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Here is a Hurdle warm-up routine I use not only pre-workout, but pre-game and pre-practice as well....Keep Reading ›

I like to incorporate 1 leg DB rows into the team's training. I feel rowing is an important movement and I also like this because it is a contralateral pattern. Plus, it provides some additional glute activation....Keep Reading ›

Here are some clips of some of my pro and major junior players who I work with in the off-season doing cleans....Keep Reading ›

This is National Team player Kyle Osterberg performing jump squats. He is a forward on our team of 1994's. I consider this to be very heavy weights for this exercise....Keep Reading ›

Here is an article that I wrote for www.DragonDoor.com...Keep Reading ›

Since Darryl posted the NTDP's Summer Strength Training Program, I decided to post 4 phases of the Warm Up and Plyo/Sprint work we do before strength work. This is what we are using for our college/pro players this summer....Keep Reading ›

This is a video re-cap of UMass Lowell's summer training program....Keep Reading ›

Here is an in season strength training program that I used with the National Team Development Program in January of 2015....Keep Reading ›

Here are a couple lateral plyometric progressions that I have used. The big thing to look for here is alignment. Particularly on the landings. Shoulders level to the ground and not a lot of torso twisting on these drills....Keep Reading ›

This is a sled push variation that I started using this year. Nothing ground breaking but it does give us some variety in our training....Keep Reading ›

In this guest post from DPT Greg Roskovensky, find out how to tell if you are dealing with a mobility or a stability problem....Keep Reading ›

The following article is another original Hockey Physiology article written in 1995 by Michael H. Cox, et al. from the Graduate Hospital for Human perfromance and Sports Medicine Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania and The University of Bristdh Columbia, School of Human Kinetics....Keep Reading ›

A good strength training program is a powerful tool for making your players faster skaters....Keep Reading ›

This video is showing anti-rotational core training with the drive sled....Keep Reading ›

This is Phase 4 of our 5-Day Off-Season Program. The focus of this phase was to continue developing multidirectional speed, multidimensional power (e.g. high load low velocity and low load high velocity power), and to begin developing the lactic systems to a greater degree in preparation for the season....Keep Reading ›

Great way to warm-up the hips in all three planes....Keep Reading ›

A great to the point article by American Development Model director Ken Martel....Keep Reading ›

This video shows some progressions of single arm cable rowing I have used in an attempt to incorporate more contra-lateral patterns into our strength training....Keep Reading ›

Here are some great videos of slide board progressions from Darryl Nelson of USA Hockey....Keep Reading ›

In the past I've woven good Facebook threads into articles. This is another case of a Facebook exchange turning into an article idea. This exchange began with the following Facebook post from Donnell Boucher, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at The Citadel....Keep Reading ›