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Andrew Kacsor, Head S&C Coach of the Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod discusses some of the challenges specific to training in the KHL......Keep Reading ›

The work of Dr Vladimir Janda has given us a name for one of the most common postural issues in athletes today. Dr Janda was a neurologist and physiatrist who became well known for his research on categorizing and treating musculoskeletal pain, and he helped coin the terms upper and lower crossed syndrome. In these conditions, he identified two groups of muscles based upon their development....Keep Reading ›

The Complete Guide to Improving T-Spine Rotation....Keep Reading ›

Eoin Kirwan discusses his research with the Belfast Giants (United Kingdom, EIHL) and how you can support this research on hockey players....Keep Reading ›

In my experience as a player and coach, way too many hockey players consider groin strains a normal part of playing. These injuries frequently pop up in the pre-season when players aren't used to a high volume of skating (or skating at all for some players!)....Keep Reading ›

Three band exercises to improve skating position and posture....Keep Reading ›

Jim Reeves is a Certified Athletic Therapist (CATA) and Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) who has been with Mind to Muscle in Mississauga, Canada since 2001....Keep Reading ›

Maria Mountain, MSc, CSCS is the owner of Revolution Sport Conditioning located in London, Ontario, Canada.  Since starting out as a fitness coach in 1994, Maria has developed a reputation for...Keep Reading ›

Sean Skahan from the Minnesota Wild joins...Keep Reading ›

A framework to help you know whether your athletes need to do more or less work......Keep Reading ›

As in many sports, elite-level hockey is evolving at an incredibly rapid pace. Speed and skill are more present than ever before. They are the very nucleus that elite-level hockey is growing around. A...Keep Reading ›

Allie Bendus from Moto Athletic shares what it means to be "clutch" and simple steps players and coaches can take to be more clutch....Keep Reading ›

In this part one of Dr. Michelle Boland's series on training for change of direction, she discusses the principles for training in hockey to be able to effectively start, stop, speed up, slow, cut, deke, and movements requiring changes of speed....Keep Reading ›

The Vo2 max test is and probably always will be the most scrutinized fitness test for hockey. Yet, since hockey has started to embrace physical testing many years ago, it is probably the most popular test administered at all levels of hockey....Keep Reading ›

Do you really need a Masters Degree? If so, is there an easier way?...Keep Reading ›

We have recently rediscovered a training exercise you probably haven't done since middle school. Find out why jumping rope can be a valuable tool in your programming....Keep Reading ›

During the course of an NHL season, the ability to recover from games is crucial.  There are multiple instances of back-to-back games as well as situations where a team may play up to 5 games in ...Keep Reading ›

The NHL Scouting Combine takes place during the last week of May every year at a hotel in Toronto....Keep Reading ›

There has been lots of great thought processes shared for the role of the foot in regards to function and sports performance....Keep Reading ›

Supplements…everybody's favorite training topic. What supplements are you taking? What supplements should I be taking? What supplements will get me huge? Will protein powder hurt my kidneys? Is creatine dangerous? As a nutritionist at a facility that trains hundreds of athletes I get questions on supplements all day every day, some like the ones listed above. Here is the dirty little secret on supplements…no matter which ones you take, they won't do squat if you aren't eating enough real, whole, high quality food. When it comes to getting bigger, stronger, faster and leaner, no supplement in the world is better than consuming copious amounts of real food. Granted, some supplements do offer a lot of benefit, but supplements should be used to enhance a good diet, not replace it....Keep Reading ›