Pittsburgh · South Hills · Ice Castle Arena
Private and small-group skills coaching for hockey players who want their practice reps to actually show up on Saturday. One skater at a time, on the ice or on film.
Two ways to work with me
Most skaters do both. The ice is where habits get built; the film is where a player finally sees the thing I have been telling them for a month.
On the ice · Ice Castle Arena
A session built around one skater's actual problem, not a generic drill sheet. You tell me what is breaking down in games and we spend the hour on that.
From anywhere · No ice required
Send me game film and get back a coach's read on it — what you are doing, what the play actually needed, and the two or three habits worth fixing first.
What we actually work on
These are not menu items I invented. They are the requests that come in on my booking form, in players' own words, over and over.
Keeping possession under pressure — body position, stick side, using the wall instead of dying on it.
The compete stuff that decides shifts. Angles, leverage, first touch out of the battle.
Quick feet in tight, crossovers with purpose, and the ability to change pace instead of skating one speed.
Handling at full speed, so the puck stops being the thing that slows you down.
Boxing out, stick detail, and being hard to play against in the ugly areas.
Wall play on both sides of the puck — retrievals, escapes, pinning and separating.
Creating it for yourself, taking it away from the other guy. The part that separates skilled players from productive ones.
Toe drags, fakes and stick skills that hold up against a defender who is actually trying.
Bring your own list. The booking form asks what you want to work on, and that answer is what the session gets built around.
Video review
Players rarely remember what they did on a shift — they remember how it felt. Film settles the argument, and it is the fastest way I know to change a habit.
A full game, a period, or a handful of shifts you already know went sideways.
Shift by shift — what you did, what the play needed, and where the decision actually went wrong.
A recorded walkthrough you can rewatch, plus the two or three things to fix first.
If you skate with me, your next session is built on exactly what the film showed.
Players who want more than one hour a week of coaching. Families outside the South Hills — or outside Pittsburgh — who cannot get to the rink. Skaters heading into tryouts who need an honest read before someone else gives them one.
Request a video reviewWho I work with
Before
The booking form asks what is breaking down. That is the session plan — I read it before you get on the ice.
On the ice
Up-tempo, high reps, real corrections. Not a highlight reel of drills you will never use again.
After
What to keep working on, and what I want to see next time. Progress is the point, not the hour.
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Ask three families you have coached this year for two sentences: what their skater struggled with, and what changed. Names, ages and teams make them land harder.
Before you book
Tell me what you want to fix. I will tell you what an hour on the ice can do about it.