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How To: Warm-up For a Hockey Game
Before I start to explain how you should be warming up, I have to ask… Do you warm-up before your hockey games? And I don’t mean the warm-up on the ice. While this warm-up is important, it’s more of a tactical warm-up to get you feeling the puck, to get used to the ice […]
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This Only Affects You! The Female Hockey Player
It’s not fair but sometimes things in life aren’t fair and this is one of those times. Whether you’re male or female under eating and over working will have huge negative effects on your performance. But the thing that’s really scary is, not only does under eating have negative effects on a female’s performance it […]
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Do’s & Don’ts of Core Training
In my post where I show you how to use only a Swiss Ball to get a good core workout, I talk about how the core is the most important muscle group we have. It connects the upper and lower extremities together. The better this connection is the better job the body can do at […]
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Active Recovery
In my last post, I talked about the importance of rest and the large role it plays in our recovery. If you haven’t yet read the article I suggest you do by clicking here. If you did read my last post then you’ll know there are two types of recovery, passive and active. And today […]
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Rest Is a Weapon
To achieve anything worth having you must have an incredible work ethic. I feel it’s imperative to work harder than your competition to get what you want, whether that be in hockey or life. It’s no different when it comes to training, you need to put the time to get the results you want. While […]
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Benefits of Suspension Training
Hockey players need to have many different aspects of athleticism to be successful. They need to be strong, fast, powerful, agile, and possess a great amount of endurance. So when it comes to training, if you only train a certain way or only use a select amount of equipment you may be missing out on […]
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How To: Relieve Low Back Pain
I’m sure at some point in your career you have experienced discomfort in your lower back. It’s almost unavoidable for hockey players because of our skating stance. Not only are hockey players bent over at the waist placing extra stress on the lower back they also place a huge amount of stress on the musculature […]
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Hockey Swiss Ball Core Workout
The core is the most important group of muscles we have! The reason I can say this with such confidence is because the core is the connection between the upper and lower extremities. The core conducts energy between our extremities. The stronger the core the better the connection, the better the connection the more power […]
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How To: Increase Hip Mobility
Does your back get sore from skating? Are you always having groin and or hip flexor issues? Does your skating coach tell you that you have a short stride or that you need to get deeper in your skating stance? All these problems might stem from the same issue. YOU HAVE TIGHT HIPS! It is […]
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In-Season Recovery
The level of hockey you’re at will determine how many games you play in a week. Whether you are playing 4 games a week or only 2 on the weekend, your recovery between games is extremely important. The best players in the world are the most consistent. These are players that are able to play […]
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