What is two way hockey?

Two way hockey players have traditionally been those who play both offense and defense. Christopher Cahill’s mission reimagines ‘two way hockey’ as play with two dimensional stick skill. Christopher and his students are the first to practice two way hockey since Gordie Howe and Bill Durnan. Judging by the way the game is played currently one assumes two way hockey play is impossible. The following clips show history…

Clips catalogue last updated 6.9.23

Make history— how?

Incrementally. Christopher demonstrates two way hockey in practice. Christopher’s practice consists of non-linear, combinatorial movements regimented on ice. Players emulate his rational improvement process. With fluid two way hockey play (utilizing the more advantageous handedness moment to moment) as the goal, players are inspired to take steps in this direction. To deploy new tactical solutions and change how the game is played so that opponents play into our hands. The roots and genesis of this approach lie in Hockey Agility.

What is Hockey Agility?

agil·​i·​ty | the ability to be quick and graceful

Dr. Yasha Smushkin PhD, a National Team figure skating coach for the former Soviet Union, amalgamated his knowledge of biomechanics with the movement patterns of gymnasts and figure skaters to pioneer a skill development system known as hockey agility that produced 40 NHL players and numberless first principled or perfect law students. Christopher Cahill trained under Dr. Smushkin. He mastered his principles. Christopher broadened hockey agility by integrating two dimensional stick play into hockey choreography. He is the creator of Two Way Hockey Agility to carry on the lineage of Hockey Agility.