A battle I have been fighting for a few years now is the idea that the most important exercises for hockey players are the exercises that are performed on an unstable surface. This type of approach demonstrates a severe lack of understanding in the training principles that are most deeply rooted within the sports science … Read more
“If you’re training for longer than 45mins, you’re making friends and not gains” “If you train longer than one hour, your cortisol goes up and your testosterone goes down and you’ll lose muscle” “You only need one hard set per muscle group, the rest is just junk volume” If you have been into training for … Read more
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
**Before checking out this article, I highly recommend downloading our FREE MVP Youth Hockey Training Package here that contains more information and workouts for you to take your kids performance to the next level** Hockey training for kids has quickly become one of the most popular topics here at HockeyTraining.com. Parents, coaches, and hundreds of … 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