A couple weeks back I posted a video of a lateral speed training starting position. If you missed it, you can check it out here: Hockey Speed Training: Lateral Start Progression. At the end of that post, I mentioned that we eventually go into strictly dynamic starts, or probably more accurately, we progress to an [...]

Another great week over at Hockey Strength and Conditioning! This week we added: Program: Off-Season Hockey Training Program (4 day/week-Phase 3) from me This is the 3rd phase of our off-season hockey training programs at Endeavor. I’ve now posted 12 weeks of the EXACT programs we use to develop our elite level hockey players at [...]

Kevin has teamed up with Michael Boyle (Boston University), Sean Skahan (Anaheim Ducks), and Mike Potenza (San Jose Sharks) to put together what people are calling “The Greatest Collection of Hockey Strength and Conditioning Coaches on the Planet!” HockeyStrengthandConditioning.com is the first ever hockey training membership site LOADED with tons of programs, innovative exercise videos, [...]

As the chaos typical of off-season hockey training starts to die down, I wanted to share some “Wednesday Wisdom” with you. 1) Hockey Development includes, or should I say necessitates, taking time AWAY from hockey! My friend David Lasnier talks about this and other great hockey training tips in a podcast he recently did with [...]

Few people would argue that core training is an integral part of an athletic development training program. Aesthetic benefits aside, core training is widely accepted as improving: Lumbar stability and therefore reducing risk and/or symptoms of low back pain Force transfer between the lower and upper body, which improves power in just about every athletic [...]