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In the official Podcast for The Strength and Conditioning Association of Professional Hockey (SCAPH), we discuss current training practices with top strength coaches from youth hockey to the NHL.
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
On Episode #94 of the Hockey Strength Podcast Ryan Smyth joins the show to talk about implementing athlete monitoring technologies. Ryan has a background in technology so he comes at this from a unique perspective.
You can reach out to Ryan on Twitter (@ryanjsmyth) and LinkedIn.
For show notes and more you can head over to prohockeystrength.com.
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
*Special Announcement*
On episode #93 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Mike Potenza of the San Jose Sharks joins the show to give a special announcement:
A few months after I started running HSC Mike, who's in addition to the head strength and conditioning coach of the San Jose Sharks, is also the president of the Strength and Conditioning Association of Professional Hockey (SCAPH).
SCAPH is comprised of all the NHL and AHL strength coaches.
But over the last few years, they’ve expanded into running educational events and helping out the S&C community.
And Mike reached out to me about SCAPH getting involved in the website.
We decided to partner up...
And turn HSC into the official website of SCAPH, and you can find us at prohockeystrength.com.
As SCAPH, we’re going have all new content from the coaches of all 62 NHL and AHL teams…
Bringing the latest training ideas, research, and practices right to YOU.
And our members' section is going to be reserved for something a little special.
But you can go learn more about what Mike and other top coaches think is one of the most important facets of being a successful coach…
And why we’re only providing this to members only.
Learn more about the NHL coaches’ #1 tip to grow in your career.
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
On episode #92 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Vicki Bendus joins the show.
Vicki is a Lead Sport Performance Coach at Brock University where she works with the Men's and Women's hockey teams, as well as soccer teams. In addition, she is the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Canadian National Women's Development Team after working with both U18 and Senior programs over the past 3 years. Vicki is currently pursuing her PhD that will be focused on identifying, measuring, and improving off-ice KPIs for linear skating speed.
In this episode, we talk about her PhD research on what off-ice drills and data correlate to on-ice speed.
You can reach out to Vicki @vickibendus on Instagram and Twitter
Read the full transcript at hockeystrengthandconditioning.com
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
In episode #91 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Joel Jackson joins the show. Joel is the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta and the co-founder of Competitive Thread, a company that provides on-ice speed testing technology.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Programming strategies for a cancelled season (and lots of uncertainty)
- The value of on-ice speed testing
- Strategies for on-ice speed testing with basic technology.
To see the full transcript of this episode, including links to everything mentioned, go to hockeystrengthandconditioning.com
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
On episode #90 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Christian Burrus joins the show.
Christian is the co-founder of Adapt Fitness, a company leveraging emerging technologies to provide elite-level programming to anybody.
We talk about education, the Adapt platform, where coaching and programming are headed in the next decade, and how coding and machine learning are at the forefront of that evolution.
Reach out to Christian on Twitter.
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Welcome to episode #90 of the Hockey Strength Podcast. Today I sit down with the THREE co-creators of Win Your Warm-Up: Jess Goodman-Buckley, Dan Allison, and Mike Stacey.
We talk all about their new product and what coaches can take away from it. To learn more go to winyourwarmup.com
And, as always, you can go to hockeystrengthandconditioning.com to see the full show notes including links to everything mentioned and a full transcript of the episode.
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
In the last podcast episode, Coach Donskov mentioned something really powerful in evaluating the continuing education of coaches.
He said..
“In the past two years, I don't know if I've read a strength and conditioning book. But every book I've read has something to do with S&C. Whether it's philosophy, art, communication, or leadership, those books can all be applied to our craft.”
And that’s something I really relate to. Not because I don’t read strength and conditioning books..
But the most influential books on my life and career..
Have all come from outside the field.
And so this week I wanted to take a break from the interview format, and talk about two books from outside our field..
But have had a huge impact on me.
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss
Head over to hockeystrengthandconditioning.com for the full show notes with links and the full transcript.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
On episode #87 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Anthony Donskov joins us to talk about his new book, Physical Preparation for Ice Hockey II: The Gain, Go Grow Manual.
We discuss his writing, his training philosophies, the Gain, Go, Grow system..
Finally, though, we talk about The Paul Donskov Legacy Scholarship, which Anthony and his family started in honor of their late father, Paul Donskov, who passed away in April 2020 after a long battle with cancer.
LEARN MORE AND DONATE to the Paul Donskov Legacy Scholarship.
Follow Anthony on Instagram: @anthonydonskov
Follow Anthony on Twitter: @anthonydonskov
Other links mentioned:
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
Read the full transcript and show notes for the episode at hockeystrengthandconditioning.com
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
On Episode #86 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Dr. Stephen McGregor (henceforth, Steve) joins the show.
Steve is a Professor of Exercise Science at Eastern Michigan University and is a leading expert in the area of the use of sensors to monitor and manage sports performance. He has been a leading researcher and practitioner in the use of sensors and their application with athletes for over 25 years and has advised/coached numerous World Champions and Olympians including multiple Olympic medalists.
He was a pioneer in the use of GPS to monitor and manage running performance and later added accelerometry to the arsenal of tools he applied to monitor performance in all sports. In team sports, he has advised teams in the NFL, NCAA basketball, and NCAA hockey.
Specific to hockey, within the context of his 3-year research project, “Leveraging technology to enhance player safety and enhance player development in US Ice Hockey”, he accumulated over 20,000 individual sessions including accelerometer and heart rate data for teams ranging from Squirt Tier 2 up to National Team Development Program (NTDP) U18 teams. Outside of research, with his software product, ACHIEVE, he advises/manages sensor analytics for teams at the USHL, National Team, and college levels.
We discuss:
- Steve's background in academia.
- What "Individual Hustle Score" is, and how it motivated an average town youth player to surpass his developmental expectation.
- The future of sensor analytics at all levels of hockey.
Check out Steve's product ACHIEVE.
Watch Steve's webinar 'Internal vs. Eternal Load.'
Get in touch with Steve (he has no social media) through email. (mcgreg2007@gmail.com)
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
On Episode #85 of the Hockey Strength Podcast, Stéphane Gervais joins the show.
Originally from Windsor, Ontario Stéphane played his junior hockey split between junior B and the OHL before moving to Vancouver to play 4 years of varsity hockey at the University of British Columbia while earning a Bachelor of Kinesiology in 2007. After graduation, Stéphane began his professional hockey career in Epinal, France, and went on to play 10 seasons in France's Elite League (Ligue Magnus) while also serving as his team's Strength and Conditioning coach. After retiring from playing in 2017, he moved into the full-time role as the Head of Strength and Conditioning/Sport Science for his former team Bruleurs de Loups de Grenoble. Stephane also is the Co-Founder/Owner of the Float Centre “Silence” in Grenoble, France where is lives with his wife and 2 children.
In this episode, we talk all about floatation therapy, otherwise known as floating and about Stéphane's float center in France.
Read the full show notes at hockeystrengthandconditioning.com