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Types of Ice Hockey Drills
Posted by in Hockey on July 11, 2011
The ice hockey drills integrate skills that are necessary for the ice hockey players. Here is a great list of ice hockey drills.
Montreal: This is one of the best ice hockey drills for the whole team. This drill trains the player to starts at the far blue line from the goalie, passing diagonally to the player waiting at the front of the line there. Then same player passes it back to the first player and he passes to the player at the blue line, this passes again to first player. This process repeats until all pucks are in the net.
Breakout 3-on-3: In this type the coach dumps the puck into the corner. One is picking up the puck, passing behind the net to d-man and breaks out the forward, the defensemen retreats. The defensemen try to stop the three attacking forwards from scoring. This repeats till that end.
Breakout 2-on-2:This is same as breakout 3-on 3 only with two forwards instead of three; this is also very powerful drill.
Seven man rebound: Seven man rebound drill for goalies has seven forwards standing in front of the net. Defenseman does one forward from the corner, which fires on the net and the forwards hit the rebounds.
Give-and-go: Same as Montreal but with two man variations, it is one of ice hockey drill include passing and shooting.
Give-and-go 2-on-1: A variation on the give-and-go includes defender, which makes the pass out to the forward who starts the attacking drill.
Dump and chase: Dump and chase is useful ice hockey drills for professional teams’ warm-ups.
Penalty kills: This can be achieving by practicing the power play with the penalty killers not having sticks, focusing on body position and skating this ice hockey drill is great practice. Read the rest of this entry »
How to Improve Your Hockey Training – Instantly
Posted by in Hockey on July 11, 2011
The more time and experience I spend in this field the more I am seeking out more efficient ways of doing things. And this shouldn’t just regarding hockey training but everything we do. We should be looking for strategies that give us the best return on investment. Period.
The goal shouldn’t be to make our training sessions longer. Or to set records on the training room floor. Or to double the dose of a nutrient if the first sample worked. Instead we should be looking at things the opposite way.
What is the least amount of a factor I need in order to improve? Can I demonstrate improved strength and power with one fewer set than what I normally use? Can I improve my energy systems with one less set? Can I perfect my lifting technique with fewer attempts to failure?
In other words can I change my approach from one based on quantity (length of workout, loads used, sets, reps etc) to one based on quality (movement, tissue, technique, effort). Would we see fewer instances of over-reaching and over-training? Would we see progress continue for longer before plateauing? Would we see fewer wear and tear injuries? Would we see better moods and motivations for training? And would we see more competitiveness and effort during games as opposed to sporadic efforts and occasionally apathy?
I would think we would. But in order to do so we need to do a very good job at gathering some metrics. We need to be able to record everything we do that relates to our hockey training and on-ice performance. For example consider the following. Read the rest of this entry »