Belmont University’s School of Physical Therapy has been consulting with the Nashville Predators hockey team this season to help players perfect their slap shots. The work of PT faculty members Dr. Kevin Robinson and Dr. Pat Sells, using the school’s Motion Analysis Lab, was featured during an in-game report on Fox Sports South when the Preds hosted the Detroit Red Wings on February 5. The video can be viewed below.

Belmont’s consultation with the Predators is ongoing and will continue with additional research later this year in the Motion Analysis Lab. In November, Dr. Robinson’s work with the Predators Shea Weber was featured in a story in Canada’s National Post. The story is available online at National Post’s website, and is reprinted below.

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