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I hope you’re wrapping up a great week.

This is a FINAL friendly reminder that the launch sale for Optimizing Adaptation & Performance ends in 12 hours (midnight tonight).

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James LaValle, Mike Potenza and I sought to create a learning environment that we simply didn’t see anywhere else in the industry.

We wanted to show practitioners how different components of a comprehensive health and performance plan can be integrated to deliver optimal results.

Program design and delivery, sports science, and nutrition/supplementation shouldn’t live in their own silos. They should be orchestrated together to identify the athletes’ primary limiting factor to success and to help find the best possible solution.

A more diverse knowledge base and skill set allows you to help more people, and deliver better results, faster.

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We continue to receive outstanding feedback from professionals working in both private and team settings, and I know you’ll benefit from the content as well.

In fact, we’re so confident you’ll be blown away by the value of the information that we’re offering a 60-day “no questions asked” 100% money back guarantee!

Simply – you can access all of the videos and accompanying presentation slides for a full 60-days, and if you don’t feel like the information is making a significant impact on your programming and overall performance strategies, email me and I’ll immediately process a full refund.

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All the best,

Kevin Neeld
HockeyTransformation.com
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UltimateHockeyTraining.com

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Inside Speed Training for Hockey…

Since publishing Ultimate Hockey Training in 2011, I received three specific pieces of feedback repeatedly.

The first was a request for programs.

This is pretty straight forward. For many hockey coaches, players, and parents, they just wanted to know exactly what to do, not necessarily all the “whys”.

And for performance coaches, seeing programs helps provide visual examples of how all the pieces fit together.

The second was a question that came up over and over – “What do I need to do to get quicker/faster?”

As the game continues to get faster, speed becomes a huge factor in whether players are able to successfully compete at a certain level.

A general strength and conditioning program will likely be helpful for most people, there are definitely specific considerations if a player’s primary goal is to improve speed.

Lastly, many of the hockey coaches, players, and parents wanted simpler language.

Here’s the thing – I really wrote Ultimate Hockey Training for “performance” professionals. There was a lot of foundational science and industry “lingo” that was tough to follow without a background in kinesiology/exercise science.

I said in my last email that I really appreciated your feedback, and I meant it.

In fact, your feedback led directly to the creation of Speed Training for Hockey.

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My goal in writing Speed Training for Hockey was simple…

Put together a comprehensive resource on all topics related to speed development for hockey written in language that can be easily understood by hockey coaches, players, and parents.

In Speed Training for Hockey, you’ll learn:

Age-specific training strategies to help optimize speed across different stages of development
Technique tips for improving speed both off and on the ice
Simple tests to identify range of motion limitations that will prevent you from getting into your ideal skating position
The specific physical qualities that you need to develop to maximize your speed potential
The most effective foundational nutrition and recovery methods to help you compete at high speeds consistently
Powerful strategies to help maximize your game-speed and give you a competitive advantage over your competition

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And to take the guesswork completely out of this process, you’ll also get access to three 12-week off-season training programs designed for players in the U-14 (PeeWees), 14-18 (Bantams & Midgets), and 18+ (Juniors and College) age groups.

These programs integrate all of the information in the book to provide you with everything you need to maximize your speed development AND your ability to repeat that high-speed efforts consistently over the course of a game.

This includes warm-up, speed/acceleration, power, strength, conditioning, and flexibility work, all specifically designed to make players faster.

The programs are accompanied by a video database, so you can see exactly how to correctly perform all of the exercises, and tips on how to make adjustments if you’re missing certain pieces of equipment.

Simply, short of including a power skating coach, Speed Training for Hockey includes everything you need to maximize your speed development.

And for the next two weeks, you can save over 39% on your copy by clicking the link below!

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As always, feel free to post any questions you may have below.

To your success,

Kevin Neeld
HockeyTransformation.com
OptimizingMovement.com
UltimateHockeyTraining.com

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Strength Coach Podcast: Optimizing Adaptation and Performance

Last week I had an opportunity to join Anthony Renna on the Strength Coach Podcast to discuss our upcoming seminar Optimizing Adaptation and Performance.

During the interview, we discussed:

My assessment and performance profiling process and how it influences program design
Specific examples of how to train around ankle mobility limitations
Strategies to individualize training programs in group settings
Workload and recovery monitoring
The importance of integrating skill/sport coaches into discussions on training goals

The podcast is available here: Optimizing Adaptation & Performance with Kevin Neeld

If you have any questions about the podcast or the seminar, feel free to post them in the comments section below.

To your success,

Kevin Neeld
HockeyTransformation.com
OptimizingMovement.com
UltimateHockeyTraining.com

P.S. We’re less than two weeks out from our seminar. If you’re interested in learning a comprehensive model of athlete performance, including the assessment and analysis tools, as well as programming, recovery, nutrition and supplementation strategies to best serve the individual needs of today’s athlete, check out this link: Optimizing Adaptation and Performance.

Optimizing Adaptation and Performance Seminar

Today I have news that I’m extremely excited to share with you.

James LaValle, Mike Potenza, and I are doing a new seminar this Summer called Optimizing Adaptation and Performance.

The one-day seminar will be hosted at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in Woburn, MA on Saturday July 14th, 2018. We just found out that the seminar has been approved for CEUs from the NSCA as well.

The seminar will dive into topics spanning the entire performance continuum, including:

Using blood markers and physiological goals to drive different nutrition and supplementation interventions to enhance adaptation, maximize performance, or facilitate recovery
Efficient ways to use assessment and monitoring data to improve individualization of training and recovery methods within a team environment
Effective program design strategies used to retain performance qualities and allow for recovery during times of increased competitive demand and stress

As a brief intro to the speakers…

James LaValle is one of the world’s leading experts in clinical pharmacology. In addition to consulting with collegiate and professional teams, Olympic athletes, and major pharmaceutical and nutrition companies like Bayer, CVS, Rite Aid, P&G, Helsin, and Thorne Research, he has authored 16 ebooks and 20 books including his most recently book, Your Blood Never Lies, and his best seller, Cracking the Metabolic Code. He was also selected to direct the Pro Football Hall of Fame state of the art performance and health rejuvenation facility at the Institute for a Hall of Fame Life in Canton, OH. James specializes in using blood markers to create an individualized plan to nutrition and supplementation. Despite an incredibly accomplished resume, he could very well be the best kept secret in sports performance.

Mike Potenza is entering his 13th year as the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the San Jose Sharks, which he joined after working at Wisconsin, Harvard and Colgate. He was also the Director of Performance for two United States Air Force Pararescue teams within the National Guard Bureau, overseeing performance testing, program design and implementation, establishing reporting metrics on injury trends, resource usage and team readiness, as well as directing the physical therapist and orthopedic manual therapist for the forces. In both settings, Mike is heavily involved with directing rehabilitation and reconditioning efforts to help bridge the gap between acute rehab and a full return to elite level performance/competition.

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Needless to say, it’s going to be an awesome day. There is an incredible amount of education and experience behind the methods we’ll discuss at the seminar. Simply, the strategies you’ll learn work, and they’re incredibly powerful.

You can find a full itinerary below:

The overarching goal of the day is to provide you with a comprehensive model of athlete performance, including the assessment and analysis tools, as well as programming, recovery, nutrition and supplementation strategies to best serve the individual needs of today’s athlete.

I’m personally excited to hear James’ and Mikes’ presentations. With an in-house lunch, and a round table discussion to end the day, I also think a lot of the best exchanges will come through discussions with the audience.

In short, this will be a great opportunity to learn powerful strategies to help your athletes, get CEUs, and network with other sharp professionals within the field.

I hope to see you there! Feel free to email me with any questions or post them below.

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To your success,

Kevin Neeld
HockeyTransformation.com
OptimizingMovement.com
UltimateHockeyTraining.com

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“Kevin Neeld is one of the top 5-6 strength and conditioning coaches in the ice hockey world.”
– Mike Boyle, Head S&C Coach, US Women’s Olympic Team

“…if you want to be the best, Kevin is the one you have to train with”
– Brijesh Patel, Head S&C Coach, Quinnipiac University

2016 Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar

I say this every year, but once again my friend Joe Heiler from Sports Rehab Expert is putting together an awesome teleseminar series with some of the world’s top professionals in sports rehabilitation and performance training known as the 2016 Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar.

The series starts this coming Tuesday (March 8th) at 8pm EST, and will feature a new guest speaker each week. The best part is that the interviews are completely FREE.

Each Tuesday Joe will email you a link where you can catch the interviews. You don’t need to be online at the time of the call to get access to it. The interviews will be recorded and available for another 2 weeks from that point.

I like these interviews because they always dive into a lot of content; they’re not just glorified sales pitches. I actually have a playlist on my phone that has a lot of interviews from the last 7 years that I’ll return back to during my drive in from work or on flights.

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Possibly because of my unbridled enthusiasm for this series, this year Joe asked me to be a guest.

In the interview we discuss:

Why a lot of people are missing the boat when training to prevent injuries
Training methods that have fallen out of favor in the last 8 years (including some of the limitations of concurrent periodization, and why tabata’s are ridiculous)
Why you should never ask if an exercise is “good” again
The biggest challenge I face in coaching athletes
The current research on hockey hip injuries, and a case study of how I helped a Division 1 collage player stave off surgery
How we set up our business to allow us to successfully implement individualized programs in a group setting

Check out the rest of this year’s line-up!

Charlie Weingroff – developing training systems with Canada basketball, ‘one shot – one kill’ using the SFMA, and the benefits for PT’s and patients of developing an out-of-network practice.
Mike Reinold – creating your practice around your core values, upper quarter assessment emphasizing shoulder elevation, and return to play criteria.
Rob Panariello and Al Vermeil – athletic development hierarchy and discussions on developing movement efficiency, strength, elastic qualities, speed, and more…
Quinn Henoch – mobility and stability requirements for weight lifting, injury prevention in a sport that focuses on loading, and the Jefferson Curl as a possibility for developing spinal resiliency.
Zac Cupples – learning the PRI system, utilizing PRI in professional basketball, repositioning tricks with challenging patients, favorite manual and non-manual techniques, and more…
Kyle Kiesel – Selective Functional Movement Assessment updates, keys to learning the system, finding the key dysfunction, as well as an update on the research and his treatment of athletic low back pain.
Mike Voight – developing the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) model, the role of the SFMA, mobility/stability requirements for swinging a club, common injuries and solutions, and more…
Mike Robertson – growing IFAST and valuable lessons learned, finding that ‘sweet spot’ between hard training and injury prevention, as well as some favorite correctives and hard core lifts.

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To your success,

Kevin Neeld
HockeyTransformation.com
OptimizingMovement.com
UltimateHockeyTraining.com

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Year-round age-specific hockey training programs complete with a comprehensive instructional video database!

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“Kevin Neeld is one of the top 5-6 strength and conditioning coaches in the ice hockey world.”
– Mike Boyle, Head S&C Coach, US Women’s Olympic Team

“…if you want to be the best, Kevin is the one you have to train with”
– Brijesh Patel, Head S&C Coach, Quinnipiac University