Posts in Hockey Player Development

Debunking Youth Hockey Myths

Debunking Youth Hockey Myths

I was recently invited as a guest on the Our Kids Play Hockey Podcast to discuss youth hockey player development, a topic I’ve always been passionate about, but one I’m now gaining a different perspective on with two young kids starting up their own journeys through sport. In the episode, we discussed: The key characteristics […]

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Diagnosing Limiting Factors to Speed Development

Diagnosing Limiting Factors to Speed Development

Last week, my friend Tony Gentilcore published an article I wrote on the importance of identifying the limiting factors to speed development in ice hockey players. Click here to read: Diagnosing Limiting Factors to Speed Development The article discusses the 4 major physical qualities that influence speed development, and also shares several of the exact […]

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29 Lessons on Hockey Development

29 Lessons on Hockey Development

Last week I had an opportunity to speak at a youth hockey camp in Toms River, NJ that Jack Walchessen was running. Jack has been a long-time training client who, after a successful OHL career (Captain of the Peterborough Petes and recipient of the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy for Humanitarian of the Year), decided to […]

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Micro- and Macro-Movement Variability

Micro- and Macro-Movement Variability

An Introduction to Variability About 8 years ago I gave a presentation titled “Motor Unit Discharge Variability” for an Exercise Neuroscience class I was taking in grad school at UMass. The precedent for studying variability in neural firing rates stemmed largely from studying variability in heart rate. At the time, I would have assumed that […]

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Asking Better Questions

Asking Better Questions

Before jumping into today’s content, I just wanted to give you a quick reminder that the 4th of July Sale ends in two days. Check out the links below if you’re interested in saving some loot: Ultimate Hockey Training ($35.95 $19.95) Ultimate Hockey Transformation (Pro: $147 $77 Elite: $117 $57) Optimizing Movement ($97 $47) Several […]

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