Last week I received my copy of Assess and Correct in the mail, the new DVD set from three of the brightest and most well-respected guys in our industry: Mike Robertson, Bill Hartman and Mike Robertson.

I’ve been fortunate to learn a ton from all of these guys; I own all of their products and rewatch/reread them on a regular basis, so I was psyched that all three of them teamed up for this project.

Assess and Correct really exceeded my expectations.

The first DVD walks you through a series of simple assessments to identify your personal weaknesses and imbalances that may be inhibiting your performance.

The major benefit of this assessment DVD is that they are all self-assessments, which means you don’t need anyone else to run you through them.

Being able to run yourself through a series of assessments to identify performance limitations is an invaluable tool.

Best part?

The entire series of assessments takes less than 10 minutes!

The second DVD is PACKED with corrective exercises to improve your limitations and really help you unleash a whole new level of performance.

This is truly an invaluable resource.

If I told you that I could teach you how to identify your MAJOR performance limitations in less than 10 minutes, would you be interested?

Of course, you aren’t stupid.

If I told you I could then teach you all the exercises to fix your limitations and drastically improve your performance, would you be interested?

Any serious athlete would be. Any serious coach (sport or strength and conditioning) would be interested in learning this for their athletes.

Whether to pick up Assess and Correct is really a no brainer.

The only people I would say definitely should NOT get it are the people that have no interest in learning from the most intelligent, most successful Therapists and Strength and Conditioning Coaches in the business.

Click here to take the first step toward lifelong performance improvement!

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I really think that transitional speed training should lay the foundation for speed training for almost all athletes.  For ice hockey players, this is especially important in the offensive and defensive zones when all your movements are rapid bursts of speed interspersed with stops and direction changes.

I’ve played with and against countless players that were ridiculously fast goal-line to goal-line, but blended in with everyone else in smaller areas of play.

Check out this article on transitional speed training I wrote for Maria Mountain’s site.

It includes a few videos of my favorite transitional speed exercises.

-Kevin Neeld

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I recently got a facebook message from a 12-year old hockey player in upstate New York. In the interest of anonymity, we’ll call him “Future Crosby”.

Future Crosby told me he’d been reading my website and really liked the information.  He asked if I had any recommendations for him regarding hockey training programs to help him become stronger and faster.

Of course I did! That’s my specialty.  When I asked if Future Crosby had read my Off-Ice Performance Training Course, he said no, but he’d love to check it out.

A couple days later Future Crosby sent me another message and said he was going to start saving up his own money now so that he could buy it.

I have to tell you, I was EXTREMELY impressed with his attitude.  Having paid for almost all of my equipment my whole life, I can relate to having to save money for a long period of time to get something you really want.

That got me thinking. I originally discounted the Off-Ice Performance Training Course to $97 (down from $200) because I wanted to make it available for EVERY hockey player and coach.  I didn’t want the price to stop anyone from getting all the information they need to develop effective off-ice training programs for themselves (hockey players) or their teams (hockey coaches).

It never occurred to me that there would be young players saving up their allowance and yardwork money to invest in their own development!

I’m an idiot.

Lucky for everyone, I’m an idiot with a pretty good learning curve.

I’m in the process of developing TWO new hockey training websites that will completely change the hockey industry.

I’ll fill you in on more details about one of those sites as I finalize everything.

While the second site is a work in progress as well, I am selling my Off-Ice Performance Training Course on it now, at a substantial discount.

You can now get my off-ice hockey training course for ONLY $47!

It’s a little late Future Crosby, but I hope it helps!

Click here to check out my new hockey training site. I’d love to get your feedback on it so post your thoughts below or shoot me an email.

To your continued success,

Kevin Neeld

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Picking right up where we left off:

KN: I can’t agree more. I’m an outspoken supporter of unconditional optimism, in sports and in life.  I know you went into great detail about this in your book “Best Hockey Season Ever”, fill us in on what hockey players can do to correct these performance-limiting attitudes?

KM: Players need to own their accomplishments and own their strengths. There is nothing wrong with saying “Thanks” after someone tells you that you played a great game. You aren’t being conceited – you are acknowledging your accomplishment. On the same note, players need to know what they are good at and commit to being the best at those things each and every time they are out on the ice. All too often, players get wrapped up and focus on their weaknesses instead of showcasing their strengths. Don’t get me wrong – players have to improve their weaknesses as well, but they also need to know what they are best at and commit to being the best at those things all the time. The negativity issue is a hard one to fix, but it can be as simple as getting players to stop slamming their stick against the boards in frustration after missing a sure goal. That’s a little step in the right direction that will get them to think about being more positive.

KN: Great point. Taking small steps and cutting back a few negative behaviors is a great way to start improving your playing mentality.  Most people are familiar with the fact that an off-ice training program can help improve the strength, speed, power, and conditioning of ice hockey players.  I’m a strong believer that these things are just the tip of the iceberg.  Do you notice changes in your players’ confidence and mental toughness after a few months of training?

KM: My favorite thing about off-ice training is the psychological benefit it gives players. I know that when I was a young player, I took great pride in the fact that none of the other girls I played with trained as hard as I did off the ice. I may not have been as skilled as them on the ice, but I knew that I was fitter, faster, and stronger. Quite often, when it comes to off-ice training, the most skilled player on the team isn’t the best athlete off the ice. Sometimes it’s the 4^th liner who is the most fit. While fitness isn’t the only thing that will get that player better on the ice, the confidence they will gain knowing that they are in the best shape will have tremendous benefits to their performance.

I felt the same way when I trained! As a 13 year-old I got cut from a Bantam Tier II 2^nd team! I remember training that whole year just knowing that nobody was working as hard as me off the ice, treating the whole world as my competition.  It sounds like that mentality paid off for both of us!

Thanks a lot for taking the time Kim!

For anyone that hasn’t already looked into this, Kim has put together the most comprehensive resource for youth hockey players that I’ve ever seen.  It includes step-by-step formulas to improve your training, nutrition, and mental preparedness.  It’s truly a must-have for dedicated hockey players (and coaches!).  Click here to read more about how Kim’s Book, “The Best Hockey Season Ever” can start helping you compete at a higher level.

-Kevin Neeld

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