“Only a goalie can appreciate what a goalie goes through.” – Jacques Plante   Hall of Famer Terry Sawchuk 1. Hip Mobility and Stability. Goalies end up in, and subsequently must be able to get into some pretty crazy positions.  The work done in the weight room, as well as a proper

If you know me, you know I’m a huge Potterhead.  Below is one of my favourite quotes from the entire series.   “Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels.  But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” – Dumbledore   As a coach it’s

All 4 of the below mobility exercises are great ‘catch all drills’.  Incorporate them into warm-ups or use them as pairings with strength exercises, or use multiple as a stand alone mobility session.

I’ve been lucky enough to know Erik since he was just a kid.  I first met him when I helped coach his Bantam AAA team when he was 13 during the summer of 2011 because I was home and recovering from shoulder surgery.  I’ve seen him grow up

A staple in a pitcher’s training program needs to be explosive rotational med-ball exercises.  I use a ton of different variations with my throwing athletes.  It’s a great way of bridging the gap from general strength built in the weight room to the very specific activity of throwing

It’s surreal, but just over ten years ago I graduated high school.  The summer afterwards was a blast – I was playing baseball for the last time with the group of guys I grew up with, had the freedom of being 18 years old and done school, and was preparing

I’ve been a fan of David Price for a long time, since his Vanderbilt days.  I loved watching him throw out of the pen for the Rays in the 2008 playoffs, and so when the Jays got him in 2015 I was fired up (mostly because it meant we

Nutrition can be complicated and it’s really easy to be confused about what dietary approach is best.  Should you go keto?  Is intermittent fasting the best option to lose that stubborn fat? What the fuck is paleo and am I saying it right? This post outlines three simple nutrition

Flexibility is defined as “the ability of a muscle to lengthen”. Mobility is defined as “the ability of a joint to move actively through a range of motion” There are many contributing factors that go into a joint’s mobility: muscle tissue, joint health, motor control, and the fascial system.

One of the most common postural issues in people is kyphosis, which is just a fancy name for a rounded upper back.  This can cause a host of problems and is created by sitting in front of a computer all day, staring down at your phone, and driving long hours.

I wrote this one year ago on Bell Let’s Talk Day. I’ve decided to share it again this year in hopes that it may help someone going through a dark time.   It was a late winter night in January of 2013.  I sat alone in my car, parked

2017 was a wild rollercoaster of a year, to say the least.  I achieved a long held goal of pitching again, I moved back to Canada, entered into a relationship with a truly wonderful person, observed my mother endure literal hell as she battled through six rounds of chemotherapy, lived

There are a lot of rumours about creatine that simply aren’t true.  I hear them often when I recommend an athlete consider supplementing creatine. This post will dispel some of these rumours and explain why creatine is probably a very beneficial supplement to take.  It is in fact the

In Don Quixote, Cervantes states, “it’s the road, not the inn”.  This short phrase is something that I have tried to – never mind remind myself consistently, but ingrain into how I live. Have you ever achieved something incredible, something worth striving for?  I mean something really worth striving for:

For almost two years now I’ve started my day off the same way.  I write down three things I’m grateful for.  I’ve found it to be incredibly powerful in shifting my attitude to being positive first thing in the morning and I find I am more likely

I haven’t written a single word about the year I got to play college baseball again.  Quite frankly, I’m still not ready to – I’m too afraid of what I’ll type.  As I continue to transition back into ‘reality’ I’ve set and begun the process of