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Kevin gathered the world’s top experts in performance training, injury prevention and rehabilitation, sports nutrition, on-ice skill development, and career advancement for the most in-depth hockey development interrogation ever conducted. In these 12 Coaching Calls, you’ll here these experts tell you exactly what strategies they use to build strong, fast, injury-resistant, skilled, mentally tough hockey […]

After talking to Nick Tumminello, I changed the way I do 1-leg squats.  I used to do them with the “up leg” out in front.  Some people call this a pistol squat (I hate that name).  Now I do them with the up leg behind the body. I made the switch from the “up leg […]

This Summer I’ve been fortunate to work with a group of highly motivated hockey players pursuing various levels of professional hockey. Last week one of my guys said something that stuck with me. Something that I wrote about in my Off-Ice Performance Training Course. He said something that went like: “I hate Wednesdays.  This day […]

Last week, one of the athletes I train approached me about an article he came across in Time Magazine. My reaction to his comments was: “You have to be kidding me.” I was going to blast the article and the complete lack of social responsibility Time Magazine showed by printing the article. This is just […]

This isn’t going to be nearly as crude as you’re hoping for. …but it got you this far didn’t it? Performance nutrition expert Dr. John Berardi, along with the help of Dr. Bryan Walsh, put out these two posts that do an awesome job explaining the cause and results of hormone imbalances in both men […]

Luckily, I’ve never had this problem. Other guys aren’t so lucky. When I switched the way my hockey guys do bird dogs after watching a video that Nick Tumminello put out, I’d say about ½ the guys I train either really struggled or couldn’t lift their leg at all. Watch the video below to see […]

After a life of playing forward, I was moved back to defense for my first two years of college hockey. Occasionally I would get an opportunity to jump back up to forward for a couple shifts. What an eye opening experience that was! Since I was rarely tired playing defense, I was surprised to feel […]

I remember hearing Michael Boyle talk about how he had Cam Neely step on a scale with his equipment on and how surprised he was about how much weight the equipment added. With over 15 years of experience playing hockey, you’d think I would have picked up on this on my own. From time to […]

The longer I study athletic development, the more I realize that I have a lot to learn. One of the best ways to learn a lot quickly is to talk to other professionals to get a different perspective. As soon as I moved down to Baltimore I emailed Nick Tumminello and asked if I could […]

This goes for non-hockey players too. The best way to get the most bang for your training buck is to find a highly motivated partner and push each other. You’ll be surprised how quickly you start to make progress when you’re paired up with a supportive AND competitive training partner. Nothing creates on-ice success and […]