The 7 Deadly Sins of Off-Ice Training
Today I want to share with you the 7 Deadly Sins of Off-Ice Training, well maybe they aren’t deadly, but don’t do them anyway. So without further delay, here they are:
Build balance and strong legs for hockey.
Later this week I will share one of the exact workouts I used for training my pro hockey players this summer. I have been really working on being efficient with our time in the gym. My goal is to give them maximum benefit with minimal time. Anything we do has to help make them a better performer on the ice or reduce their risk of injury. All of the ‘fluff’ has been cut out. If you are spending 2 hours on your weight training, then you do not know what you are trying to train – you are just putting in time and hoping that some of the exercises you are doing will make you better.
Today I am sharing one of the exercises that does just what I have described above. It builds strong powerful legs for skating with the requirement for a rapid push and it improves your balance which will not only make you stronger on your skates, it will also train your ankle, knee and hip stabilizers to help reduce your risk of injury. Check it out in the video.
Off Ice Groin Exercise for Hockey Goalies.
This post is for those of you who are terrified to train your groin muscles in the gym – first of all you know you are going to have to ‘work in’ with some lady who looks like she is right out of “Real Housewives of Hoboken” while all the muscle head’s stare at you like a freak when you plunk your butt on that stupid ‘groin machine’. Here is the great news – when you are playing goal in hockey, your adductors (groins) do not really work this way – with your feet off the ground. Your adductors work in a closed chain when you are playing goal so you are in contact with the ground through either your feet or knees.
Hip Impingement in Hockey Goalies: Try this simple self evaluation.
I have been interested in learning more and more about femoroacetabular hip impingement (FAIS) in hockey goalies and the more I talk about it the more I am amazed at how many goalies play with pain in the front of their hip and think it is normal. Check out the video to learn more about what causes hip impingement in hockey goalies and then take the self evaluation.
Off Ice Goalie Training: Dynamic strength exercises to reduce the risk of groin strain.
New off ice strengthening exercises to help hockey goalies get stronger while reducing their risk of groin strain.
Off Ice Training for Goalies: Reduce the risk of groin strains with diagonal stretch patterns.
There are a few off ice training strategies that hockey goalies can incorporate today to reduce the risk of groin strain.
Kim McCullough stops by to talk training for female hockey players.
Kim McCullough shares her years of experience as an elite player and strength and conditioning coach as she helps unlock the secrets of how female hockey players can make it to the next level.
Intermediate exercises to help hockey goalies recover from hamstring strains.
This is a video reply to a question from a hockey goalie about recovering from a hamstring strain.
How much time should a hockey player take off after the season?
You know you get to take some time off after the hockey season; learn how much time you should take before starting your off ice hockey training.
Shin Pain in Hockey Goalies
I had a question from a hockey goalie about a shin pain he experiences when he is on the ice.