Ice Hockey

RE: Ice Hockey (lisa__bebe)

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:54:26 GMT

Great call with the wrist curls - those will help your stick handling a lot!
Focus on building up the strength of the big muscle groups - legs, arms, back, chest, abs, etc. Also... you mentioned some of the exercises you're doing.. what about legs (squats, lunges, leg extension, leg curl)? You need to strengthen your legs so you're more powerful on the ice. Speaking of power... once you build up your strength base, look up some plyo exercises you can do other than just jumping lunges. Try things like tuck jumps & squat jumps.
You also want to work your agility... I'm not sure if it's just a north american thing, but there are 'ladder drills' you can do... its just a cloth/plastic thing that goes along the floor and looks like a ladder, and you do different quick feet drills with it.
Another pointer... as mentioned previously, if you have access to a bosu ball, or extreme balance board, use them as they will increase your agility and help prevent injuries!
As for cardio... focus on sprints of varied lengths to get your cardiovascular fitness up. Steady cardio isn't really what you need to focus on as hockey players are required to perform for relatively short periods at a time.

Anything else.. send me a message, otherwise good luck!

RE: Ice Hockey (Nic)

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:17:59 GMT

I play 3 games a week all year long...
I train myself in order to gain muscles, I don't train specificaly for hockey.

You best bet is to hire a personal coach to assist you for your speed and power.

RE: Ice Hockey (d4mahern)

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:49:23 GMT

I play hockey in michigan too. The most important muscle you want to train is your shoulders. You have to have strong shoulders or youll be at risk to dislocate them especially if your playing defense. Do lost of power lifting. Try squats with low weight high reps with quick powerful reps. Try doing your squats on the balance board it will get your core stronger. Work in some forearms exercises too thats where all your shot power wilsl come from. Good luck. What age group are you in?

RE: Ice Hockey (Hudie13)

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 08:43:25 GMT

i currently play hockey also in michigan

hockey rules

RE: Ice Hockey (Clooch)

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:29:20 GMT

thats great too see there are hockey players in Australia, im in Canada and hockey is the best!

i cant really help you, but one thing suggest is get a ballance board, it will do wonders for your skateing.

Ice Hockey (lachie_778)

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:59:45 GMT

Hey all.

In Australia, it is currently the off season for ice hockey, and was wondering what would be get for getting me fitter for the start of the season in April 2006.

I currently do lateral raises, front raises, shoulder press, bicep curl, reverse wrist curls and hammer curls. I also do a plymetric exercise - jumping lunges.

As I have broken my hand, I am off lifting for 2-3 weeks.

I plan on adding dumbell shrugs, bent over rows and upright rows to my routine.

Is this a good idea? Is it going to get me prepped as I want to be a defenceman?