Why Work With US
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“The kid who wasn’t good enough until he was”
Wally Strength Conditioning is committed to inspiring 100 young hockey players to live out their true passion by lacing them up in the pros! Our purpose is to teach and show our athletes just how powerful the act of committing to themselves is! How committing to themselves will give them an honest shot at the same if not even better opportunities that we had traveling the world by playing the game we love most, hockey!
Our purpose is not only to develop professional athletes but more importantly develop great young men and women that will be successful both during and after their playing days! We ensure this happens by instilling great values into our athletes, the same ones that were passed down from our parents, coaches, teachers, mentors as well as the ones we’ve gathered through our own experiences!
Today we are/have worked with hockey players in the QMJHL, NCAA, USports AIHL, LNHH, CCHL, NA3HL, EOJHL, MPHL, USPHL, PPHL 18U, CSSHL, CAHS, NPUHL, NAPrepHL, ECEL, Eastern Ontario Minor Hockey A-AAA (U12-U18)
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What Makes Us Unique
WE PREACH COMMITMENT
Without commitment, you don’t get to do anything worthwhile in life!
We’ve been there
Growing up, when hiring a new athletic coach I would always ask three questions:
Where did they play
Where did they study
Who have they learned from
It was extremely important for me that these boxes were checked off!
Reason being, when someone has done what you are trying to do, that means they have the answer for you because not only do they know what it takes to get there but more importantly they know how to get there!
From knowing this, you have immediate confidence that they can help you!
Now, not everyone can make it to the pros and so if that wasn’t the case, I always asked where they studied, where they got their information from and if they had mentors, who were they learning from!
At the Elite Hockey Speed System we have:
Played professionally in Europe!
Graduated with a bachelor in science and specialization in human kinetics!
We learn from the best strength and conditioning coaches in the world!
All of these assets put us in a great position to help you get to the pros!
WE CARE!!!
We treat your kids as our own! We want to help them achieve their dreams just as much as they do! We work continually and tireslessly so that we can bring them the best possible program in the world! We are also mentors to them by helping them navigate the difficult time and big decisions that adolescents and young adults have to make!
As mentioned before, we pride ourselves in developing great human beings!
How will we know if we were successful?!
We will know in about 20 years when we see what kind of person they became!
We do so by instilling values that were passed on to us such as
Great attitude / positive & curious mindset / Respectful
Passion / Commitment / Mastery
Intentional / Discipline / Work Ethic / Resilient / Perseverance
Leadership / Great Communicator / Open Minded
Bold / Innovative
Everything we do is for you!
Individualized Programs
We make sure to close off registration at least a month before we start our 1st day of off-season!
This gives us ample of time to perform a structural balance and range of motion assessment so that we can deliver a personalized and individualized training program to every single one of our athletes!
On top of our strength and conditioning coaches, our athletes also have access to mental performance consultants, holistic nutritionists, on-ice performance coaches, sports chiropractor, physiotherapist and massage therapist!
This allows our facility to be just like one of the NHL!
From our baseline testing we are able to identify where our athletes are strong to which we double down on that but more importantly we can identify areas that need attention so that they can improve and increase their overall performance ceiling!
Weekly Testing to ensure progression
Once we have personalized our athletes training program, we ensure that our coaches are right there for every rep supervising them to ensure that the right weight is being lifted and the right technique is being executed! This helps ensure optimal performance while decreasing the risk of injury!
During the entire program, we evaluate key performance indicators such as the vertical jump, acceleration + top end speed, single leg broad jump as well as other test throughout the program like mobility and hockey specific energy systems! This helps ensure that our athletes are progressing at the rate that they should be!
WE’re Invested and we’ve invested
We are deeply invested into our vision to allow our athletes to live out their true passion! We will do everything in our power to make our mission a reality which is creating the next generations of stars through commitment!
We’ve done this by investing our time (7 days a week, 365 days a year), our money (over 1,000,000$) and our energy (sunrise to sundown) to bring you a state of the art facility, with state of the art equipment and we deliver a state of the art program by spending thousands of dollars and hours every year on education to learn from the best credible professional in this field so that we can bring the most innovative and up to date training program for our athletes!
All of this put together is what allows our athletes to sleep, breed and live success both in sports and in life!