One of the most popular topics in sports science nutrition is without a doubt, protein intake. Athletes from all walks of life understand the importance of protein in the diet, but in most cases, they don’t know exactly why protein is important and how exactly they should be consuming it on a day-to-day basis. In … Read more
If there’s one thing that confuses me more than anything else in the hockey training industry, it’s the fact that the large majority of players drop their off-ice training once the season begins. On my end, as a coach, I’m thinking… “Ok, we’ve done all this work throughout the offseason to become a better version … Read more
In my most recent blog, I busted a whole lot of myths and provided a lot of detail on how females should be approaching their hockey training and the “why” behind all of the recommendations that articulate the real differences between male and female programming. If you haven’t checked it out yet, I would highly … Read more
If you’re here reading this blog, there’s a good chance you are very interested in things such as training and nutrition optimization for hockey performance. And in order to be confident in what you’re doing, I’m going to go ahead and assume you likely follow plenty of Facebook and Instagram pages, maybe subscribe to a … Read more
In a world where most people associate agility training by dancing the hokey-pokey with a ladder, it’s always a fun topic to discuss what agility truly is and how hockey athletes can train it off the ice. Agility is the combination of several physical qualities, but also several mental qualities. It’s easy to become consumed … Read more
Hockey speed has always been a popular topic here at hockeytraining.com. We get asked on a weekly, and sometimes daily basis what is the best thing an athlete can do for speed development. The answer to this is quite complex, as speed is a physical quality an athlete gains through a variety of proxy measurements, … Read more
In part 1 of this “Training Around Hockey Injuries” series we discussed some very important components towards injury, inflammation, and the cost/benefit analysis between various methods hockey players utilize to enhance their injury recovery process. Within this article, I want to stay inside the injury perspective but shed some light on active recovery and training … Read more
In this article, I’m going to show you the best ways you can work around the most common hockey injuries so that no matter what happens you’re always going to become a better hockey player! The idea for this article was suggested to me quite a while back but it can be a tough one … Read more
A lot of guys freak out when they need to take some time off, expecting unstoppable decreases in strength and muscle mass. The fact of the matter is that your body will not let go of muscle mass or strength training adaptations that easily, unless of course you let it with either bad habits or … Read more
I’ve discussed both flexibility and mobility a lot in the past within my agility, dynamic vs. static stretching, fix muscle tightness and how to skate faster blog posts as well as in a few of my training programs. So, lots of material to be discussed here including that of which has already been covered! Naturally, … Read more