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Before reading this post, check out the two preceding posts on hockey conditioning: Hockey Conditioning: To Bike or Not to Bike! Hockey Conditioning: Shuttle Runs and Slideboards As you may have noticed, I’m not a huge supporter of hockey players riding exercise bikes, but I am a huge supporter of slideboarding. My opinion changes slightly […]

If you play hockey, coach hockey, or train hockey players, this is for you! If you’ve been reading my blog recently, you know that I recently launched Hockey Training Expert, a site that I knew would training hockey player development forever.I have great news! In an effort to truly raise the bar for providing the […]

A couple days ago, I wrote a post on why hockey players shouldn’t use exercise bikes to condition. If you missed it, check it out here: Hockey Conditioning: To Bike or Not to Bike! So if you aren’t going to bike, what should you do? The main two conditioning modalities that I recommend are: Shuttle […]

In an interview I did with Maria Mountain, I told her that I never have my hockey players ride bikes. If you missed the interview, you can listen here: Hockey Training Interview with Maria Mountain Given traditional hockey training practices, this comes as a pretty big surprise to most players and coaches. Let’s take a […]

If you’ve been reading my posts and newsletters or talked to me at all in the last month, you know I’m VERY excited about the launch of my new site: Hockey Training Expert If you’re new to the site, you probably have some questions about what’s included and why you should join. To save you […]

I just wanted to let you know that my presentation “Innovative Practices in Strength and Conditioning” is now available for you to watch at Strength and Conditioning Webinars. The presentation is jammed with great hockey training information that you won’t find anywhere else. I was all hopped up on caffeine and Olympic Hockey, so I […]

Sunday’s Olympic Gold Medal battle between the U.S. and Canada was one of the best hockey games I’ve ever seen. I was disappointed that the Americans couldn’t pull it out, but it’s hard to complain about a game like that. Hopefully the excitement will drive more deserved attention to the greatest sport on Earth (and […]

Listen to a hockey training interview I did with Maria Mountain and watch the video of my favorite core exercise for developing shot power in hockey players.

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up to let you know I’ll be giving a hockey training presentation for Anthony Renna’s site Strength and Conditioning Webinars this Saturday (2/27) at 2pm est. As you know, I’m a HUGE supporter of the site. It gives you access to dozens of presentations from some […]

I’m still pumped up from USA’s win over Canada yesterday. When Ryan Kesler dove to score that empty net goal, I dove across the couch onto my girlfriend Emily in celebration (Amazingly, no Emilys were harmed in the making of that celebration). What a game. The good news for Canada fans: I think the US […]