By Sean Holmes -November 17th, 2015- Here’s a video of the end of a training session on Saturday. It’s 2 weeks until Toronto Rock training camp starts and Wayne and myself decided to jump into a sled push relay for time as Conditioning (Cardio) with Brett Hickey and Scott Johnston of the Rock. We did […]…
By Wayne Burke -November 16th, 2015- Plyometrics are a great training tool that every lacrosse player should be including in their program. Simply stated, plyometric training training teaches you how to utilize a stretch in your muscle to produce maximum force. To demonstrate this more clearly try this. Place your right hand on your right […]…
By Sean Holmes -November 12th, 2015- Here is the 3rd Episode in the Toronto Rock Training Tips series. We perform the Elbow to Instep with Rotation stretch before every single workout, practice, and game to help get the players moving better, reduce their risk of injury, and get them ready to perform at their highest […]…
By Wayne Burke -Novemeber 10th, 2015- Strength training is a crucial element to your athletic development. When a strength program is done correctly it should not only increase your strength but it should simultaneously increase the quality of your movements, increase range of motion and help prevent injury. With so much information and so many […]…
By Wayne Burke – November 9th, 2015- Medicine balls are a great tool to use in your training program to help develop explosive power. Medicine ball throws teach you how to maximize your power output by utilizing your leg drive, weight transfer, hip rotation and balance to produce the greatest amount of force in the […]…
by Sean Holmes -November 6th, 2015- I found this article today about the Strength and Conditioning program at Hofstra. Two things stood out to me in it: The athletes commit 5 hours per week purely to Strength and Conditioning. The lacrosse team has a test called the “Hofstra Custom Test’ or Red Zone Test I […]…
by Sean Holmes -November 5th, 2015- Here is Episode 2 of my series with the Toronto Rock. New vids will be posted by them every Wednesday. Here we show the Kettlebell Deadbug, an exercise to train core stability. If you want to know why core stability is important read Core Training for Lacrosse. Exhaling is […]…
-October 30th, 2015- The Toronto Rock lacrosse team approached me about doing a series on Fitness/Training tips as we lead up to the 2016 NLL Season. Here is Episode 1 that includes one of my favorite exercises for developing single leg explosiveness in a lacrosse player. It’s called the Box Blast, and I love it […]…
-March 20th, 2013- It’s tryout time here in Canada for minor lacrosse players. That means it’s crunch time. It also means that for the past few months I’ve had many kids working with me to prepare for the tryouts and the season to follow. I’m lucky. The majority of the kids I deal with are […]…
-March 1st, 2013- I am a fan of the Olympic Lifts. They are great for improving power production and force development and have the greatest direct transfer to lacrosse performance. The reason for that is they train ‘Triple Extension.’ That is full extension of the ankles, knees, and hips. Every stride you take when sprinting […]…
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