I had this Friday off so I decided to put together a quick little brain-dump on in-season training with hockey players. Nothing new or outside the box, but some good reminders for other coaches working with hockey as well as a lot at what we are doing on a weekly basis. #1: Don't Underestimate the … Continue reading Thoughts on In-Season Hockey Training

First day back with @unhvolleyball and we got after a “Countdown” style aerobic circuit, using the assault bike, goblet squat, neutral grip push ups, inverted row, standing belly press, and med ball overhead slams. 🔴 1 Mile Ride 🔴 Round of 10 reps, Round of 9 reps 🔴 1 Mile Ride 🔴 Round of 8 … Continue reading Post Season Aerobic Circuit

🔷 Trains/improves anterior core power 🔷 Helps to teach and athlete how to transfer power from the ground, through the core, and out of the hands 🔷 Excellent drill for a throwing/overhead athlete to teach the posterior shoulder to decelerate effectively that is similar to throwing a ⚾️ or hitting a 🏐 🔷 Allows for … Continue reading Med Ball Overhead Throw

Why the Landmine Press has become a staple in our pressing movements: 🔶 Overhead Pressing is important for various reasons and needs to be trained - it’s often overlooked in favor of horizontal pressing like the bench press which is often over-emphasized by coaches/athletes. 🔶 Don’t try to fit a square leg in a round … Continue reading Why We Love Landmine Pressing

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! "The human body is incredibly complex. Training isn't." - Jorge Carvajal Couldn't agree more. Push and pull things. Hip hinge and bridge. Squat on one and two legs. Carry things. Perform anti-extension/rotation/lateral-flexion … Continue reading Monday Musings

Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into. Like every other week, there was a ton of content out there both in written form and through podcasts. For podcasts, both of the Pacey Performance Podcasts (Ryan Horn & Boo Schexnayder) were great. Ryan has a … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

Complex Training: pairing a biomechanically similar strength exercise (we go with 3-5 reps) with a power exercise (we go with 5-8 reps depending on the exercise) to improve power development. Our first lift of the week in-season is typically more strength oriented. Our second in-season lift of the week we typically perform more of a … Continue reading Complex Training for Power Development

“During most activities, the primary role of the abdominal muscles is to provide isometric support and LIMIT the degree of rotation of the trunk.” - Shirley Sahrmann 💥 Anti-Extension: exercises where the goal is to resist extension of the spine ➡️ rollouts, fallouts, body saws, front plank variations, deadbugs, etc 💥 Anti-Rotation: exercises where the … Continue reading “Anti” Core Training

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - George Bernard Shaw. … Continue reading Monday Musings

Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into this past week. Like every week, there was a ton of content out there both in written form and through podcasts. For podcasts, I really enjoyed both the Pacey Performance with Eric Renaghan who spoke a lot … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review