My Favorite Newsletter Posts
How do players, coaches and analysts make it to the NHL. What allows them to stick around and find sustained success?
Find a few hints below in some of the most-read Hockey Tactics Newsletter articles since 2020.
Player Development
How to Ruin a Player - A simple model for helping a player reach their potential
Six Paradoxes of Skill Coaching - What I learned from a few of the best in the NHL
Build a Development Plan in Three Steps - How I work with athletes from U12 to NHL
Tactics
Safe-Fail Offense - How to get all five skaters involved without drowning in a sea of odd-men rushes
Man vs Zone Defense, a Primer - What you’ve been been meaning to ask about
Understanding the Neutral-Zone Trap, Parts 1-5 (for paid subscribers only)
Quantitative Analysis
Domain Dependance & Working in Hockey - Read this if you’re an analyst heading into an NHL job interview
The 100-10-1 Rule - The rule of thumb that helped me get to the NHL
Jack Hughes Case Study - The difference between performance and development metrics
General Life & Career Advice
Four Ways to Work - Getting what you want is a choose-your-own adventure. Here’s what I learned.
Career Advice You Don’t Want to Hear - A bit of tough love for a young coach looking to break through
A Brief Anti-Drug Message - When I was 14, I got some good advice about why to say no to drugs.