On this page you will find Hockey Training articles that will help you become a faster skater, increase your explosiveness, give you better conditioning levels, and make you an all-around better hockey player.
As Hockey Training continues to grow its reach in the strength and conditioning world, I find myself often answering the same type of question over and over, but communicated through a different way… “Hey Dan, I do 50 lunges after training, is this good?” “Coach Garner, I train total body three times a week and … Read more
Practicing yoga has become incredibly popular over the past couple of decades and shows no signs of slowing down – especially with athletes. Yoga is a term originally derived from the Sanskrit word “yuji” which represents a union, bringing together both mind and body. This type of exercise is most known for incorporating breathing techniques, … Read more
The term “periodization” simply represents the process of organizing your training into phases. These phases are placed in a logical order for the purpose of optimizing your long-term hockey performance, avoiding psychological burnout, and preventing injury. Single weeks of training are most often referred to as microcycles, and longer “blocks” of training are referred to … Read more
Plenty of trainers and athletes have been running hills since the dawn of sports training, and for a good reason too – it works. Running on an incline demands that you use your own body weight as a form of resistance while trying to travel upwards. This is excellent because adding unnatural resistance (weighted vests, … Read more
When it comes to hockey performance, you need to have the ability to express maximal force in the shortest timeframe possible. The faster you can express force into the hockey specific planes of motion, the more explosive and powerful you’re going to be on the ice. The shot is no exception here. Here’s what we’re … Read more
When it comes to building muscle mass for hockey athletes, you need to have an adequate intake of protein in your diet. Technically, water makes up roughly 75% of your muscles weight, it is the protein component of your muscle that is responsible for carrying out your skating, shooting, hitting, and general athletic movement. How … Read more
There’s a difference between exercising and training. And when it comes to at-home hockey workouts, that difference is everything. Exercising is doing push-ups, squats, and burpees because it feels productive. Training is building a structured workout around the specific physical demands of hockey and executing it with purpose. Both will make you tired. Only one … Read more
The science of strength and conditioning has come a long way from the early days where mostly everything was being derived from bodybuilding anecdote. It’s really only 30 years or so that strength and conditioning has become its own separate entity from skill development within hockey athletes. Every year, hockey athletes are becoming more aware … Read more
I’m sure you have all heard of this before or perhaps done it yourself. The typical scenario rolls out normally in the form of something like this: “Hey man, what’s up? What are you training today?” “You know what bro, I just go by feel based on the day. I don’t even know what I’m … Read more
A battle I have been fighting for a few years now is the idea that the most important exercises for hockey players are the exercises that are performed on an unstable surface. This type of approach demonstrates a severe lack of understanding in the training principles that are most deeply rooted within the sports science … Read more