Your Hips! Why Pilates Might be Superior to Yoga for Hockey Players
This morning, I got on the ice and for the first time in months I felt amazingly agile and nimble. CT scans show mild degenerative arthritis, but more significant are two torn labrums, a detached gluteus minimus and chronic bursitis. It makes [...]
Where Should I Play? Advice From an Advisor.
“Play where you’re wanted, and play where you’re going to play” are the famous worlds of Air Force Academy’s head coach Frank Serratore. We’re deep in the middle of tryout season for AAA hockey (already!) and pre-draft camps and chances at a Junior [...]
Do You Really Need An Advisor?
If you (or your child) is a high-level hockey player looking to play at the highest levels, you’ve probably been courted by many advisors, agents and other consultants in the barrage of emails, texts and other communications. You might be looking around at [...]
Moving Forward: There is no Rush
It’s that time of year, again. Inevitably, some of you didn’t make the team you had hoped. Some of you may have been cut. And even some of you have seemingly run out of options and now you’re wondering what the heck are [...]
Secrets From the Scouts: What Gets You Noticed
As many of you know, I’ve been immersed recently in courses and research into the world of scouting, advising and agency. I’ve been taught by, and personally talked to, numerous junior, collegiate and NHL professionals the past several months. Some of what they’ve [...]
The truth about playing DI NCAA hockey
The truth about playing DI NCAA hockey So, you want to play college hockey. How do you get there? What is the cost? Is it worth the ROI (Return on Investment)? As in all NCAA sports, things have changed quite a bit over [...]
How to Pick the Best Skills Coach
Choosing the right skills coach can be a difficult task. In today’s digital world, everyone seems to be selling you the magic bullet to make you or your child a better hockey player. Web page after web page throws volumes of information at [...]
No, Really: It’s Never Too Late
Tryouts. My favorite and least favorite time of year. This week, we had the second round of tryouts for next season. Kids who didn’t make AAA teams in spring tryouts, or those who have put all their loyalty into their AA programs are [...]
Summer Updates
It’s been a busy summer, and I continue to work hard towards making kids even better, faster hockey players in a shorter amount of time. I know, there are no short cuts and if anything, my life-changing experiences have made me appreciate the [...]
The Speed Years
This past weekend I spent a lot of time on LiveBarn watching the Rocky Mountain Districted Evaluation Camp, the camp that determines who will make the USA Hockey National Development camp. One of the most exciting games was the final gave between the [...]
Colorado Combine 2022 App
Simple app with game schedule and rosters for the 2022 Colorado Combine. This is a very basic app, with very few references, simply because I don’t have the time to make it really fancy. I get no money for creating this, I simply [...]
