Have you ever felt like you're doing the right things, but something's holding you back from the next level? 

That was the story for John, one of our early clients. He had just finished his second season as a point-per-game winger in one of Canada’s top Junior leagues.

He wasn’t a flashy player. He didn’t particularly stand out with speed or skill, but he the consistent producer that team's need to win games.

But despite this, he had zero D1 offers, zero major junior offers, and zero NHL scouts wanting to chat after the game.

He came with all the production, but none of the attention or hype.

There was nothing inherent wrong with this. He was the kinda guy who rather win games than win personal accolades – but he had serious hockey ambitions & knew he could play at the next level...

“I don't care that I'm not that "hype" player, I've never been that.. but I just know I can play division 1. I’m as good as other guys around the league getting commits. Even most of my teammates are getting offers or talking to scouts after games, but for me it’s just crickets. I feel like something's missing, I just dunno what I have to do differently.”

He hadn’t been home in 2 off-seasons, but now sat in our gym office clearly dejected and uncertain about whether he should just accept that he wasn’t a D1 player or change something.

We encouraged him to have a conversation with his coach, get honest feedback on his game, and then we could chat further.

“He said he always recommends me to scouts when they ask about guys they should be watching, and is surprised I don’t have offers. He’s even asked a couple of Coaches and they say it’s a skating game in D1 and a big jump in speed – and they just don’t think my game could translate to the next level.”

This stung – but it was good feedback.

So we connected him with a local power skating coach and asked him to look at his skating to see where it could improve.

“He’s a great player & a smooth skater, of course we could clean up a couple of things, but honestly his problem is that he just doesn’t have that punch in his stride or first steps. It’s like he’s hitting the gas but his car just doesn’t have the horsepower to really let it rip.”

It was clear, it wasn't his on-ice mechanics holding him back – he had to develop explosive power.

So we offered to create him a program that would do just that. It was going to be different than workouts he was doing on his own or that he had done with his old school trainer – but if he committed to 12 weeks we knew he’d see the on-ice results he needed to elevate his game.

He was in.

So we crafted the perfect workout program to develop that explosive speed.

• We shifted away from old school heavy lifts & instead focused on developing strength that would actually translate to the ice with full body integrated workouts.
• We added speed & athleticism to every workout. With plyo and power work that would help him to refine movements & generate more power in his stride, and speed work that would refine his footwork, change of direction, and movement mechanics.
• We developed functional mobility that would not only let him feel and move better, but also refine his stride mechanics and let him skate lower and generate more power from his stride.
• We created elite conditioning levels that would let him skate at his top speed all shift long without slowing down and earn him more ice time from his coach.
  

He committed to the process and the results paid off.

Each week he said he felt his first steps were getting faster. His skills coach started commenting about how his change of direction was more explosive & aggressive. When he got to training camp his Coaches kept commenting on how he was a completely different player – asking him where the “extra gas” came from.

Finally the season came around, where he put up 8 points in 3 of his first games. And that’s when it happened. The first D1 scout asked to chat after the game.

“They said they’d be watching me this season. He said that my coach had recommended he watch me last season but he just didn’t see the flash that would translate – but he’s super impressed with my game so far”.

He continued to show up on the score sheet and catch the attention of scouts.

By Christmas he had 36 points in 23 games & had talked to over 9 Division 1 coaches. The second half of the season came with 4 firm offers, including one from his dream school.

By committing to transforming his training, he had transformed his game, and ultimately trajectory in hockey.  

He had earned a full ride to play Division 1 hockey.

The next season we had 4 of his teammates reach out for the same program. Their coach had recommended to “get on with whatever he’s doing” - a handful of pros he skated with in the summer also asked to get on the program.

Same process, similar results.

Not only did we keep getting emails from players saying how they loved the program and how it had a noticeable impact on their game – but we started to have junior and college players from across North America and pros from around the world emailing us for the program.

That’s when we decided we had to refine the program even further and take it to the next level so that we could give players anywhere in the world access to the exact formula to get faster, more explosive, and transform their game.

The Explosive Power Program was created.

Since offering the program, it’s been used by thousands of players. Including pros from over 20 different leagues using it year round, high school players using it to develop the strength and power that actually translates to the ice, and hundreds of players in between using it to elevate their game.

Speed is the variable of success in today’s modern game. There’s boundless opportunities for players who have speed, and it all starts with your training off the ice.