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Sport-specific, fitness and performance testing and education for all athletes. Owned and Operated by Drs. Kevin Power, Duane Button and Greg Pearcey.

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Great session yesterday with the Paradise Minor Hockey coaches about providing effective feedback.

takeaways:
- Bench Behaviour IS Feedback
- Less > More
- Questions > Commands
- Delayed > immediate
- External cues

@sportnl

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The ASSERT team is on the national stage this week presenting hockey performance research at #CSEP2025 🏒📊

Proud to lead data-driven hockey development in Canada. #ASSERT #SportsScience @csep_scpe @hockeynl1935

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Science for the win! We are helping take sport in NL to the next level. @sportnl

[Kevin E. Power @KevinPowerPhD]

When you’re teaching @MemorialU about how science takes sport performance to the next level, you have to show skating mechanics featuring homegrown @nlregiment player, Quinn Norman! 🏒 Home opener tonight @MBCentre_SJSEL @MPSH_Athletics @ASSERT_709

[Hockey NL @hockeynl1935]

Halfway through the U14 & U16 Female HPP Summer Camp!

✅ Check-in & orientation
✅ On-ice testing @ASSERT_709
✅ Team development sessions
✅ Hockey Canada skills, practices, and fitness testing

High energy. Strong development. 🔥

#HPP2025 #HockeyNL

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That’s a wrap on on-ice testing at HPP 2025! 🚨 The 10 HKR Train crew crushed it — hands-on experience for them, smooth sailing for me! 🧠💪 Now it’s time to crunch the data and level up hockey testing and training. Science wins again! 🏒📊🔥

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Shout out to @Ascendhealthnl for helping us at HNL hpp with goalie testing. Have a look at this cool reaction time test. We can calculate reaction and movement time and with video we get movement quality!

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ASSERT is happy to sponsor another up-and-coming hockey player with a work ethic and attitude to be modeled by all…Bella Norman! Nice new twig ;)

#GirlPower #Deadly

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In full swing with on-ice testing @hockeynl1935 team NL tryout camp in Corner Brook! All the HKR students are running the show and doing a great job! #PublicEngagement @MemorialU #ExperientialLearning

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On the way for some on-ice testing with @hockeynl1935 and a crew of sharp students. Data, dangles, and maybe a Tims stop or two. Let’s goooo! 🚗💨❄️ #SportScience #HockeyNL #ASSERT @MemorialU

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Had a great visit with the Canadian Sport Institute! We’re excited about the potential to collaborate and support athlete development through research, innovation, and high-performance training. Big things ahead! 🇨🇦💪 #SportScience #Collaboration @csep_scpe

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@hockeynl1935 C’mon, give us a shout out at least!

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More from HPP 2025!

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Testing season is officially underway! 🧊 Today we’re at Jack Byrne Arena with the Male U16 group—and we’re debuting our new goalie reaction time test using timing gates! 🚨 Big thanks to @AscendHealth for the awesome collaboration! #HockeyTesting #GoalieScience #ASSERT”

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Had a blast working with the U11 fastpitch crew today! 💥🥎 Big energy, big swings, and even bigger smiles. Good luck crushing it at the Moss Tournament! Let’s goooo! 💪🔥 @SoftballNL

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Let the prep begin! Gearing up for another summer of on-ice testing with Hockey NL’s High Performance Program. Can’t wait to hit the ice at camp! @HockeyCanada @hockeynl1935 @MemorialU

[Kevin E. Power @KevinPowerPhD]

They definitely made a mistake not taking Jonesy! We're routing for you, buddy! Great player and better person. @QMJHL

Passed over in QMJHL draft, Ethan Jones wants to prove teams wrong with Valley Wildcats https://t.co/bH5wwvyIzG

[Softball NL @SoftballNL]

Coach Education Weekend Day 1 Photos

Date: Friday, May 2, 2025
Location: Memorial University (PE 2001)

Photos From Day 1 Sessions

Session 1: Positive Self-Talk
Session 2: Game Management

[QMJHL @QMJHL]

Read up! Our scouting experts weigh in on some of the upcoming draft's biggest names this month! 👇

#QDraft | @fenplast

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ASSERT students did awesome!

[Kevin E. Power @KevinPowerPhD]

So proud of these academic studs! They presented their honours thesis project data with confidence and clarity — and absolutely nailed it. Their research will be a valuable asset to Hockey NL and the High Performance Program. @hockeynl1935 @MemorialU @ASSERT_709 @HockeyCanada

[PDA Evaluations @PDAevaluations]

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#OHLDraft #U16AAA #PlayerIQ #HockeySense #PDARankings #2009Born #HockeyProspects #PDAEvaluations #OHL2025