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Today we’ll wrap up the “2011 Review Week” with the top hockey training, player development, and hockey nutrition posts of 2011. Before we get to that, don’t forget to check out the two previous posts: 2011 in Review Top Athletic Development Posts of 2011 Without further ado, here are the Top Hockey Training posts of […]

On Monday, I recounted a few of the highlights of 2011. If you missed it, you can check it out here: 2011 in Review As I mentioned in that post, KevinNeeld.com has grown significantly over the last year, all in thanks to your help in spreading the word. After reviewing the popularity of all posts […]

I wanted to interrupt our “2011 Review Week” to let you know about one of my favorite annual continuing education opportunities: The Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar. Every year, my friend Joe Heiler from SportsRehabExpert.com interviews some of the world’s top professionals in rehabilitation and performance training and makes them available to you for […]

With 2012 officially upon us, it’s a great time to reflect on the past year, which was the busiest year of my life. I knew 2011 was going to be an interesting year based on how it started. On New Year’s Eve last year, Emily and I went out with a group of our friends […]

A couple days ago, I outlined a terrific review article on what factors limit repeat sprint performance. If you missed it, you can check it out here: Hockey Conditioning: Understanding Fatigue. Repeat sprint performance, as the authors of that review defined, includes repeated maximum intensity efforts of <10s with <60s rest in between. Most people […]

I hope you had a great holiday weekend with your families (even if you don’t celebrate the holiday!). Today is the day after Christmas, which means most of the people I know will be sleeping until around noon, then waking up and going shopping. I, on the other hand, was up at 5:30am to catch […]

As you likely know by now, I think the athletic development model that most youth programs follow is entirely backwards. It drives early specialization without even a loose consideration of psychological and physical readiness. It forces commitment, instead of letting a developed love and passion for the game naturally reveal it. Working smart is replaced […]

At the end of last week, I did an interview on various hockey training and player development topics with my friend Brian St. Pierre. In the interview, we covered: My background and how I got involved with training hockey players Why hockey players are the best athletes to train Common issues I see in youth […]

Closing out another busy week. With Christmas a week away, I’ll likely spend the majority of the weekend scrambling around the stores with the rest of the procrastinators. I’m hoping to squeeze in a hockey game Saturday night as one of the teams I train is playing at home. It’s been a good, but quite […]

Concussions have been a hot topic over the last two years in the NHL. Not in small part to Sidney Crosby’s concussion, more attention is now being paid awareness, prevention, and more conservative return-to-play guidelines. Long-term concussion symptoms are becoming a more prevalent problem Concussions are far from a simple injury. It’s the underlying complexities […]