Blogs

In this episode, Brijesh Patel discusses the critical role that leadership, character, and daily habits play in athlete development and long-term success, including: What coaches are really evaluating during recruiting and playing time decisions Common behavioral red flags that predict performance and developmental issues How to develop athletes who can handle adversity and lead themselves […]

I was recently invited as a guest on the Our Kids Play Hockey Podcast to discuss youth hockey player development, a topic I’ve always been passionate about, but one I’m now gaining a different perspective on with two young kids starting up their own journeys through sport. In the episode, we discussed: The key characteristics […]

Bill DeLongis, Chair of the NSCA Ice Hockey Special Interest Group, is putting together a virtual seminar called the Strength on Ice Summit that will be a terrific event for performance professionals that currently work to aspire to work with hockey players. Grab your spot now >> Strength on Ice Summit I’m fortunate to have […]

In this episode, Andrew Hauser discusses the significant impact respiratory training can have on both performance and recovery, including: The science of breathing and how the relationship between carbon dioxide and oxygen can impact performance Specific breathing strategies to immediately impact short-term performance Longer-term adaptations to respiratory training Programming recommendations on how different breathing methods […]

In this episode, renowned hypertrophy expert Pat Davidson does a deep dive on building muscle, including: The required stimulus for hypertrophy – what is required for your body to put on muscle Key training considerations to maximize muscular development How the longstanding assumption that a specific hormonal response to training was required for building muscle […]

Here’s another episode of Metabolic Elite‘s “Elite Minds Podcast” where Cal Dietz (Associate Director of Athletic Performance at the University of Minnesota, and Author of Triphasic Training), and I sat down to talk about: How training evolves as athletes progress from youth to college to professional levels How to maximize an athletes return to play […]

Speed is the most highly sought after physical quality in sports. It’s a key quality that separates athletes competing at different levels (i.e. higher levels of competitions have faster players), and a major determinant of what makes an elite athlete at a given level. As athletes and coaches attempt to improve speed, it’s important to […]

In this episode, Maria Mountain, who specializes in goalie-specific training for hockey, shares her insights on: What makes the goalie position unique from forwards and defensemen and the implications this has for off-ice training Why certain methods lead to goalies “over pushing” and getting out of position, and specific strategies to fix the issue The […]

In this Metabolic Elite “whiteboard session”, I run through my model for speed development in ice hockey players, and provide a few examples of why hockey players need to do more than JUST run (or skate) sprints to get faster.  Check out the video below: To your success, Kevin Neeld P.S. If you’re interested in […]

In this clip from “Bruins Academy” Tim and Lebbossiere and I outline lower body strength training exercises youth hockey players can do with no equipment to help them get into and maintain deep skating positions and more powerful strides. If you’re interested, you can check out the full episode here: Bruins Academy (Season 9, Episode […]