Adam Redmond

http://www.redtechlabs.com

Adam Redmond, CSCS, owns RedTech Innovations, a software development company that analyzes the stride of hockey players. He also trains athletes at Crash Conditioning, and he has worked for more than a decade with Steve Serdachny, the Edmonton Oilers’ skating and skills coach. Redmond played hockey for the University of Calgary Dinos, where he was an Academic All-Canadian.

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Can Skating on a Treadmill Improve Technique and Speed?

March 13, 2012 | Adam Redmond

An ongoing debate in the hockey world concerns the use of treadmill skating as a development tool. Some contend that skating on a treadmill may adversely alter a player's stride, while others applaud its usefulness. While the skating treadmill should...

How to Increase Skating Speed for Hockey, Part 2

February 28, 2012 | Adam Redmond

Speed kills in hockey. It allows you to beat defenders to the net, win races to the puck and execute game-saving backchecks. In Part 1 of this series, we broke down the three phases of the forward stride—glide, push and...

How to Increase Skating Speed for Hockey, Part 1

February 5, 2012 | Adam Redmond

There isn't a hockey player, coach or scout who doesn't value skating speed. To be successful on the ice, you must be able to outskate your opponent to break wide on a defender, crash the net or backcheck to break...