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Hockey Training Stuff You Should Read

As I mentioned on Friday, this was the first weekend in the last three months that I wasn’t traveling or hosting guests. It was great to relax and unwind a bit. Emily and I shot down to Hockessin Athletic Club in Hockessin, DE to get massages and spend some time in the pool/sauna yesterday. A great way to recover and regenerate from a turbulent few months and prepare for more excitement ahead. As a quick aside, if you’re even remotely close to Hockessin (e.g. within 2 hours), you owe it to yourself to make a trip out to the health club. It’s my go-to spot to get a massage (I’ve had 6 different therapists and they’ve all been tremendous), and the facility itself is remarkable.

Having some downtime also allowed me to catch up on a little reading, some of which I wanted to share with you today. These are a handful of great articles from some of the brightest people I know. I’m fortunate to have opportunities to learn from these coaches, and we’re all fortunate that they take the time out of their busy schedules to share information with us! I also threw in an article on Mike Kadar of the Pittsburgh Penguins from NHL.com because I thought it was a great story!

  1. 5 Years of Cressey Performance: Success Isn’t Just Measured in Revenue from Eric Cressey
  2. As Little as Necessary from Jeff Cubos
  3. Early Rehab for Lumbo-Pelvic-Hip Injuries from Jeff Cubos
  4. Tweaking Physiology from Patrick Ward
  5. Tweaking Physiology Part 2: Divide and Conquer from Patrick Ward
  6. The Epidemic of Concussions from David Lasnier
  7. Expanding on the 1-Leg Squat from David Lasnier
  8. Assessment Using Single-Leg Deadlift Pattern from Matt Siniscalchi
  9. Thoughts on How to Organize Soccer Practices from Matt Siniscalchi
  10. Useful Pressing Progressions for Soccer Athletes from Matt Siniscalchi
  11. Not Overloading Athletes: Other Factors to Consider from Matt Siniscalchi
  12. Malkin Bringing Trainer Back to Moscow from NHL.com
  13. John Gaudreau Interview at Flames Prospect Camp (You may have to dig for this one)

I also wanted to let you know about two other great opportunities. Patrick Ward recently opened up spots for “online training” with him. If you’re interested in taking your performance to a new level, I highly recommend looking into this. You can read more information here: Online Training with Patrick Ward

Finally, Ranfone Training Systems in Hamden, CT is hosting a 2-day course with Charlie Weingroff in November. As you may recall (see: Training = Rehab Rehab = Training), I think very highly of Charlie. He’s a jack of all trades and a master of…well, all trades. And he’s constantly learning to become even better. If you’re a fitness or rehab professionals, I highly suggest signing up for this seminar: Charlie Weingroff at Ranfone Training Systems.

Last, but certainly not least, I wanted to extend a congratulations to the hockey players I’ve been fortunate to have an opportunity to work with that attended NHL prospect camps this year in Buddy Robinson (Vancouver Canucks), Chase Hatcher (Philadelphia Flyers), Nick Sorkin (Philadelphia Flyers) and John Gaudreau (Calgary Flames). Keep working hard!

Buddy either scored here, or plowed his 6’5″ 220lb frame straight through the net. Either way, I’m proud of you man!

That’s a wrap for today. Hopefully you’ll have an opportunity to sift through all of these articles. There is a ton of great info that applies to hockey players specifically and athletes in general.

To your success,

Kevin Neeld

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Top Hockey Development Posts of 2010

With 2011 officially upon us, I can’t help but reflect on what a great year 2010 was. A few of the highlights:

  1. We had an extraordinary Summer at Endeavor (awesome to watch Eric Tangradi score his first NHL goal and Colby Cohen play his first NHL game).
  2. I was able to make a trip out to San Jose to spend some time with my friend Mike Potenza, and another trip down to Raleigh to meet Pete Friesen and attend his Physio-Fitness Summit (which I recapped for a HockeyStrengthandConditioning.com article).
  3. My Ultimate Hockey Development Coaching Program was not only a big success, it was a lot of fun to do. The thing I like about doing “interviews” is that I pick up a lot of new stuff too. Joe Heiler, Jeff Cubos, Brijesh Patel and Jared Beach’s talks were especially enlightening to me, but I’ve heard great feedback about all the other talks as well.

  4. Along those same lines, the launch of HockeyStrengthandConditioning.com was particularly exciting. When I was growing up as a player, it was nearly impossible to get access to NHL coaches, players, trainers, etc. Now, the internet has made this exceptionally easy. The fact that you can now make a nominal investment and get immediate access to the guys that have help develop elite level hockey players at all ages doesn’t only appeal to me as a professional, it excites me as a former player. And the networking possibilities are unreal. When I was a senior at the University of Delaware, I wrote a letter to every US-based NHL Strength and Conditioning coaches inquiring about internship opportunities. While I wasn’t able to grab an internship out of their effort, there were a few NHL Strength Coaches that called me and spent some time giving me advice on how to break into the industry (Mike Kadar, who is now with the Pittsburgh Penguins was especially helpful). At HockeyStrengthandConditioning.com, you can post an inquiry on the forum and get responses from many of the top hockey strength and conditionign professionals in the world (including several that work in the NHL or with NHL players). Awesome.
  5. Emily and I made the move from Baltimore to Philadelphia at the end of August. My commute to Endeavor has dwindled to measly 25 minutes from what was a grueling 2 hour trek. It’s still enough time that I can go through an audio book every week, but short enough that I don’t need to wake up at 5:30 and drink 3 coffees and a spike just to make it to work (awake) by 8:30.

And finally, I’ve gotten terrific feedback on many of the posts on this site over the last year. It’s certainly come a long way from when I first started a few years back. As you continue to spread the word about this information to people you know, I continue to get more feedback to cater the content to your interests.

With all that said, here are the top Hockey Development posts of 2010!

7. Hockey Injuries: Sports Hernia Case Study

6. Hockey Training Tip to Prevent Shoulder Injuries

5. Hockey Training with the Vertimax

4. Randy Pausch, Will Smith, Kevin Neeld?

3. Video Reveals Secret to Developing Elite Level Hockey Players!

2. No One Conditions Alone

1. The Truth About Sidney Crosby

To your success,

Kevin Neeld

P.S. If you haven’t yet, go sign up for the 2011 Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar. It’s free, and the speaker line-up is incredible!

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