Top 10 Hockey Training Questions

Q: How long has Bystol Performance Center (BPC) been training hockey players? A: Poliquin Performance has over three decades of experience training high-level hockey players. BPC has trained over 100 players in the NHL. Q: If you where a parent what would you look for when searching for a coach for your son or daughter?[…]

Off-Ice Training vs. On-Ice Training

Hockey is a fast, unpredictable, multidirectional sport. It requires strength, power, agility, quickness, speed, balance, flexibility and endurance. The best place to acquire the important components of a great hockey player is, surprisingly, not on the ice. Parents, do you enrol your children in Power Skating or Hockey School early in the off-season? This common[…]

Common Problems With Hockey Players

Over the last 12 years I have done hundreds of Advanced Athletic Assessments on hockey players at all levels. As with any sport, hockey players develop several muscular imbalances throughout the season that must be properly addressed in the off-season. Failure to address these problems will lead to nagging injuries down the road and will[…]