Daily Training Tip # 51

Continue developing your core on a daily basis. This is an easy way to help reach your 10,000 training hours.

I can't stress enough the importance of your core. Without a doubt, this area needs to be developed on a daily basis. So crucial to development, injury prevention among numerous other things.

Daily Training Tip #50

Working your way up to 10,000 training hours is training is some aspect on a daily basis! Both physical and mental training are important.

2-3 hours of training on a daily basis will help you elevate your career. According to the book "Outliers" 10,000 hours of training time is what is needed to help you become and expert. In order to reach the 10,000 hours there needs to be 2-3 daily training hours.

Training hours have a wide meaning. Training is in the gym, on the ice, in the classroom, etc. Train your body, your mind and your head. Watch other teams play and study your position. Work on the ice. Work in the gym. Work off the ice shooting pucks and stickhandling.

Two to Three hours on a daily basis.

Daily Training Tip #49

Everyone is looking for improvement. Continue to do the little things to get that improvement.

The "little things" add up and create big things.

Daily Training Tip #48

DREAM BIG! And believe BIG things can happen!

This is the time of the year when kids go to bed dreaming of what is going to happen in the morning, what is going to be under the tree when they wake up. I hope all of my athletes DREAM BIG and believe big things are going to happen for them.

Happy Holidays

Daily Training Tip #47

Striving for 10,000 hours of training time. Working towards 10,000 hours will help elevate your game. Train in all aspects of development.

10,000 hours is a ton of time. Read the book "The Outliers" it goes into depth on 10,000 hours of training. Pretty interesting.

Daily Training Tip #46

When working off of the ice, pick exercises that work multiple muscle groups and multiple movements planes.

Time for training is usually tough to get. Doing exercises that work multiple muscle groups saves time and is better towards your development.

Daily Training Tip #45

"What you do today-Most people won't...What you do tomorrow-Most people can't"

This is one of my favorite quotes. Take from it what you will.

Daily Training Tip #44

Continue working on your core. Remember all athletic movements originate from your core. It needs to be trained on a daily basis.

I have discussed the importance of your core before. However, I can't stress it enough. If you want to improve your athletic ability in any way, work on your core. If you want to prevent injuries, work on your core. I wrote an artcile back in November entitled 1,000 Abs. Re-read this.

You core can be worked in the gym or at home. You can work on your core with a partner or alone. There are so many different core exercises out there, you have no excuses no to train and develop your core.

Happy Holidays from MHC

This email was sent out to all campers that have attended Minnesota Hockey Camps. Thought I would post this for all of you to read.

From us to you, and to your family and friends.


Dear All MHC Campers and Parents,

Every day our Minnesota Hockey Camps family is proudly working to serve customers like you. Without you, MHC wouldn’t be what it is today. We are offering a simple wish of peace, joy and prosperity that you can spread to your family, friends and teams throughout the hockey world.

Happy Holidays. We look forward to continuing to serve you this upcoming summer.

See you around the rinks,

The MHC Family

Daily Training Tip #43

Any form of development off of the ice and in the gym is a good thing. However, there are good and then BETTER things to do in the gym.

Anything is better than nothing. However, doing the correct and proper exercises will benefit you even more.

Daily Training Tip # 42

Training is not like riding a bike. After a long break, you will lose the improvements that you had previously gained.

Never take a long break from your training. There is off-season training, pre-season training, in-season training and post-season training. There is not...no training. Improvements can and do happen all year around. Always work hard in the gym.

Daily Training Tip #41

Continue doing one-legged exercises in the gym. Players of all ages need to improve on their single leg strength.

Skating happens from a player's belt line down. A player needs to have good leg strength to be able to skate properly. Too many youth players lack enough leg strength to skate properly. Because of this, they learn to skate usinig bad habits. Once a bad habit forms, it is hard to break and learn to skate properly. Developing enough leg strength in the gym, directly relates to a players skating performance on the ice.

Daily Training Tip #40

You play games with pride and passion. You need to display that same pride and passion in the gym when you are training.

Hardwork will achieve you anything you want. Hardwork is a constent thing, you do it all the time. If you treat your training the same way as you treat a game, you will excel beyond your dreams.

Daily Training Tip #39

Warm-up properly before all workouts, practices and games. You should have a sweat before starting your activity.

Go for a short jog, then a dynamic warm-up. Dynamic Warm-Up is one that is done while moving. You should have a good sweat going and should be starting get a little short of breath. Now you are ready for competition.

Daily Training Tip #38

Make sure you continue to eat well, do your situps and body squats. You can develope into as good of a player as you want to be.

I think it is pretty simple. You can develope into the type of player that you want to be. The harder and smarter you work, the better you will become. Continue doing the little things on a daily basis. All of the little things add up and create seperation between you and your opponent.

Daily Training Tip #37

In terms of player development, 8 games equals 1 practice. Players get more development time from practice than from games.

Too much priority is on winning. The priority needs to be on player development. The better players become, the better teams become. The better teams become, the more games they win. Practices/Training time needs to be focused on player development.

Daily Training Tip #36

Listen to your trainers and team doctors before you return to play after a concussion. Concussions are not to be taken lightly.

Listen to someone that really cares about you. Listen to someone that will put your health/safety above the team. Sometimes, a player is forced to return to play before they are ready. If you have a concussion and are wondering when you can return to play, talk to someone that really knows.

Daily Training Tip #35

Concussions are a hot topic right now. Don't return to play until you are healed up. It is not worth the risk!

There are lots of discussions going on in all sports right now about the risks of concussions. Don't take the chance of possible future problems. Sit out of play until you are all healed up. You will be better for it in the long run.

Daily Training Tip #34

When doing jumping exercises, land softly on your feet, reload and expload back up into the air. Let your ankles, knees and hips absorb the shock.

Landing softly requires some athletic ability. Stay on the "balls" of your feet. There shouldn't be much noise when you land after a jump. Practice this skill!

Daily Training Tip #33

Hardwork is just that. It isn't always easy, but it is what seperates you from the others. It is what keeps you ahead of the pack.

The great players work hard. That is the key to success; at any level, at any profession, in anyone life. Hardwork preceeds success. The harder you work, the better you become. Most people think they work hard, while few actually work hard.