As you know, improving an athlete’s core stability can go a long way in both preventing injury and improving performance. While it’s necessary to first teach and reinforce this skill set under rested conditions, ultimately the athlete must be able to generate this stability under fatigued conditions. About a year ago, I started integrating basic […]
A while back I wrote about about some unique hockey conditioning tools I’ve started using at Endeavor. If you missed the article, you can check it out here: A New Look at Hockey Conditioning. The idea is that SOME aspect of your hockey training needs to incorporate periods of static holds to build up localized […]
Hockey conditioning is all about training your body to work at a high intensity for extended periods of time and then recover rapidly. Basically, conditioning in any sport comes down to delaying or minimizing fatigue. Fatigue is truly an amazing thing. Few people realize how complex fatigue can be. To really wrap your mind around […]
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 […]
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 […]