Hockey Performance Unleashed

About Hockey Performance Unleashed

The hockey training podcast will provide you with hockey-specific training, performance, nutrition and mindset tips to help you become a better hockey player and dominate every time you step out on the ice. This will include a deep focus on hockey performance related topics such as hockey speed, conditioning, agility and power training - among many other topics.

Publisher

Coach Kevin

Category

sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 May 2018

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 236 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   8 lessons from 25 years of hockey training

   Host Coach John Smith shares 8 essential hockey training lessons learned over 25 years to help players and parents improve performance.

2. 

   27 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ankle training for hockey

   Host Mike Boyle discusses essential ankle training exercises that enhance skating power, edge control, and stability for hockey players.

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   22 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why men's leaguers get slower (and what to do about it)

   Breaking down why men's leaguers lose their first step as they get older, and why most guys are training in a way that won't actually fix it. The short answer comes down to fast-twitch muscle fibers (the ones responsible for explosive movement). As you age, they shrink and weaken faster than everything else. And the way most adults train, they're not doing much to slow that down. I also get into why Men's League Domination '26 was built the way it was, and how Coach Tim's Speed Accelerator system specifically targets the explosiveness that matters most on the ice.

Inside a recent episode

8 lessons from 25 years of hockey training

Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But then if you continue to do that, all that happened to me was I got slower, heavier, slower and sluggish out on the ice. doing some training is better than nothing, but too much of the wrong thing can actually make you worse. So make sure that you get a hockey specific program. Um, next one up here, there's no too young for training. A lot of people will talk about, um, it's stunting your growth and stuff. That's a myth that's outdated now, but there's really no too young for training. There is training that's not age appropriate. So as long as it's age appropriate, Meaning if you have an eight, nine, 10 year old player, they shouldn't be doing what an NHL player is doing. […]

Who has been a guest on Hockey Performance Unleashed

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Angie Asche
• Melissa Samoskevich
• Brenna Dardar
• Josh Levine
• Matt Kelly

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

21,396,616

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

148 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

65 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

93

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

67

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