Eccentric Training, NHL Networking, and The Difference Between ‘Important’ and ‘Interesting’ with Chad Drummond

By: Matt Harder, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Minnesota Wild If you haven’t heard of or used ChatGPT yet, let me tell you a bit about it. ChatGPT is a conversational AI model developed by OpenAI. It is based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) architecture and is trained on a massive amount of text…

Eccentrics. It’s a polarizing word, isn’t it? One of those words that summons a devilish smirk to a strength coach’s face. It’s the same word that simultaneously instills a guttural fear into every college hockey player that cheated on their Kinesiology 101 test. Strength coach sadism aside, there is little doubt that eccentric training benefits just…

Cynthia J. Wright, PhD, ATC*; Brent L. Arnold, PhD, ATC, FNATA†; Scott E. Ross, PhD, ATC, FNATA Thanks to the NATA for letting us use this research paper. Altered Kinematics and Time to Stabilization During Drop-Jump Landings in Individuals With or Without Functional Ankle Instability Cynthia J. Wright, PhD, ATC*; Brent L. Arnold, PhD, ATC, FNATA†; Scott E. Ross, PhD, ATC, FNATA‡ *Whitworth University, Spokane,…