In this article, I am going to be running you through the two absolute “musts” surrounding your off-season hockey training that you need to have in place if you want to become a better hockey player. If you’re new here, you’re going to want to bookmark How To Schedule Your Off-season Training and The Off-season … Read more
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing a sports scientist, Ian Mack, who works with many NHL players and was recently featured on ESPN for his work with Patrick Kane this past off-season. Below you can read the interview (with our questions in the bolded text) and get some insight into how Patrick Kane and … Read more
Today’s article is more or less a “release” of thoughts, experience, and emotion connected to the game of hockey in an unedited, unfiltered way. In a very real sense, I am sitting down at 10PM and releasing what I feel is fundamentally important for every hockey player on this planet to read. That is… The … Read more
When you are finishing up a hockey workout or intense practice, it’s important to engage in some form of cool down activity. The cool down is primarily in place to act as a bridge between your active self and your non-active self, both mentally and physiologically. This bridge between intense exercise and rest is important … Read more
In this article, I interview my good friend Rich Molin from Florida who works with every level of hockey player that you can think of, including NHL players. We get a lot of questions here at Hockey Training about what the NHL players are really doing with their training, so I wanted to take the … Read more
In today’s article I wanted to provide you with some of the best training exercises for hockey players. Bulgarian Split Squats (and variations) Pull-ups, Chin-ups (and variations) Sprints Variations I have been repeating for many years on end now the phrase that should be beaten into the head of all my readers: Just because you’re … Read more
We often get asked here at Hockey Training whether or not it is safe for younger athletes to do some training in order to become a better hockey player. To be honest, this is a great question because I can totally get where every parent and coach is coming from because they only want what’s … Read more
We often get asked what hockey players should be eating when they’ve got a 9, 8 or even 7 am hockey game or practice. It’s a great question because, whether it’s a tournament game or a practice, we always want to be performing at our best on the ice. Let’s take a look at what … Read more
The world of hockey training has no shortage of lower body workouts, SAQ drills, speed training, and conditioning sessions – but in many cases, hockey athletes forget about the importance of the upper body in their training. This is partly due to people thinking that speed/agility/conditioning/quickness is only about lower body work, which is a … Read more
The slide board is a tool that was originally designed to be used by speedskaters but is now being used by a wide variety of sports — hockey being the most popular outlet for its use for obvious reasons. Incorporating a slide board into your training is just like any other tool in strength and … Read more