In this article, I’m going to break down the science and application of loaded stretching, which hockey players can use to improve their all-around hockey performance, regardless of what their current focus is. Sport-specific training is a term that has been misused by coaches who don’t understand sports science, making it difficult to define it … Read more
In men’s leagues, your body handles training differently than it did when you were a young buck. This is especially true if you have been playing hockey for a long time. A hockey player who has been playing consistently since he was five years old will have much more wear and tear than a recreational … Read more
The word bullet-proof is used in sports to describe an athlete with a physical structure that is impossible to budge, break, or stop from accomplishing their task. To become the best hockey player you can be, you need to extend that definition to encompass your mindset as well, because your mindset is a fundamental ingredient … Read more
In this article, I’m going to give men’s league hockey players the blueprint they need to tackle their dryland training in the most efficient and productive way possible, so their on-ice performance can reach a completely new level. In order to design an effective men’s league hockey training program, it’s vital to understand the specific … Read more
Hockey players are tough, both mentally and physically. They train many hours every single week—and do so for years on end. When you do this for long enough, at some point you’re going to want to throw in what I refer to as a “rattlesnake workout.” I can’t remember exactly how I coined that term, … Read more
It’s game day. You want nothing more than to step onto the ice and perform at your absolute best. You’ve dreamed about scoring. You’ve visualized blowing by the competition. The idea of becoming the team’s hero for the night fills you up with so much excitement that you can’t wait to get out there and … Read more
The real truth of hockey performance is that we are now living in an age where the abundance of accessible information is so great that we are in a strange cultural state of facts/alternative facts, information/misinformation, and everything else in between. It is naïve to think all these content providers and “experts” are well-read in … Read more
In this article, I’m going to break down why utilizing the FRESH FACTOR™ System is the most complete approach a hockey player can take toward feeling fresh all game long, so they can dominate every time they step out on the ice. Most people think feeling “fresh” is simply a result of elite conditioning levels—and … Read more
Within my videos, podcasts, and articles, I’ve tried to present hockey players with something new, logical, hockey-specific, well-researched, and actionable on a weekly basis for many years now. However, it dawned on me recently that I have yet to create a “putting it all together” segment so that you, the motivated hockey player, can create … Read more
The Garners, when not in the gym attacking the iron, drive modest and dependable vehicles, both SUVs—one’s a Honda and the other is a Jeep. They do the job, look presentable after a washing and don’t break our hearts when we see the gas bill. We drive our wheels hard, but don’t beat them up. … Read more