shaunearl - Strength | Recovery | Performance

June 27, 2023June 29, 2023

How Hockey Trauma Affects a Child’s Love for the Game

Hockey trauma is a serious issue that can significantly alter the way a child enjoys the game. It can leave long-lasting effects on a child’s psyche and even cause them to eventually give up the game they once loved. When a child is consistently living in fear or lack of enjoyment at the rink, it makes them susceptible to absorbing their environment and can lead to hockey trauma. This trauma is something that must be addressed as soon as possible to ensure that children are able to continue to enjoy hockey for years to come.

June 26, 2023June 30, 2023

Breaking Down the Barriers of Hockey Culture Through Vulnerability

The long-standing culture of hockey has been defined by its toughness and strength. But beneath the surface, many athletes in the sport struggle with their mental health due to a lack of emotional vulnerability. By understanding the power of vulnerability, we can begin to break down these barriers and create a healthier and more sustainable hockey culture. In this blog post, we’ll explore how this shift in mentality can help create a more positive and successful atmosphere for both players and coaches in the hockey world.

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

How To Influence Your Way To Victory – The Five Philosophies Of Coaching

One of many things I learned in my coaching seminars was how we give too much direction to our children as parents and coaches. And after listening to a podcast, they explained perfectly how to implement boundaries with teaching points. Allowing players to use their imagination and creativity to problem-solve and let the players come up with the answers, that we try to get across. When bringing this theory into real-life scenarios with one of my camps, I could see the results almost immediately with how much more motivated they were and the boost of teamwork and communication. Parents thought I had brainwashed their kids because they went home obsessing over the game.

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

How To Time Carbohydrates Around Training

Nutrition timing might not be relevant for the average person, but when it comes to an athlete. Timing your next meal around practices, games, or workouts should be your top priority.

The minimum amount of macronutrients one would need to create enough energy, and build good muscle mass would be;

September 11, 2022June 29, 2023

How To Overtrain For Muscle Performance

Before studying scientific methods on training! Looking back, I was consistently training in a non-functional overreaching state because of negligence. I simply didn’t have the proper knowledge on how to train, causing me to push my body to the point that I created so much fatigue that recovery was hard to achieve and adaptation was non-existent.

Eventually, fatigue will rise enough to compromise your performance, causing your body to enter what we call overreaching.

August 27, 2022August 27, 2022

Enhanced Performance With A Taper

What is tapering?

Tapering is a natural tool to slingshot performance before an important competition or game!

Athletes who taper would see a maximum reduction in fatigue while keeping the current fitness level they built over the season or training period.

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022

How To Include Active & Non-Active Rest Days

Planned Rest

There is a huge spectrum of individual abilities in training frequency tolerance from person to person.

It doesn’t matter if you are an olympian athlete or just someone working 8-5. EVERYONE should have a minimum of 1-2 planned rest days a week.

The purpose of planned rest is to include absolutely no structured training activities. So stay away from the gym or avoid anything related to your training.

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022

How To Apply Progressive Overload

Progressive overload is one of the most important concepts when it comes to lifting weights.

In my younger years, I never even thought of the concept, of progressive overload.

When I used to walk in the gym, I used to be that guy that would hoard all the dumbbells around my bench.

Crushing, drop set after drop set.

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022

How To Maximize Practice

Hockey is growing at a rapid rate. More people are putting their kids in organized sports and extra circular sports, trying to keep them away from watching youtube and playing video games.

With interest growing, ice times are becoming more limited, causing the cost of ice to skyrocket. Unfortunately, this is more difficult for families to afford hockey camps so their kids can play at a higher level of competitiveness.

As a coach, we need to take the 50 minutes a week we get for practice and utilize every second of the ice time.

July 17, 2022August 21, 2022

How Much Should I Train?

No one ever thinks to ask themselves the simplest yet most effective questions you can ask. How much should I train?

The body can only take so much physical stress before it plateaus and refuses to develop additional adaptation, or worse yet, performance declines and suffers altogether.