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Today’s “Thursday Throwback” is a quick one from 2009. This continues to be a trend we see in our assessments today and I think, while basic, highlights that you can go wrong on both ends of the flexibility continuum. Those that are too immobile at one joint are likely to move excessively at another. Those […]

Last year, during my first season as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Philadelphia Flyers Junior Team, the team’s media guy asked me to do an interview providing an inside look at what the off-ice development program looked like. I was excited to do the interview because I think the team has a unique […]

The last few months have been busier than ever. We had an AWESOME off-season, which started with watching two of our former athletes in Nick Cruice and Charlie Vasaturo win the NCAA National Championship with Union, then Johnny Gaudreau won the Hobey Baker, then Emily and I went out to Pittsburgh for Eric Tangradi’s wedding, […]

I recently got the below email from a student inquiring about my path in the S&C field. I get questions like this fairly frequently, so I thought it would be helpful to pass this along to any current students or new S&C professionals that are reading this. “My name is Aaron and I have used […]

I came across this video of Team USA Captain Meghan Duggan giving a TED Talk. Great message from one of the most inspirational leaders I’ve ever had an opportunity to work with. People Matter To your success, Kevin Neeld HockeyTransformation.com OptimizingMovement.com UltimateHockeyTraining.com P.S. If you want to take the guess work out of your off-season […]

Last weekend I had an opportunity to go to the NHL draft, which was an awesome experience. Anthony DeAngelo, who I’ve worked with for the last several off-seasons ended up being drafted 19th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightening. Ant has worked exceptionally hard over the Summer as long as I’ve known him and is […]

Last week was an exciting week for Emily and I as we bought our first home. We’ve bounced around from Baltimore to center city Philadelphia to Collingswood, NJ over the last 6 years, and finally decided to “settle down” and get a place in Cherry Hill. As always, the Endeavor Crew and my friend Shane […]

If you’re like me, and almost every client I’ve ever worked with, you’ve asked the “what supplement should I take for…” at least once throughout your playing or training career. Unfortunately, this question has become harder and harder for most people to figure out on their own because there is SO much misinformation out there. […]

With the release of my new Ultimate Hockey Transformation system, Jeff Angus asked to do a quick interview for his site, which he posted early last week. Read the interview here >> Ultimate Hockey Transformation: Improve Your Game off the Ice The interview dives into: What the Ultimate Hockey Transformation package includes The real keys […]

Testing is an important part of the training process. Not only does it help coaches profile the athlete, and therefore make decisions about which areas require more attention from a training perspective, but it also provides a mechanism to track progress over time. In a previous post, which followed all of the controversy surrounding one […]