Are Speed and Agility classes a Myth?   One of the questions I get asked most often is how do I get my kids to skate faster? Parents bombard me with this question at every camp, tournament, etc. The truth is, the answer for this depends on every kid – based on multiple things including [...]

Check out the pictures below from the 2011 Thanksgiving Camp! Also, we just started an awesome weekly newsletter – email us to sign up! inlinehockeyperformance@gmail.com          

We are proud to announce our 2012 Spring and Summer Ice and Inline hockey camps. These will currently take place at Harmarville and Bethel Park Bladerunners. Check back often as we will likely add more sessions and times when we reach full capacity! Ice Hockey Clinics: Powerskating I: June TBA Powerskating II: July TBA Stickhandling [...]

In the ever growing market of supplements and vitamins there are many things that have become popular by word of mouth, with many people starting to take supplements or vitamins without ever reading an article or study about any positive or negative effects it might have, the amount you need to be taking, and where [...]

Choosing The Right Equipment, Part I – Skates By Derek Kalinosky The most important piece of equipment for inline hockey is the player’s skates. They should be both comfortable and durable, and will take the most abuse of any piece of equipment. There would be no inline hockey without the skates. The best way to [...]

By: Stephen Volek The Importance of Post – Workout Recovery Last week I gave a guest lecture to a high school hockey team about training and how to be more successful in the weight room. A common them was that many players don’t do all the things needed to be successful. I asked the team [...]

Author: Steve Volek This is part two of our look at Superfoods and the benefits they will bring along with adding them to your diet. The next two foods we will look at today are Blueberries, and Spinach. You can find part 1 HERE. Blueberries This small fruit is packed with antioxidants to help your [...]

Author: Dustin Roux If you have read our past articles you probably remember when we did our strength training round-table article. If not, you can read part 1 here, and part 2 here. It was a fun piece to put together and we thought it would be cool to put another one together. This round-table [...]

Being a strength and conditioning coach is a tough profession to describe to people. A lot of people like to think of us as personal trainers, which in my opinion could not be further from the truth.  What we do is so much more than that. We specialize in many different fields, and attempt to [...]

Looking for some good conditioning for hockey? Well, what is conditioning exactly? Everyone uses this term, but not many people actually no what it means. Hockey-wise, let’s clear up what conditioning is not… Conditioning is not running 3 miles twice a week. Running 3 miles, or 1 mile every night will not get you more [...]