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Ice Hockey Training!
Welcome to the Ice Hockey Training and Conditioning Homepage! You'll find lots of training and conditioning articles and programs to get bigger, stronger and faster on the ice!
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Improving Shoulder Mobility
Sean Skahan
At the beginning of every season, we will do a Functional Movement Screen (F.M.S.) with each member of our team. It has become a part of the whole overall testing and assessment process. The process of using the F.M.S. has evolved as I have learned new strategies and techniques from season to season to help us incorporate corrective exercises into our program. During the first few seasons that we implemented the F.M.S., we simply screened our team and then implemented our in-season program. Now, we are taking a much more individualized corrective exercise approach as I felt that we needed to incorporate some corrective exercises to help the players with F.M.S. issues and prevent players from having problems. . . .
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Video of the Week: Sled Crossovers
Sled crossovers are excellent for functional training of the adductors as they utilize the long adductors as both extensors and adductors (the actual role of 3 of the 5 members of the adductor group). . . .
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Neck Strengthening For Hockey
Sean Skahan
Since hockey is a fast game with frequent changes of direction and collisions, injuries to the head and accompanying neck strains will sometimes unfortunately happen. When I mention head injuries, I am referring to a hit to the head by an opposing player or when a players' head may hit the ice or the glass as a result of a hit from an opposing player. I know that this may be referred to as a concussion. However, with the uncertainty of what a concussion may or may not be, I will leave the definition and diagnosis to the doctors and medical professionals. Concussion or not, an injury to the head and/or neck is a serious matter. . . .
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Hockey and Volleyball- Are they Really the Same Sport?
Devan McConnell
At first look, hockey and volleyball are two sports that could not be more different. Hockey is a sport usually reserved for the cold and harsh regions of Canada, the northern Mid West, and New England. Volleyball is at its heart a beach sport, played on the warm sands of southern California, Hawaii, Texas and Florida. Hockey players are burley people, flying around the ice atop razor sharp skates, wielding sticks and trying to crush each other. Volleyball, on either the court or the beach, is filled with tall athletes who are separated by a net, never coming into direct contact with each other. Hockey players fight, volleyball players cheer. Hockey players pride themselves on their mountain man-like beards grown during the playoffs, while volleyball players wear ribbons in their hair. However, despite these differences in the traditional locales, customs, and appearances of each sport, I believe that they actually share more similarities than differences, especially when it comes to how they should train. . . .
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On-Ice Multi-Directional Intervals for Hockey.
Maria Mountain, MSc, CSCS
As a fitness coach to several hockey players, I typically leave the on-ice training to the hockey coach or power skating coach, after all he or she is the expert in that realm. One exception is on-ice conditioning. Where many pro and elite level players take time away from the ice for the summer, I like my clients to do some power skating and on-ice conditioning once or twice per week during June and July, expecting that they will be on the ice scrimmaging 3-5 days per week starting in August.
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