In this episode, Vicki Bendus shares incredible insights into speed training for hockey, including:

• Key findings from her research on identifying the most impactful physical factors and related off-ice tests for on-ice speed
• Speed profiling strategies to identify where a player ranks relative to their peers and what qualities they need to improve to maximize their speed
• Specific training strategies players can use to improve their speed
• The difference between acceleration and max velocity, how each impacts the game and different training methods to improve each
• Important age-specific considerations and how to maximize speed in older players
• Impactful strategies to improve speed during the season

Evolve with Vicki:

• New publication: Linear skating speed key performance indicators in ice hockey: global or cohort-dependent?
• Instagram: @VickiBendus
• Twitter: @VickiBendus

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Welcome to episode 0 of the Evolving Performance Podcast!

As a quick introduction, my name is Kevin Neeld, and I’m currently the Director of Performance for the Boston Bruins. Prior to working in pro hockey, I spent time with USA Hockey’s women’s national team, and as a director at a private sports training facility working with athletes across a wide range of levels and sports. In 2020, I got my PhD in Human and Sport Performance and continue to stay actively engaged in research through serving on committees for master’s and doctoral students.

The goal of this podcast is to identify topics that can have a meaningful impact on an athletes performance, their durability, their adaptation to training and their career longevity – and to bring on experts on those specific topics to help share practical insights that athletes and people working with athletes can start implementing immediately.

I’ve been very fortunate across my career to network with some incredible performance coaches, rehab and medical professionals, researchers and educators, athletes and coaches that we’ll welcome as guests on the podcast so you can benefit from their knowledge and experience like I have.

One of my other big goals with this is to involve you as much as possible. It’s important to me that the guests I bring on and the information shared on the podcast are actually helping you. As the listener, you will have a say both in what guests come on and what topics and questions we discuss. To start, I’ll be posting these types of requests for guests or questions for specific guests through my Instagram account (@KevinNeeld) so be sure to give me a follow there to keep up to date. 

So if you’re an athlete or you work with athletes, this podcast is going to be a great resource to help you learn new or more efficient ways to keep evolving your game.