After having Eric Cressey as a guest on the Evolving Performance Podcast, he invited me to do a “home and home” and be a guest on his Elite Baseball Development Podcast. Check out the episode here: Hockey Hips, Early Specialization and Work Capacity In the episode, we talk through a lot of hockey-related topics and […]
Core strength is an essential physical quality from both performance and durability perspectives. Learning to generate stiffness through the torso can help athletes transfer energy from the lower to upper body, deliver/absorb contract, and prevent undesirable motion of the hips, spine, and rib cage. View this post on Instagram […]
The Valslide Skate Position Circle and 2-Way Skater are two exercises we’ll integrate into our prep work or pair with main exercises to help reinforce low position stability of the stance leg. View this post on Instagram A post […]
Start basic. Eliminate joints, teach control. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kevin Neeld, PhD (@kevinneeld) ½ Kneel eliminates lower leg and enforces single-leg stance control at the hip/core. Tall Kneel adds in rotational control at […]
Bear crawl variations provide a great opportunity to integrate core strength with shoulder stability work. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kevin Neeld, PhD (@kevinneeld) A few coaching cues on this exercise: ✅ Slightly tuck the […]
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