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
Strength training for sport performance is something that will benefit every single athlete out there, irrespective of what sport they compete in or what strength training experience they currently have. Why? Because strength is undoubtedly the mother of all qualities when it comes to athletic development. An athlete can never be too strong. This isn’t … Read more
Cross training has been used in sports for decades as a means of improving performance, increasing the rate of recovery, and maintaining conditioning during an injury in athlete’s who are not able to participate in regular hockey training or ice time. Old school coaches and athletes will simply just tell the common hockey player to … Read more
For any athlete in any sport, the ability to perform at your absolute best during the times of the year where it is most consequential is a critical aspect towards how you set up your training and nutritional periodization. The entire years training plan is critical to everything, but when performance at your absolute best … Read more
Multiple training sessions (which can include hockey tryouts or camps) within the same day can be a great way to make progress, but this is only true if your recovery is being given the required attention it will need during this time. Otherwise, you can burn out pretty quick. Trying to maintain performance and make … Read more
Today I want to talk about how hockey athletes should be approaching their nutrition in regards to their in-season body composition management and recovery from injury. Why these two topics? Well, body composition (the ratio of lean muscle mass to fat mass) is something a lot of hockey athletes actually regress with quite a bit … Read more