Archive: April, 2009

Hockey is a High Velocity, High Contact Sport… At Any Age

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April 29th, 2009 | Comments (0)

Attitude: Can You Teach Toughness

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April 27th, 2009 | Comments (0)

My New Favorite Exercise

Single-leg high force reduction followed by an explosive lateral or diagonal bound, followed by another single-leg high force reduction.  I love it.  You can progress this exercise by adding a high knee before the forward lunge (so you’ll be decelerating from a higher height, adding to the amount of force you’ll need to reduce) or [...]

April 24th, 2009 | Comments (0)

Movie Appreciation Series: 1

I have two weeks to finish up my research on motor unit synchronization and get ready to present it.  Free time is at an all time low, which means it’s a perfect time for Movie Appreciation Week.  It may not be what you think.  Each video will have a theme that somehow relates to performance [...]

April 23rd, 2009 | Comments (0)

Hockey Conditioning For Goalies

I think work capacity and alternating periods of static holds and explosive movements are essential training strategies for goalies. I do some traditional interval training on a bike with goalies, like I do with all hockey players, but I have a greater emphasis on iso-holds. I usually use a squat iso-hold, or a split squat [...]

April 17th, 2009 | Comments (0)

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