Training & Drills

Specific exercises for proper hockey training program design should include exercises that improve target movements that we utilize out on the ice. Put very simply, compound exercises are multi-joint movements that involve several muscle groups. These exercises consist primarily of the traditional strength training and bodybuilding movements – things like squats, deadlifts, chin ups, bench […]

The changes in direction will stimulate and help the brain to process, which will pay off at later stages of speed and skating development. Purpose: To emphasize speed and change-of-direction training in a fun, athletic agility course. Also, to add introductory body-contact techniques. Drill Structure/Coaching Points: Set up drill as shown. X1 and X2 should start belly […]

KIVA based in Louisville, Kentucky, shares several drills to train footwork, platform control and posture in order to break bad habits and form good ones.

“When your legs aren’t strong enough, a player will begin to cheat and use incorrect form. When a player is tired that’s when they start to form bad habits.” Whether it’s a race for a loose puck, a burst in the corners to maintain puck possession, or quick footwork during transitions, the importance of skating […]

The goal of these hockey specific total body power exercises, however, is specifically designed to improve your explosive power. Improving your body composition and hockey performance is a multifaceted goal that requires a multifaceted training and nutrition approach. There are many different ideologies and ways in which you can utilize resistance training, but today I want to […]

Always make sure that you have them cast and return to the bar several times so that they get used to working the bar. Competitive gymnastics has a mystique to it that I’ve never understood. Probably because I’ve been in the thick of gymnastics since I was a toddler it’s impossible for me to understand […]

It's important for coaches to reinforce that your players execute proper technique through repetition. Improper technique will create bad habits.

Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Team Pineapple VBC Club Director Lloy Ball (a setter for the American national team from 1993–2008) shares basic setting footwork drills to train setter quickness and muscle memory before or after practice.

Whether you take lessons or not, you must get thousands of repetitions on your own, just as golfers practice by the hour after each lesson. Add dryland skating workouts when you come off the ice. Every year some players dominate in the regular season but not in the playoffs when the pace is faster. The difference is […]