On this page you will find Hockey Training articles that will help you become a faster skater, increase your explosiveness, give you better conditioning levels, and make you an all-around better hockey player.
Why Training on Unstable Surfaces Isn’t Optimal for Hockey Players As the subtitle above completely gives away, this week I’ll be breaking down my personal opinions on unstable surface training and why I believe hockey players would be better spent using their off-ice gym time using other training methods. As an introduction, we’ll first need … Read more
I’m going to switch gears here this week from sports science theory and talk a bit about one of the most important concepts any REAL athlete or coach will tell you that you need in order to reach your potential. That is consistency and remaining consistent with everything that you do. 1. Your meal plan. … Read more
We all know somebody who has some really strong lifts in the weight room, but just can’t seem to put it together athletically out on the ice. That strength just doesn’t seem to be transferring to their speed, agility, quickness, or even shot power. One the other hand, we also all know somebody who moves … Read more
There are many varying opinions in the strength and conditioning world, but when it comes to off-season training program design, the coaches with the highest levels of experience can agree on most main things. Outside of the obvious things such as the training principles we should all be aware of, which are deeply rooted in the … Read more
In my last blog post titled “How Hockey Players Can Manage Fatigue” I went over some of the primary sources of fatigue most relevant to hockey players, their individual implications on performance and some of the best strategies in which to manage them for optimal recovery and adaptation. Over the course of this blog post I … Read more
In the area of sports science, fatigue is a very complex and important topic. It is tough to discuss fatigue without first defining the principle of overload. I will first explain the principle of overload and then we will take a look at some major contributors to fatigue for hockey players and how hockey players can … 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** As is stands right now in the strength and conditioning industry, there isn’t a whole lot of quality information out there … Read more
Today’s article is going to cover how to increase your on-ice performance with a proper stretching routine and provide you with some of the best stretches for hockey players. I’ll break it down in the following categories: Static Stretching For Hockey Dynamic Stretching For Hockey Hockey Mobility Training Best Hockey Stretches Let’s dive into things… … Read more
Is running long distance bad for hockey players? Yes and no. As I have outlined in another blog titled Hockey Conditioning 101 and also in my most recent webinar on hockey conditioning, it is not ideal to make the bulk of your cardiovascular conditioning work for hockey come from low intensity, long duration efforts. I … Read more
Hockey Correction Series: Part 2 Tightness To continue the correctional series that’s going to help you take you to the next level of hockey performance (if you missed part 1, check this out), I’m going to be moving into the topic of specific tightnesses hockey players run into due to the movement mechanics of what … Read more