Monthly Archives: July 2010

Hockey Conditioning-The Fun Stuff

Hockey Conditioning-The Fun Stuff

A while back I wrote about about some unique hockey conditioning tools I’ve started using at Endeavor. If you missed the article, you can check it out here: A New Look at Hockey Conditioning. The idea is that SOME aspect of your hockey training needs to incorporate periods of static holds to build up localized… Read more

Core Exercise to Improve Hockey Shooting

Core Exercise to Improve Hockey Shooting

The other day I posted a video of a Falling Side Lunge Sprint Start, which was the end of my lateral sprint start progression. The video below is one of the final stages of our horizontal power progression. This progression is designed to help hockey players use their hips to create and control rotational power…. Read more

Hockey Speed Training: Lateral Start Progression

Hockey Speed Training: Lateral Start Progression

Most of our off-season hockey training programs have progressed to the final phase. With that, our speed training has reached the point where we’re merging away from static sprint starts and incorporating multi-directional dynamic starts. We generally run a linear and lateral sprint progression in parallel throughout the off-season, meaning one speed day has a… Read more

Grooving New Movement Patterns

Grooving New Movement Patterns

Over the last several years, I’ve become a strong believer in developing individual-specific ideal movement patterns both to improve performance and to minimize injury risk. I have to put the “individual-specific” disclaimer in there to highlight the fact that everyone’s joint anatomy is a little different and you can’t always expect the exact same movement… Read more

“Love the Suck”

“Love the Suck”

This is a saying that I heard Sargeant Mike Malloy say again and again at the Sharks Prospect Camp. It’s as comical as it is powerful. “Love the Suck” As a team, regardless of the sport or industry, you’re going to face adversity. It’s inevitable. Contrary to common practice, what you do with that adversity… Read more