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Hockey Conditioning: Shuttle Runs and Slideboards

Kevin Neeld — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:43 +0000

A couple days ago, I wrote a post on why hockey players shouldn’t use exercise bikes to condition. If you missed it, check it out here: Hockey Conditioning: To Bike or Not to Bike! So if you aren’t going to bike, what should you do? The main two conditioning modalities that I recommend are: Shuttle Runs Pros: This full body high [...]

Hockey Conditioning: To Bike or Not to Bike!

Kevin Neeld — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:18 +0000

In an interview I did with Maria Mountain, I told her that I never have my hockey players ride bikes. If you missed the interview, you can listen here: Hockey Training Interview with Maria Mountain Given traditional hockey training practices, this comes as a pretty big surprise to most players and coaches. Let’s take a second to compare [...]

Hockey Training Expert Uncovered

Kevin Neeld — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:25 +0000

If you’ve been reading my posts and newsletters or talked to me at all in the last month, you know I’m VERY excited about the launch of my new site: Hockey Training Expert If you’re new to the site, you probably have some questions about what’s included and why you should join. To save you time, [...]

Innovative Practices in Strength and Conditioning

Kevin Neeld — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:12 +0000

I just wanted to let you know that my presentation “Innovative Practices in Strength and Conditioning” is now available for you to watch at Strength and Conditioning Webinars. The presentation is jammed with great hockey training information that you won’t find anywhere else. I was all hopped up on caffeine and Olympic Hockey, so I [...]

3 Tips from Olympic Hockey Players

Kevin Neeld — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:00:47 +0000

Sunday’s Olympic Gold Medal battle between the U.S. and Canada was one of the best hockey games I’ve ever seen. I was disappointed that the Americans couldn’t pull it out, but it’s hard to complain about a game like that. Hopefully the excitement will drive more deserved attention to the greatest sport on Earth (and [...]

Hockey Training Interview with Maria Mountain

Kevin Neeld — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:21:39 +0000

Listen to a hockey training interview I did with Maria Mountain and watch the video of my favorite core exercise for developing shot power in hockey players.

Hockey Training Presentation

Kevin Neeld — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:48 +0000

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up to let you know I’ll be giving a hockey training presentation for Anthony Renna’s site Strength and Conditioning Webinars this Saturday (2/27) at 2pm est. As you know, I’m a HUGE supporter of the site. It gives you access to dozens of presentations from some of [...]

3 Tips to Become a Better Hockey Player

Kevin Neeld — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:50:01 +0000

I’m still pumped up from USA’s win over Canada yesterday. When Ryan Kesler dove to score that empty net goal, I dove across the couch onto my girlfriend Emily in celebration (Amazingly, no Emilys were harmed in the making of that celebration). What a game. The good news for Canada fans: I think the US just [...]

Is Hockey Training Expert for Me?

Kevin Neeld — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:57:11 +0000

As a quick reminder, this is the last day to get a FREE copy of Breakaway Hockey Speed, Hockey Nutrition 101, and The Mental Performance Package for joining our Hockey Training Expert community! The other day I got an email from a parent that went like this: “This package sounds amazing but I think for my soon [...]

150+ Elite Hockey Commitments in 5 Years

Kevin Neeld — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:44:42 +0000

Wow! What an incredible day to start the Olympics. USA won. Canada won. Russia won. Results as expected so far. I’m really interested to see how Sweden looks today against Germany. Peter Forsberg has always been one of my favorite players; we’ll see if he’s still got it! As I alluded to in a previous post, [...]