Hockey Training Podcast

In episode 10 of the HockeyTraining.com podcast Coach Dan explains how to properly warm up for your hockey speed and conditioning workouts so that you can get the best out of your hockey training and stay injury free. You will learn what an effective warmup will do for you as a hockey player, so that you start to understand why warming up properly is important for performance.  If you're looking f...

In episode 09 of the HockeyTraining.com podcast Coach Garner talks about how to deal with pressure as a hockey player. You will learn how pressure can affect hockey performance on the ice, and ways that you can deal with pressure so that it doesn't have a negative effect on your hockey game. Dan also talks about using the feeling of pressure and turning it into a positive mindset so that you can p...

In episode 8 of the HockeyTraining.com podcast Coach Dan talks about how you can improve your hockey shot power with proper hockey training. You will learn how NOT to train hockey shot power so you aren't wasting time in the gym and what will actually provide results for your hockey shot. Make sure you're subscribed to the Hockey Training podcast and don't forget to check out our full hockey train...

In Episode 07 of the HockeyTraining.com podcast Coach Dan answers the question if hockey players should be taking time off after the hockey season, and how much time off is best. You will learn why a bit of time off for hockey players is great for recovery and what you should or shouldn't be doing during that time off. Dan also talks about a mistake to avoid when your hockey season is finished tha...

In Episode 06 of the HockeyTraining.com podcast Coach Dan is talking about how to structure your off-season hockey training. You will learn what mistakes a lot of hockey players make when putting together their own off-season hockey workouts, and why you need to think about the big picture for setting up your off-season hockey training program if you want to see the best results on the ice next se...

In Episode 05 of the HockeyTraining.com Podcast Coach Dan takes a look at Yoga and explains what benefits it has for hockey players. More and more NHL players are incorporating yoga into their off-season programming, so we figured it would be a good idea to take a look at why many high-level hockey trainers are prescribing yoga sessions for their players. We've also released our own Hockey Yoga fo...

In episode 4 of the Hockey Training podcast Coach Dan teaches you how kids should be training for hockey in order to set them up for future success on the ice. Youth hockey players should and can be training for hockey, but their training should be different than teenage and adult hockey players.  Dan will give you details on exactly what should be done differently with kids. He also touches on wh...

In episode 3 of the HockeyTraining.com podcast Coach Dan talks everything hockey conditioning related. You will learn what hockey conditioning actually is, including information about the different energy systems used by hockey players, and how to properly train your hockey conditioning levels. Dan also talks about why hockey players need to focus 100% on hockey conditioning, and not being conditi...

In this 2nd episode of the Hockey Training podcasted presented by HockeyTraining.com Coach Dan covers everything Hockey Agility related. This includes a definition of what agility actually is, an important type of agility hockey players need to focus on, what hockey players are doing wrong when it comes to agility training and how to train agility for hockey (including great example exercises to d...

In this first episode of the new Hockey Training podcast presented by HockeyTraining.com we will cover the topic of Hockey Speed and Acceleration. Coach Dan takes a look at why acceleration is actually more important than a hockey player's top speed out on the ice, and provides some example hockey speed training exercises you can use to become a faster skater. If you're interested in a full hockey...