The rules for the Breaststroke pullout has changed A LOT over the past few years. With Kosuke Kitajima and many other swimmers performing illegal dolphin kicks during the Breaststroke pullouts, it caused some major controversy. With no legal dolphin kick being allowed originally, to now one dolphin kick being permitted prior to the first Breaststroke kick—there’s less than 5 […]

Today I want to talk about how hockey athletes should be approaching their nutrition in regards to their in-season body composition management and recovery from injury. Why these two topics? Well, body composition (the ratio of lean muscle mass to fat mass) is something a lot of hockey athletes actually regress with quite a bit […]

In less than one year, Mark McMorris went from being in a medically induced coma to standing on the Olympic medal stand.

The 2-3 (or 2-1-2) zone defense is the most commonly used zone defense, designed to stop the inside game. The 2-1-2 zone is the same as the 2-3, except that the middle low defender is positioned a little higher in the paint, so the terms can be used interchangeably. Good outside shooting can rip this […]

Some athletes have to overcome unthinkable injuries in order to claim glory. There are plenty of success stories that play out in front of the world during the Olympics. But sometimes the most inspiring examples of athleticism, courage, sportsmanship, and perseverance happen off the field of competition. Some athletes have to overcome unthinkable injuries in […]

Watching a ton of film, studying defenses and a great deal of experience will definitely assist ball carriers in developing this much-needed running back IQ. So you want to become a running back? Do you have good footwork and agility? How about your speed, size and strength? Although these basic factors can determine if you’re […]

One other thing you may need to do is have the pitcher throw into a screen or net rather than to a catcher. The reason is psychological. One of the most common problems I see when trying to teach fastpitch pitchers to learn to whip the arm through the release zone is overcoming the urge […]

Take yourself from an externally, heavy loaded movement and then follow suit with a totally unloaded, body weight movement. I better bring some heavy hitting material today if I’m going to open with a headline like that, shouldn’t I? Well, don’t worry about it. I got you covered. Today, I want to discuss the findings […]

We must allow soccer to take its place as the inspirational experience it has the potential to be. It is meant to unite us. It is meant to teach us. It is meant to bring us joy. The dust has settled, the emotional pleas for change have waned, and three months after the near apocalyptic […]

Once you have this down, it will improve all of your gym lifts which will have a direct transfer over to your hockey performance. Today, I want to be a little bit more specific (I provided over 30 exercises in my previous core article) and narrow in on the topic of what core bracing is, and […]