I remember it like it was yesterday, I walked into the pharmacy, and yes, I actually thought about wearing one of those fake mustache glasses combo things just so no one would recognize me. I was so afraid of people finding out that I was picking up a prescription for antidepressants. I paid for …
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The Scariest Time Of My Life. Pro Hockey Story…
A few months after my father had passed away from his battle with brain cancer, I started going though some issues of my own. It started with a "random panic attack" one day out of the blue, and then raging non stop anxiety that I couldn't escape for the life of me. Obviously I knew something …
I knew that something was wrong…
I wasn't feeling like myself and it was one of the scariest times of my life.All I've ever really wanted to do was help people and especially younger players coming up in the game. There was a point in my life where I didn’t think that that would be possible. You see there was a time where I …
Backwards skating tips for hockey players
In this video I go through a few different drill progressions to help you improve your backwards skating, and backwards crossovers in hockey. In order to become a strong skater, and start to dominate hockey games with our speed, we need to learn the foundational movements and practice the proper …
Simple tips to improve your slap shot
In this weeks video we will be focusing on the art of the slap shot. And more specifically how can we get our slap shot of more quick and more accurately come game time. The game of hockey has change immensely over the last few years, and very rarely will you have the time to really wind up and …
Off-ice Stickhandling drill #1
Stickhandling drill to work on off ice. For this weeks post, I thought I would start a little series where each week for the next month I will be sharing one or two drills for you guys to work on off-ice to improve either your stickhandling, or shooting skills. Hockey is a game that requires …
Edge work. Low & Slow
I this weeks video i'm going to share with you guys a little behind the scenes action from an on ice session that I had with one of my favourite clients of all time Colby! So what I want you to focus on with these drills is yes working on and getting comfortable on your edges, but with a twist. …
Backwards Crossovers
How’s it going? I just wanted to let you know that this will be the first of many Hockey Pro Training blog posts that I will be releasing here on this site, coming at you on a weekly basis. This blog will be covering anything and everything that has to do with the game of hockey, and helping you …