In over 10 years of training young hockey players, I have NEVER met a player who didn't have tight hip flexors. In the last month alone, I have worked with over 500 aspiring female players, and shown them a hockey-specific stretching routine. 500 out of 500 players had tight hip flexors. Since the hip flexors are the main muscles you use to drive your knees forward while skating, they get tighter with every stride you take. Couple this with the fact that players spend the majority of their day... read more
