Posts in Hockey Player Development

Hockey Hips, Early Specialization, and Work Capacity

Hockey Hips, Early Specialization, and Work Capacity

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 […]

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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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