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Hockey is one of the few team sports played on ice. Its fast-paced gameplay is filled with precise passes, blistering slapshots, and hard collisions—making hockey one of the best spectator sports. Two teams faceoff with a total of twelve players on the ice at a time, including two goalies. 

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Why ‘Shortening the Bench’ in Competitive Youth Sports Can Be a Good Thing
June 2, 2023
“I am the coach. I chose them to be on the team because I thought they were good enough. If they aren’t in a position to succeed, that’s my fault.” It was the playoffs. The game was tight and the clock was winding down. A player on the other team was just about to step […]
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Best Hockey-Specific Exercises
June 2, 2023
The volume, intensity, and frequency of these exercises would change depending on the goal of the training phase (pre-season, in-season, post-season, off-season, etc.) I have been repeating for many years on end now the phrase that should be beaten into the head of all my readers: Just because you’re training, doesn’t mean you’re training for […]
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Establish Puck Possession in the Offensive Zone
June 2, 2023
When it is not possible to attack the blue line with speed then it becomes important to play the puck into space where your teammates have the best chance to get to the loose puck. The blue line is the most strategic area of the ice.  Gain the blue line with possession and you can […]
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Hockey Workout – How to Set It Up
June 2, 2023
From a training specificity perspective, everything that a hockey athlete goes through is in short intense burst of highly energy-costly effort, and not long duration moderate intensity effort. When you are creating a workout for hockey performance, it must fall within the “big picture” plan for the entire years worth of training. A workout will […]
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Transition Pivot Hockey Races
June 2, 2023
At the cone they open up to a forward skate and race to the puck placed near the blue line by the coach. Players should try to open up without crossing over. This drill focuses on footwork for defense.  By incorporating a “race” into the drill it forces players to move their feet faster than […]
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What to Eat for Early Morning Hockey
June 2, 2023
When it comes to early morning hockey, we need need to always follow the four rules of game day nutrition We often get asked what hockey players should be eating when they’ve got a 9, 8 or even 7 am hockey game or practice. It’s a great question because, whether it’s a tournament game or […]
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Upper Body Hockey Workout
June 2, 2023
For hockey athletes specifically, the barbell row is an exercise that is particularly good for maintaining your posture during battles, improving your shot power, and majorly reducing your injury risk out on the ice. The world of hockey training has no shortage of lower body workouts, SAQ drills, speed training, and conditioning sessions – but […]
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Three Great Hockey Drills for Private Sessions
June 2, 2023
They skate in a figure eight and transition around the cones so they are always facing the stationary player. The entire time the two players are making as many passes as possible. It can be tricky to come up with unique, useful, and fun hockey drills to use in a summer session where you only […]
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A Behind-the-Net Powerplay Formation Driven by Analytics
June 2, 2023
A stationary power play is easier to defend, so make the penalty killers defend the entire offensive zone by using all of the space available. You often hear people describe sports leagues as copycat leagues. Whenever a team does something different, the rest of the league is quick to adopt their own version of it. […]
Invent the Game
June 2, 2023
Today most defenseman know a spin-o-rama is coming when a forward enters the zone if his teammates need to catch up. In other words the game needs to once again be invented. If you’re looking for a great summer read try Ken Dryden’s book The Game, which is part autobiography, part hockey manifesto. I find […]
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