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I have always believed in having our athletes perform activation exercises to “turn on” muscles with the intention of preventing injuries. During our off-season workouts, we will always perform an activation exercise for our hip extensors, abductors, and flexors immediately after foam rolling. Exercises such as glute bridges, straight leg abductions, and hip flexions for…
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Can ChatGPT Teach Me Everything I Need To Know About Being a Strength and Conditioning Coach?
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…
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Thinking Outside the kBox: Holistic Eccentric Training for Hockey Players
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…
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Physical Game Demands of Ice Hockey Part 2: Strength, Power, Speed & Body Composition
In part 1 of this series, we discussed the importance of anaerobic and aerobic fitness capacities for ice hockey athletes whilst also defining the differences that exist in metabolic demands between forward and defensemen positional groups. Today, we’ll focus on the physiological and biomechanical characteristics of game play that requires the development and expression of strength, power,…
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Mindful Cueing In Training
Mindfulness training has appeared with greater frequency in sports since George Mumford and Kabat-Zin’s partnership in basketball; Kris Beech’s work in hockey; and the publication of efficacious team-tested models, like the Mindfulness Acceptance Commitment and Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement program. Over several years, a colleague and I intertwined mindfulness into warm-up protocols with positive results. This article delivers knowledge empowering you…
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