Blogs

A couple months back, I flew out to Texas for a Metabolic Elite board meeting. While we were there, we recorded several podcasts that are now available. In this episode, Mike Potenza (back in the NHL as Director of High Performance with the San Jose Sharks after spending two seasons as the Director of Performance […]

Speed training is critical for hockey players. While it’s important to emphasize traditional acceleration drills in an off-ice training program, speed is expressed in sport through a variety of transitional patterns. In this quick segment Tim Lebbossiere and I filmed for “Bruins Academy”, we go over 3 speed training drills youth hockey players can do […]

In this episode, Vicki Bendus shares incredible insights into speed training for hockey, including: Key findings from her research on identifying the most impactful physical factors and related off-ice tests for on-ice speed Speed profiling strategies to identify where a player ranks relative to their peers and what qualities they need to improve to maximize […]

Isometric exercises are one of the more powerful and under-utilized training strategies available to athletes, especially in-season. I recently wrote an article for Metabolic Elite discussing three isometric training methods, how they benefit performance, and how to appropriately perform them. Check it out at the link below: Click here to read: Maximizing Adaptation while Minimizing […]

Over the last few years, balancing my work and family schedules has led to me consuming a lot more audio books and podcasts than I did earlier in my career. While there are a lot of great podcasts out there, I find that that many are (WAY) too long and/or fall short on practical application. […]

Check out this short clip from “Bruins Academy” where  Tim Lebbossiere and I discuss two exercise variations hockey players at all ages can do to improve their upper body strength. If you’re interested, you can check out the full episode here: Bruins Academy (Season 9, Episode 7) Feel free to post any comments/questions below. If […]

Core strength is an essential physical quality from both performance and durability perspectives. Learning to generate stiffness through the torso can help athletes transfer energy from the lower to upper body, deliver/absorb contract, and prevent undesirable motion of the hips, spine, and rib cage.           View this post on Instagram   […]

The Valslide Skate Position Circle and 2-Way Skater are two exercises we’ll integrate into our prep work or pair with main exercises to help reinforce low position stability of the stance leg.           View this post on Instagram                       A post […]

Med Ball Throws are a great way to develop rotational power. As the off-season progresses we’ll move from static throws, to static throws with a partner pass, to throws with dynamic starts.           View this post on Instagram                       A post […]

One of the many differences between goalies and forwards/defensemen in hockey is that they rely more on short, powerful pushes to move around the crease, whereas skating is characterized by longer pushes. Traditional jump training has a lot of value in improving lower body power in players at all positions, but when this work is […]