by Brandon Reich-Sweet | Nov 2, 2020 | Sports Performance Training, Strength & Conditioning
When successful hockey players step in the weight room, they’re getting the sports performance equivalent of a balanced meal. By that I mean that they’re getting all of the nutrients (IE, training stimuli) they need to improve their performance on the ice. When...
by Brandon Reich-Sweet | Oct 3, 2020 | DIY, Hockey at Home, Shooting, Skill Development, Stickhandling
Getting extra training outside of team practice is important to reaching your goals. But training at home can often be repetitive, solitary and frustrating. You put in lots of hours, but don’t see that much improvement in real games. Below are 10 simple and...
by Brandon Reich-Sweet | Oct 3, 2020 | Coaching, Motor Learning, Skill Development, Small Area Games
In this blog post, I’d like to take a deep look at one of the key “talent tips” from Daniel Coyle’s The Little Book of Talent. Coyle is the author of both the in-depth book The Talent Code and the summary of tips known as The Little Book of...
by Brandon Reich-Sweet | Sep 15, 2020 | Coaching, Motor Learning, Skill Development
Preface: The idea of robust vs resilient skills is something that I learned about through an interview on The Talent Equation Podcast with Ted Suihkonen, skills coach for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL and owner of Suihkonen Hockey. The interview can be found here and...
by Brandon Reich-Sweet | Jul 13, 2020 | Coaching, Skill Development, Sport and Exercise Science
Introduction Spend enough time in the game of hockey and you’re likely to hear a few. I’ve come across so many over the years that I couldn’t even fit them all into one article! In “Hockey Mythbusters” I’ll be taking a look at (and...
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