09/29/2026
Balance and control come first. Speed follows.
When athletes are training, it can be tempting to focus on doing everything faster.
But speed isn’t the first thing we’re looking for.
At NTC Hockey, we want athletes to learn how to control their movement and maintain their balance first.
When you can control your body, stay balanced, and execute a movement properly, you create a much stronger foundation for speed.
That applies to everything we do.. on the treadmill, in dryland, and with shooting and puck control.
Build the control.
Build the balance.
Then let the speed come.
That’s part of what we’re working on when we train the athlete, not just getting them to do more, but helping them learn to move better.
🎥 Coach Nik sharing this message with one of our teams after their weekly dryland session.