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The “Best of 2012” series continues today with the Top Performance Training and Injury Prevention Posts of 2012. These are posts that have a profound affect on athletic development and injury prevention, but aren’t necessarily written JUST for hockey players. As you know, most training and injury prevention concepts are applicable to most sports; this […]

With 2013 officially upon us, I thought it would be a good time to recap some of the highlights of 2012. On a personal note, 2012 has been an incredible year. Some of the highlights, in no particular order: 1) Starting and finishing a massage program at Lourdes Institute of Wholistic Studies 2) Becoming Lower […]

I just wanted to take a quick moment to wish you and your families a Happy Holiday! I appreciate your continued support and feedback. It’s because of your efforts that this site exists and has grown the way it has, and I’m eternally grateful to have such dedicated, caring, and open-minded readers! I’m looking forward […]

Let’s face it, every youth hockey team has a few (or…more than a few) knuckleheads that have their own agenda. Some just don’t buy into off-ice (yet); some don’t respect authority; some may suspect blood sugar fluctuations due to their even more suspect food choices; and some may have just had a bad day/week. What […]

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind. Things have been steadily picking up at Endeavor as we get more soccer and baseball players coming, which has been a lot of fun. On top of that, I’ve also had three classes per week wrapping up massage school, and have done 5 clinics in the same […]

A couple weeks ago I confirmed I’ll be speaking at the 2013 Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group’s annual Summer seminar. This is my favorite event every year. It’s been awesome to watch it grow from what started as the “Boston Hockey Summit”. Now, every year Art Horne and Dan Boothby bring in some of […]

Today’s post comes from my friend Andreas Wochtl. Andreas runs AW Hockey Skills, which (to be overly simplistic) aims to bring European on-ice hockey training methods to the humble Mid-Atlantic area. Andreas and I actually played hockey in the same organization together years ago and reconnected recently as we’re both interested in bring the long-term […]

Periodically, the importance of nutrition in maximizing health and performance arises as a topic here. Naturally, it’s impossible to perform and/or recover optimally without providing your body with the proper fuel. Likewise, diet plays a huge role in enzyme products, pH level, bone health, hormone levels and more. While I think most people (or at […]

Last week I posted a fairly comprehensive article on the benefits of Earthing. If you missed it, check it out here: Earthing Products Shortly after writing that up I came across some video of an interview Dr. Mercola did with Dr. Ober that I thought some of you may be interested in. They broke it […]

A couple days ago, I posted the step-by-step process I go through at the beginning of every season to design the off-ice training programs for an entire youth organization. If you missed that post, I’d encourage you to check it out here: Developing A Youth In-Season Hockey Training Model Today I just wanted to follow […]