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As a follow-up to my previous post on creating off-season (or lock-out friendly) programs that coordinate on- and off-ice demands, today’s post presents the mobility circuit and conditioning programs referenced in the training schedule from that last post. The mobility circuit serves to help improve multi-planar hip mobility and thoracic mobility, two areas that are […]

A while back I wrote a post outlining the physical qualities that can be trained at the same time without creating too large of a conflicting stimulus to the body. As I’ve mentioned in the past, attempting to train conflicting qualities at the same time (think powerlifting and marathon training) will result in the training […]

If you haven’t already, check out these two posts before reading this one: Postural Restoration Institute Comes to Endeavor PRI: Home Study vs. Live Course The Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) teaches courses that are primarily targeted at rehab professionals. Interestingly, over the last few years their courses have been attended by an increasing number of […]

A couple days ago I announced that we will be hosting the first Postural Restoration Institute Course between Baltimore and Boston on November 10-11 at Endeavor Sports Performance. For more information regarding the course, check out at that post here: Postural Restoration Institute Comes to Endeavor The course that we’re hosting, Myokinematic Restoration, is also […]

If you’ve been reading my articles for the past year, you know that I’ve been heavily influenced by the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI). The lens through which they view functional movement and body system integration is both fascinating and unique, and frankly the results we’ve achieved using their methods has been nothing short of amazing […]

Hockey Training Tip: When a player doesn’t have good single-leg stability, it is common to see his/her knee collapse in while in single-leg stance. This is important because when the knee collapses in, the players foot rolls in and puts more force on the inside edge of the skate blade. These players tend to ride […]

Hockey Speed Training Tip: When attempting to improve a player’s speed, it’s important to determine what the limiting factor to his or her performance is. A few of the most common culprits are: Skating technique Lower body strength/power Single-leg stability Training single-leg strength is a great way to improve skating speed When coaches instruct a […]

A couple days ago I posted the presentation (with the videos) I gave at the USA Hockey Level 4 Coaching Clinic in NJ. If you missed it, check it out here: USA Hockey Level 4 Presentation After the talk, I got a great question from one of the coaches in attendance. To paraphrase, he wanted […]

On Saturday I had an opportunity to present at the USA Hockey Level 4 Coaches Clinic in New Jersey. I was fortunate to sit in on the presentations from John Riley, Kerry Fraser, and Ryan Walter, all of which were insightful and inspiring. It makes me miss being on the ice! As is often the […]

Last week I posted a video of a lower body work capacity exercise that we’ve used quite a bit at the end of this off-season. Today i wanted to share a companion exercise that encompasses somewhat of a more “hockey-specific” movement pattern. On that note, I think it’s important to understand what hockey-specific means. It’s […]