It’s been almost 10 months since I last sent out a newsletter. At the end of last Summer, I was fortunate to be offered a new position as the Head Performance Coach with the Boston Bruins. Between moving our family across the country and getting acclimated to a new position/organization, I haven’t had as much… Read more
Last week I had an opportunity to join Anthony Renna on the Strength Coach Podcast to discuss our upcoming seminar Optimizing Adaptation and Performance. During the interview, we discussed: My assessment and performance profiling process and how it influences program design Specific examples of how to train around ankle mobility limitations Strategies to individualize training… Read more
A couple weekends ago I was in Colorado Springs to present at the NSCA’s Training for Hockey Clinic. In advance of the conference, I did a quick interview with Brian Sipotz for the Hockey Strength Podcast that covered a few elements of my presentation “Performance Profiling.” In the interview, we cover: the purpose of the… Read more
Today marks the release of Mike Boyle’s newest product: Complete Youth Training When I ran Endeavor Sports Performance, much of the way we designed our programs for youth athletes was guided by things I had learned from Coach Boyle. In short, he’s had a profound impact on how I view the training process. This is… Read more
Today I’m excited to share a Q&A that I did with Mike Robertson, co-creator of the Elite Athletic Development series. Building off his guest post from the other day, one of the 4 jump training mistakes he mentioned was only training bilateral jumps. This is an important topic because the degree to which training transfers… Read more
Kevin has rapidly established himself as a leader in the field of physical preparation and sports science for ice hockey. He is currently the Head Performance Coach for the Boston Bruins, where he oversees all aspects of designing and implementing the team’s performance training program, as well as monitoring the players’ performance, workload and recovery. Prior to Boston, Kevin spent 2 years as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the San Jose Sharks after serving as the Director of Performance at Endeavor Sports Performance in Pitman, NJ. He also spent 5 years as a Strength and Conditioning Coach with USA Hockey’s Women’s Olympic Hockey Team, and has been an invited speaker at conferences hosted by the NHL, NSCA, and USA Hockey.
“Training with Kevin has taken me from a Division 3 to an ECHL hockey player. If I hadn't trained with Kevin I might not have reached my goal of playing professional hockey.”
Michael Gershon, Wheeling Nailers, ECHL