Preventing Overtraining in Young Hockey Players

Preventing Overtraining in Young Hockey Players

Overtraining is one of those things that can sneak up on a young hockey player (or his or her family) and take a toll before anyone even notices what’s happening. It usually starts with good intentions — kids want to improve, parents want to give them every opportunity, and coaches want to get the most out of their players…

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8-Minute Healthy Shoulder Warm Up

Dave Schmitz, known as The Band Man, suggests that his 8-Minute Healthy Shoulder Warm Up routine will mobilize the entire upper body while activating the rotator cuff and scapular stabilizers

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Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 2

Great Hockey Conditioning Ideas – Part 2

I think it’s important to mention a few things before actually showing you what we’ve been up to. Okay, so what I’ve done is to design almost a simulated game for my high school guys.  Oh, they weren’t going to be playing, but they wer going to condition themselves in game-like fashion. During our first…

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