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I posted this yesterday, but wanted to put it up again in case you missed it. The feedback I’ve gotten on this hockey speed training video has been fantastic. Click the link below and check it out for yourself! Click here to watch now >> Speed Training for Hockey From yesterday… And today, it begins. […]

And today, it begins. Almost a year ago exactly, I started writing what I intended to be the most comprehensive hockey training resource ever created. I wasn’t interested in developing just another basic off-season program or a theoretical manual on hockey physiology. I wanted to put my entire system on paper: age-specific hockey development recommendations, […]

I’m pretty amped up this week because tomorrow I get to share something with you that I’ve been holding back for way too long. Make sure you check back tomorrow! Over the last two weeks I’ve written quite a bit about the various components of long-term hockey development. If you haven’t already, you can check […]

Last week I posted two discussions on the status of youth hockey development that pointed out some commonly held misconceptions, areas that need revamping (or at least have room for improvement) and some of the barriers that the hockey community will face in pursuing a more effective model. If you missed those posts, I highly […]

A couple days ago, I wrote a long post highlighting three of the major problems in our current youth hockey player development systems. If you missed it, you can check it out here: The State of Youth Hockey That post was largely inspired by USA Hockey’s American Development Model Symposium, which I attended a couple […]

A couple weekends ago, I had an opportunity to attend a weekend symposium for USA Hockey’s American Development Model (ADM). The symposium was a 4-day invite only event that focused on this year’s implementation of the USA Hockey’s ADM at the 8U level, but subsequent levels (10U and 12U) were also discussed. The speakers were […]

I’ve been slacking on these updates over the last couple weeks. Between the traveling I’ve done over the last month and my work at Endeavor I find that my training hours have been cut back, but that I’m still as busy as ever! There have been a ton of updates at Hockey Strength and Conditioning […]

I’ve been very fortunate over the last several months to have an opportunity to work closely with Ned Lenny, a brilliant (and incredibly humble) physical therapist in our area. It’s always great to get a different set of eyes on our players and a different perspective on certain adaptations that we may see. Because Ned […]

I hope you had a great weekend. This was the first weekend in a month that I’ve been home so it was nice to spend some time with Emily and relax a bit. On Saturday, Emily and I “doubled” with David Lasnier and his ladyfriend at Raw, my favorite sushi place in Philadelphia. Because of […]

Push-ups are one of the most popular exercises out there, especially in youth sports. When performed correctly, push-ups are a terrific exercise to promote core/shoulder stability, upper body strength, and a proper upper body pressing movement pattern. I was recently featured in Men’s Fitness for a segment on how to train to perform 100 push-ups […]