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Revolutionary Hockey Nutrition

Kevin Neeld — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:31 +0000

Just about every athlete that I’ve worked with at Endeavor has asked me some sort of supplement question. Every individual has a different perception of supplements. I’m surprised about some of the stereotypes associated with certain supplements: “Protein supplements are only for people that want to build muscle or ‘bulk up’” “Creatine is like steroids” [...]

This Week at Hockey Strength and Conditioning

Kevin Neeld — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:22 +0000

Check out what you missed this week over at Hockey Strength and Conditioning! Article: Leadership Lessons from the NHL from meA recap of the most important lessons I learned from my 1st NHL training camp. From talking to Coach Potenza, this is stuff that we agree all coaches AND players should know. Article: How Should [...]

Hockey Training Tips

Kevin Neeld — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:00:33 +0000

Sometimes things don’t always go as planned. I always say that my “programs” are really just templates because we constantly have to adapt things based on a player’s needs and abilities. As much as I love (and all of our players loathe) Bunkie Side Planks (I talk about this in a previous post: Hockey Core [...]

Transitional Hockey Speed Training

Kevin Neeld — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:14 +0000

A couple weeks back I posted a video of a lateral speed training starting position. If you missed it, you can check it out here: Hockey Speed Training: Lateral Start Progression. At the end of that post, I mentioned that we eventually go into strictly dynamic starts, or probably more accurately, we progress to an [...]

This Week at Hockey Strength and Conditioning

Kevin Neeld — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:00:22 +0000

Another great week over at Hockey Strength and Conditioning! This week we added: Program: Off-Season Hockey Training Program (4 day/week-Phase 3) from me This is the 3rd phase of our off-season hockey training programs at Endeavor. I’ve now posted 12 weeks of the EXACT programs we use to develop our elite level hockey players at [...]

Off-Season Hockey Development

Kevin Neeld — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:00:17 +0000

As the chaos typical of off-season hockey training starts to die down, I wanted to share some “Wednesday Wisdom” with you. 1) Hockey Development includes, or should I say necessitates, taking time AWAY from hockey! My friend David Lasnier talks about this and other great hockey training tips in a podcast he recently did with [...]

The Myth of Core Stability

Kevin Neeld — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:00:15 +0000

Few people would argue that core training is an integral part of an athletic development training program. Aesthetic benefits aside, core training is widely accepted as improving: Lumbar stability and therefore reducing risk and/or symptoms of low back pain Force transfer between the lower and upper body, which improves power in just about every athletic [...]

This Week at Hockey Strength and Conditioning

Kevin Neeld — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:00:10 +0000

If you aren’t a member of Hockey Strength and Conditioning, you’re missing a lot of great stuff. Over the last two weeks we’ve added: Webinar: In-Season Assessment and Rehab of a Back and Groin Injury from Jaime Rodriguez (Worcester Sharks) Program: Off-Season Goalie Plyometric Progressions from Mike Potenza (San Jose Sharks) Video: Lateral MiniBand Walk [...]

Athletic Development Stuff You Should Read

Kevin Neeld — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:00:55 +0000

I’ve been on a huge continuing ed kick recently and have come across some great stuff I want to share with you. New Study Finds 70 Percent of Able-Bodied Hockey Players have Abnormal Hip and Pelvis MRIs This brief article was written in mid March so it isn’t “new” anymore, but it’s still worth the [...]

Sport Specific Training vs. Sports-Specific Training

Kevin Neeld — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:00:12 +0000

For the last decade or so, the words “sport specific training” have frequented the marketing of people with services claiming (sometimes accurately) to develop athletes. The “sport-specific” movement was initially characterized by people taking identical movement found in sports (e.g. a baseball swing, a hockey shot, etc.) and providing some sort of resistance to the [...]