[4-5 Mins Read] This read is intended for players who strive to play AAA, junior and college one day. In the midst of creating my first hockey IQ course and watching Canada take on Czechia in the quarterfinals of the tournament… (People need to study how Czechia played that game). I came across this amazing video that could help forwards (and offensive minded players) who are entering the early stages of hitting and/or junior hockey to create more offense. And regardless of your age, the principles of this skill could be the difference of you having 2-3 extra chances a game versus none at all. For context, I learned this skill in my 3rd year of junior playing for the Oakville Blades (OJHL). At the time we had associations with the LA Kings development program through our head coach, Jamie Storr, who was a goaltender for the LA Kings back in the 90’s. And one of our early "skill days" we had as a forward group was learning this concept called "Tics & Pokes". At first, you’d think, with the forward group that we had, this had to have been a joke. To be frank, this skill work isn’t exactly glamorous, perhaps why it’s overlooked. But so you have an understanding of how skilled our forward group was at the time… Here’s a couple names and where they’re at now since our time playing tier 2 junior A together. Jack Ricketts – ECHL Utah Grizzlies (Holy Cross/Quinnipiac D1) Ryan O’Hara – ECHL Greenville Swamprabbits (Bowling Green D1) Harrison Israels – ECHL Indy Fuel (Alaska/Omaha D1) Luke Tchor – Leads Hamilton College in pts (D3) Jacob King – University of Toronto (USports) Cam Garvey – “C” at Robert Morris University (D1) Alton McDermott – “A” Canicius College (D1) With no doubt, this group was the most offensively talented group I'd ever play with. And still, with the trajectory we were all on (and where you see us now). Here we were, mastering the basics (when we really didn’t need to). Lesson #1) Always be a student of the game.

What are good foods to have on game day, first game is this Wednesday for the season and wanna be prepared

Before starting let’s settle the ground. ✋ YES, counting calories is important 📲 🍽️ But be realistic. You’re not going to sit there and measure out every single ounce of food after a long day at school and coming home from the rink. So what you need is PRINCIPLES, not rules. ✅ Limit the following 📉👇 1. Fried foods 2. Snacking after dinner 3. High processed sugary foods 4. Seed oils (soybean & vegetable oil) 5. Food with a LONG shelf life 6. Longer your foods shelf life = Shorter your lifespan Start Prioritizing More 📈👇 7. Simplifying your ingredient labels. 8. Whole foods (has a mom/dad or can grow) 9. Upping protein to 20-30g’s per meal 10. Hydrate w/ more electrolytes & salt 11. Walking for 15 mins after meals 12. Eat slow & until 80-90% full 13. Eat in windows of time 14. Plan & prep your meals 👉 Now will all days be perfect - no… But what helps you stick to healthy eating habits is having a combination of: - Preparation (planning meals in advance) - Discipline (accepting you can’t always - Enjoyment of your favourite meals 👉 So that means enjoy your favourite meals in moderation. 15. Follow Food Discipline Ratio’s 90-10 Rule ✅ (Assume 21 Meals / Week) 👉 90% = 19 Disciplined Meals 🥑 👉 10% = 2 Meals of Anything You Enjoy 🍪 80-20 Rule ✅ (Assume 21 Meals / Week) 👉 80% = 17 Disciplined Meals 🥑 👉 20% 4 Meals of Anything You Enjoy 🍕 📲 If you enjoy posts like this. Comment a current challenge you’re facing as a hockey player that you need answers to. 👉 Every week moving forward I will be featuring 1 of our community member’s questions and answering them in-depth to help you thrive this hockey season.

Once upon a time I thought the off-season was the only time I needed to prioritize off-ice strength training. Until I starting learning more about how developing strength actually works as a hockey player. But the fact is no coach ever told me. Had I known, I would've just stayed at it and done it all a whole lot earlier. But why am I saying this? 1) You need to keep plugging away at strength training during the season. 2) Here's how I'm going to help the top 1% of this group. (Paid Community Coming Soon) 3) I've Created 3 Tiers of In-Season Off-Ice Training Programs - Tier 1 - Beginners In-Season Off-Ice Training Program (Bodyweight Dominant) - Tier 2 - Intermediate In-Season Off-Ice Training Program - Tier 3 - Jr, College & Pro In-Season Off-Ice Training Program Tomorrow their will be a major announcement on how to get access. Stay very tuned. Comment below if you struggle during the season to stay at it. Love y'all.

The chance to review the 7-Day Summer Stickhandling course closes at midnight tonight…🌙 Now To The Next Steps 👇 Know there’s a ton of you who have actually went out, test trialled the course and completed your personal review. Which I thank you so much for. If you refer to a recent post by @Elio Borrelli - you saw him rate the drill 1-10 difficult wise. + extra comments. Or another solution for you which @Aves K used today was by using the notes app from her phone then screenshotted the review. An example of how she did that is below👇 Either way, I will be sending you all a DM tomorrow morning for those who commented “I’m in” and actually completed a review. So if you did the review but didn’t make a comment yet. Make sure you comment so you can seek the reward! Either @Elio Borrelli (public review) or @Aves K (DM me directly) - all help. Chat soon and if you have completed the course comment “I’m done!” On this post!