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On today's episode I'm joined by Scotty Livingston, former NHL Strength coach and now owner of Premier Performance in Montreal, Quebec Canada to talk about the power of proper breathing , and we also have a great chat about the evolution of the NHL Strength Coach....Keep Reading ›

Thanks to Kevin for sharing this article with HSC!...Keep Reading ›

Two hip mobility exercises and a dynamic activation exercise for hockey players to include in their dynamic warm-ups....Keep Reading ›

On Episode 19 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, we hear from our final presenter for the Great Lakes Hockey Strength and Conditioning Clinic, University of Michigan's Hockey Strength and Conditioning Coach Joe Maher. We talk about some essential parts of creating a yearly training plan to maximize performance when it counts the most....Keep Reading ›

I hear the comment from coaches and parents all the time, that their son, daughter, or player needs an individualized training program. As a coach who has dealt with and currently deals with a high volume of athletes training at one time, I am not a believer in a programming system that exclusively prescribes individualized workouts for every athlete....Keep Reading ›

On the 28th episode of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Coach Kevin Carr from Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning talks about his article "Why Our Athletes are So Healthy", and reveals the top 3 reasons MBSC athletes tend to stay on the ice and out of the training room....Keep Reading ›

Sarah Cahill joins me to talk about how she got involved with the US Womens National Team, the challenges associated with that position, and also her new opportunity at the non-profit Inner City Weightlifting....Keep Reading ›

Raised in Scotland, played Jr in Canada, played Division 1 hockey at Maine, and now earns his living playing for the Belfast Giants in Northern Ireland. Colin Shields has a story that's far from ordinary, but there are pieces that apply to all of us as players and coaches...Keep Reading ›

On this episode of the Hockey Strength Podcast we spend time with University of Minnesota Head Olympic Strength Coach and pioneer of Triphasic Training, Cal Dietz. Cal has been teaching Reflexive Performance Reset clinics around the world and shares some pretty incredible stuff with us about what it can do...Keep Reading ›

Here are some recent training videos of Quinnipiac's Hockey team featuring Strength and Conditioning Coach and HockeySC contributor, Brijesh Patel. Coach B was kind enough to let us post them to the site....Keep Reading ›

When selecting players for your teams, consider the following two approaches. Do you pick A) good hockey players and then try to make them more athletic, or B) good athletes and try to make them better at hockey?...Keep Reading ›

I recently returned from Russia where I was privileged to co-direct the off-ice strength and performance-testing element for an NHL prospects camp hosted by Pavel Datsyuk in Yekaterinburg, Russia. My experiences over the three weeks were thrilling, educational, and hilarious all at the same time....Keep Reading ›

Mike is back with a DEEP dive on mindfulness for athletes and how we as coaches cultivate mindfulness in our players during training sessions....Keep Reading ›

On today's episode, we speak to Miami University Hockey Strength Coach, Justin Roethlingshoefer about how he is using 1080 Maps to assess his players, the 1080 Sprint to test performance, and the value of the information he's getting from those tests....Keep Reading ›

Kevin talks about how the Sharks use testing to individualize the training process for the players....Keep Reading ›

In these videos, Cal walks us through several case studies of athletes who benefitted from quad resets using RPR....Keep Reading ›

Mobility and flexibility are essential to an athlete's ability to perform and stay healthy but it's kind of a tricky issue. This is a great article from Brijesh Patel's SB Coaches College....Keep Reading ›

Sometimes, telling your athletes they will get stronger, faster, and resist injury isn't quite enough to get them fired up for a workout. Here are some of the basics you can use to get them to buy in, and get motivated to do the work....Keep Reading ›

In this super-sized episode we talk about the cyclicality of having a hockey business... crushed in the summer, quiet in the winter...Keep Reading ›

Can motor adaptions to pain be changed with intervention? In this follow-up article to his first pain article, What is Pain Telling You?, Physical Therapist Greg Roskovensky digs into how pain affects motor control, and what we should be aware of with athletes who are coming back from injury....Keep Reading ›