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Kim McCullough (totalhockey)


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Total Female Hockey Club

Kim McCullough, Director & Founder of Total Female Hockey, has trained, coached and consulted with over 1500 players and 300 coaches, from novice to National teams, on how to take their on-ice performance to the next level through off-ice player development.

Hockey training: How To Get Faster & Shoot Harder This Summer
There are exactly 16 weeks left until most teams start their pre-season training camps. That means you’ve got 16 weeks to put in the work and gain a HUGE advantage on the competition. That’s why I’m relaunching the Total Female Hockey E...[Read on]
#1 Secret To Shooting Harder in Hockey
The Under-18 provincial team tryouts start in a few weeks here in Toronto. After watching these tryouts in person for the past 5 years, I can tell you a few key things that really made players stand out: :: Dynamic skating – especially quick change...[Read on]
1 on 1 drills: teaching athletes to get over the fear of getting beat
  1 on 1 drills. Players either love them or hate them. One of the hardest things to do (and teach) is gap control. It doesn’t matter if you’re a defensemen defending a 1v1 coming over your blue-line or a forward on the backcheck tryin...[Read on]
The Politics of Girls Hockey
The “politics” of hockey are about to wreak havoc on all of us.  Impending tryouts take all of our stress levels through the roof.  We’re all worried that we might make the wrong choice, that what people are telling us is not t...[Read on]
How to be Good: Work Hard, Dream Big and Believe in Yourself
Self-doubt is a self-defense mechanism. If you don’t think you’re any good, then you’ll be right when you have a bad shift or a not-so-great game.  If you aren’t confident in yourself, there is no way that someone can attack ...[Read on]
3 Killer Tips From 3 Women’s College Hockey Coaches
I truly believe any player who wants to play at the college hockey level can. Not everyone is going to make the Olympic team, but there are over 110+ colleges and universities in North America that have varsity women’s hockey programs, which means t...[Read on]
3 Game Winning Nutrition Tips
Think of young hockey players as high-performance automobiles and food as the fuel that drives their performance.  Far too often, players run out of gas during a game after having lunch at a fast-food restaurant or forgetting to eat breakfast.  ...[Read on]
How To Play Your Playoff Role
Every player wants to be the one the coach calls upon to win the big game in the playoffs. Every goalie wants to be in for the games that “matter”. Every forward wants to score the game-winner and every defenseman wants to be out there in the...[Read on]
It’s All In Your Head
Like most coaches, I’m constantly looking for ways to give my teams and players an advantage.  I recently read an amazing book by Carol Dweck called “Mindset “and I want to share a key concept from the book with you as I know it wil...[Read on]
7 Cs That Make Coaches Happy
Over the holiday season, I take a few days to reflect on what my teams and players have achieved (and still need to work on) in this first half of the season. I thought I would share with you the 7Cs that me and my fellow coaches are looking for (and hopi...[Read on]