Daily Training Tip #253

The sooner you figure out what hard work is, the better you will become. Working hard needs to be a way of life!

Daily Training Tip #252

Complete beach sprints today. It might be one of the last nice days outside before the winter season.

Matt Hendricks!

"Hendy" is one of the sports great guys. He pays one heck of a price off of the ice. I am proud to say that I was a small part of his career. We hope you stick in Washington this season Hendy!

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Daily Training Tip #251

Incorporate unstable surfaces (ie: bosu balls) into your daily training routines.

You can stand on Bosu Balls, Swiss Balls, One Leg, etc. While on unstable surfaces; thrown medicine balls, snap heavy ropes, squat, etc. Be creative while training! Make it fun and beneficial!

Clune, Best Conditioned @ Kings Camp!

Richard Clune, has spent numerous summers and numerous weeks training @ MHC since the age of 13. He finally has a legitamate chance to play a regular shift on an NHL team. This kid really pays one heck of a price off of the ice both in the gym and in the kitchen.


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Daily Training Tip #250

Work on your lower body (including core) 2.5 to 1 upper body. Hockey is a lower body sport so your training needs to mimick this. If you want to shoot the puck harder, increase your squat!

Daily Training Tip #249

Continue doing one-legged exercises during your workouts. On the ice you use one leg 80% of the time, so your training needs to mimick this. Be creative, any exercise that you can do on both legs, you can do on a single leg.

Daily Training Tip #248

Don't try to be "good enough" go out and be the best! In order to be the best, you need to pay one heck of a price off of the ice during your training. Don't let anyone out work you.

Daily Training Tip #247

Hockey is a game of acceleration...the ability to react to sudden, unexpected changes.

The best athletes/players react to these sudden changes as if they didn't even happen...because they have trained for it off of the ice. I have said numerous times, your off-ice training needs to mimick your on-ice movements. You ARE ABLE to train for sudden, unexpected changes.

Daily Training Tips #246

Make sure you clean off your workout equipment when you are done with it. This helps prevent the spread of disease.

Also, clean and wash all of your hockey gear on a minimum of a weekly basis.

You have been working hard off of the ice, developing into a better player. Getting sick or a skin disease won't help your chances of reaching your goals.

Good Luck Hartnell!

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Scott spents numerous weeks each summer training @ MHC. We wish him all the best this upcoming season.

Daily Training Tip #245

Energy Drinks...The risks are much greater than the benefits. Be carefull of what you put into your body.

Daily Training Tip #244

Sometimes you need to fight through a workout to finish it. Finishing the workout make you a better player and a better person.

(TJ Oshie, St. Louis Blues, finishes every single workout he starts)

Daily Training Tip #243

The objective of training is to improve the athlete's ability to execute and execute well the skills that are needed to successfully play the game....whatever the game is.

Daily Training Tip #242

In Sprint Training...the longer the foot remains in contact with the ground, the slower the runner will be running. You need to generate the maximum force possible in the shortest amount of time. This is why plyometric training is so crucial to your development.

Daily Training Tip #241

Make sure your warm-up is of a dynamic fashion. Warm-ups need to duplicate what you do during your sport. Very seldom do you hold a particular position for 30 seconds during competetion, so why do you do it during a static stretch?

Daily Training Tip #240

Your core is the foundation of ALL athletic movements. Train your core daily!

(Matt Hartman, Miami University, has been attending MHC for years)

Your core can never be worked too much. Make sure you incorporate core exercises to ALL of your workouts.

Daily Training Tip #239

Carry your own hockey bag! You get a physical benefit from carrying your own bag. You don't need wheels. You don't need mom and dad...YOU CARRY IT!

As a strength & conditioning coach, it pains me to see someone else carrying your hockey bag for you. It really pains to me see a high school player just get out of the gym and then wheels his bag out of the arena. Why?

Carrying your own bags brings many benefits to your physical benefit. You don't get any of those benefits if your mother is carrying your bag!

Sneeper-Time to "Make It Happen"

One the eve of his Pro Debut, not sure who is more nervous...Carl Sneep or the staff @ MHC? Carl is attending his first Penguins Prospect Tournament and will play in his first Pro game on Saturday night in London, Ontario.

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Carl is one of few who has really paid a price in his development. He has far succeeded the 10,000 training hours and continues to put in his time. Saturday night will be his first test, his first chance to see how he stacks up, his first chance to change the pecking order.
 
It has been fun watching Carl train and play over the years. We all wish him the best of luck in the Rookie Tournament and in the Penguins Training Camp in a few weeks.
 

Daily Training Tip #238

Drink sports during workouts & milk afterwards. It might allow you to perform at a higher level for up to 24% longer.

As I have discussed before, what you put into your body directly affects your performance levels in either a positive or a negative way. Drinking sports drinks/milk/water before/during/after your workouts and games will allow you perform to your liking.

Daily Training Tip #237

Never go half speed. Half speed gets you no where. Your career is way too short to be going half speed. Half speed gets you no where.

Daily Training Tip #236

Sports Nutrition is NOT using health supplements and/or meal replacements. IT IS using food to nourish your body during athletic activity.

It doesn't matter what your athletic goals are, they can be accomplished with a good, well balanced diet. Unless you have a disorder of some sort, a normal healthy diet is all you need.

Eat Well!

Daily Training Tip #235

Off-Ice Training also includes improving your puck skills. Make sure you are shooting and stickhandling pucks on a daily basis.

All of the lifting, jumping, skating and sprinting you have been doing over the course of the off-season really doesn't mean too much if you don't have good puck skills. Shooting/Stickhandling is something you can at home in your basement or your garage. Make sure it is alright with mom/dad, but shoot pucks daily!

Daily Training Tip #234

Studies have shown that the music you listen to during your workouts will affect your training. So you need to pick a good play list!

Daily Training Tip #233

Push Ups are a gerat at home exercise that you can do to help improve your athletic ability. Push Ups can be done with any degree of difficulity, so anyone can be doing them.

Picture below is Cole Grabavac doing push ups with hanging straps. This is one of the advanced methods of doing push ups.

(Cole Grabavac of the Medcine Hat Tigers spent 6 weeks @ MHC this summer)