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How to Develop a 100 MPH Slapshot According to Sheldon Souray (aka Wonderbomb)

How to Develop a 100 MPH Slapshot According to Sheldon Souray (aka Wonderbomb)

HockeyOT’s Dr. Chad Moreau talks to Sheldon Souray (aka Wonderbomb) about how to get your slapshot over 100 miles per hour. Check out his cool T-shirt and tweet him at @ssouray to find out how to get one. Souray is easily one of the coolest players in the NHL!

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Hockey Parents, What is the Best Way to Improve Your Child’s Game Off the Ice?

What is the best way to improve your child’s game off the ice? I get this question quite a bit. I think the answer is quite obvious: play street (or basement) hockey! Don’t waste your money on expensive skating treadmills, personal trainers or even online training programs like HockeyOT.com. Just turn off the Nintendo, pick […]

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Dryland Hockey Training for Kids

The HockeyOT.com training system is completely customized for every athlete.  As a result, the workout routines need to be simple enough that hockey players as young as Pee Wee age (10-12 years old) can perform the exercises. Children that are as young as 10 years old that have the desire to do off-ice or dryland […]

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Is Strength Training Safe For Younger Athletes?

Is Strength Training Safe For Younger Athletes?

We train a lot of athletes in a team setting and have done fitness training with kids as young as 8 years old. Most of the kids we work with really enjoy a fun strength training session with their teammates. Occasionally we will have a player sit out of a training session because a parent […]

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10 Tips for Optimal Recovery after Workouts

10 Tips for Optimal Recovery after Workouts

We have identified 10 things that an athlete can do to assist their body in regenerating between workouts. This is a crucial element in a training regime, because the quicker you can recover between workout sessions, the more frequently you can train with a higher intensity. 1) Drink water before, during and after exercise. This […]

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An Underestimated Training Tool For Hockey: The Jump Rope.

If you want to improve your hockey fitness, then get yourself a simple jump rope. It is a low cost, portable and highly effective piece of equipment. Jumping rope is a great cardio workout, but has the added benefit of improving coordination and foot speed (especially the way we do it at HockeyOT.com). A good […]

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