Optimizing Flexibility For Peak Hockey Performance
I’ve discussed both flexibility and mobility a lot in the past within my agility, dynamic vs. static stretching, fix muscle tightness and how to skate faster blog posts as well as in a few…
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Training With Bands + Chains For Explosive On-Ice Performance
Strength training for sport performance is something that will benefit every single athlete out there, irrespective of what sport they compete in or what strength training experience they currently have. Why? Because strength is…
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Optimizing Cross-Training Methods For Hockey
Cross training has been used in sports for decades as a means of improving performance, increasing the rate of recovery, and maintaining conditioning during an injury in athlete’s who are not able to participate…
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Tips for Optimal Hockey Performance
For any athlete in any sport, the ability to perform at your absolute best during the times of the year where it is most consequential is a critical aspect towards how you set up…
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3 In-Season Hockey Training Mistakes
With the season upcoming I thought it would be a good idea to follow up our off-season hockey training mistakes blog post with a post about the consistent in-season training mistakes that hockey players…
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Creating The Perfect Hockey Training Schedule
Balancing Interfering Training Adaptations within Hockey Training Periodization Interference effect defined: When concurrently training both capacities of endurance and strength, interference may occur when the development of one capacity hinders the development of another…
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Core Training For Hockey Performance
In this article, I’m going to discuss how the core plays a role in hockey performance and what you can do to increase your total body stability and power to become a better hockey…
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Hockey Training on Unstable Surfaces?
Why Training on Unstable Surfaces Isn’t Optimal for Hockey Players As the subtitle above completely gives away, this week I’ll be breaking down my personal opinions on unstable surface training and why I believe…
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Why Consistency is Key in Hockey Training
I’m going to switch gears here this week from sports science theory and talk a bit about one of the most important concepts any REAL athlete or coach will tell you that you need…
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The Role of Power in Hockey Performance
We all know somebody who has some really strong lifts in the weight room, but just can’t seem to put it together athletically out on the ice. That strength just doesn’t seem to be…