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Two sheets, two food options, parking under the building, and a Wesco sister store with [...]
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Athlete: Warm-Up
Controlled movement to get game-ready. Do it in the hallway, in gear if you have [...]
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Athlete: Warm-Up
Joint stability from the ground up. The one that keeps you out of the trainer's [...]
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Athlete: Warm-Up
Deep core plus dynamic mobility. Where balance on the ice actually comes from.
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Athlete: Warm-Up
Wake up every major muscle group with control. The all-purpose one.
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Part 8 of 9 in the Athlete Nutrition series, built from the weekly nutrition tips in the Hockey IQ book. New here? Start with the Nutrition Basics intro. Every hockey parent has said some version of it on the drive home: “You just weren’t there tonight.” Not lazy, not slow, exactly. Just a half-step behind […]
My youngest is a goalie, and a tied regional game with her Squirt boys’ team, the reigning state champions, taught me that hockey is decided in half-seconds, and a half-second needs fuel that’s available right now. The between-periods top-up from the Hockey IQ book, why energy drinks aren’t it, and no-bake energy bites kids can make on a Sunday.
My oldest was never a morning person, so a 6:00 am ice time and “I’m not hungry” was our breakfast for years. This summer she made me eggs, toast, berries and avocado and quoted me back to myself. Why the Hockey IQ book is blunt about breakfast, and the microwave egg cup kids can make half asleep.
My varsity daughter’s WHOOP shows terrible recovery all hockey season: ice before school, practice after, homework until 11. Every high school athlete’s schedule. What nutrition can do about it in the first 60 minutes after the game, and the locker-room wrap kids can make before they leave for the rink.
Carbs get a bad rap, and for an adult at a desk all day that’s partly fair. For a growing athlete it isn’t. Why carbs are a young hockey player’s main fuel, the difference between high- and low-glycemic carbs, when each one belongs, and a game-day rice bowl kids can make in ten minutes.
Protein timing for young hockey players trips up a lot of families, and it tripped up ours too: more protein always felt like the safe answer, until timing turned out to matter just as much as amount. Part 2 of 9 in the Athlete Nutrition series, built from the weekly nutrition tips in the Hockey […]
If you’re looking for hydration tips for young hockey players, here’s what changed for us. Part 3 of 9 in the Athlete Nutrition series, built from the weekly nutrition tips in the Hockey IQ book. New here? Start with the Nutrition Basics intro. Pretty much all through her elementary school years, the water bottle I […]
A hockey parent’s guest post on tracking the invisible effort stats — backchecks, forechecks, battles won — that build better youth hockey players.
A Squirt tournament in Providence and a team lunch of chicken fingers taught me more about pre-game fuel than any article. What to eat 2–3 hours before puck drop, from the Hockey IQ book, and the sandwich my kids learned to make themselves.
As a curious observer, I’ve always found it fascinating to watch how athletic development unfolds in young children on playgrounds and athletic fields. Why are some children naturally fast? Why do some seem exceptionally coordinated? Why do others appear to learn movement almost effortlessly? The easy answer is usually: “Look at their parents.” Or simply, […]