Whether it’s a big game or just a practice, warming up the right way can make a huge difference in how you feel and perform on the ice. Unfortunately, most players either skip warm-ups entirely or rely on outdated routines that do little to actually prepare their body or mind for hockey’s demands. In this … Read more

In-season strength and conditioning is important at all levels of hockey, this includes youth hockey athletes.  A typical hockey season will last roughly six months, if you take this time off from your dryland work, this means your opponents are getting twice as much training as you are every year. Hopefully, hockey players have a … Read more

In this article, I’m going to lay out some of the foundational concepts surrounding how ice hockey goalies can start maximizing their off-ice training to become more explosive, improve their mobility, and become an all-round better goalie.  I know many goalies follow us here at HockeyTraining.com and they have been waiting for more goalie specific … Read more

One thing I always like to remind my hockey athletes is the fact that you’re not in the gym to become a better weight lifter, you’re in the gym to become a better hockey player.  There is a very strong distinction between the two.  Weightlifters only care about moving the bar from Point A to … Read more

In today’s article, I want to give you straightforward answers on all of the most common questions we get here at Hockey Training about what parents and coaches should be doing from a training perspective with their youth athletes.  In modern times, we are well aware that the idea of weight lifting programs for youth … Read more

In this article, I’m going to show you some of my favorite hip mobility exercises to help you improve your all-around hockey performance. A hockey player is bent over at the waist for pretty much the entire game: during a face-off, when taking a shot, when skating, and even while sitting on the bench. And … Read more

Hey hockey player, in this article I want to discuss the physiology behind enhancing your work capacity and then outline a strategy for you that you can use for the next three-months to boost your conditioning levels not just through conditioning workouts, but through your weight lifting workouts as well. What this article is not … Read more

In today’s article, I want to run you through a complete core workout that you can use to improve your all-around hockey performance.  I say “all-around” hockey performance because it’s just the truth, there isn’t a single movement out on the ice that you can connect back to optimal core function. A well-developed core will … Read more