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Hockey is one of the few team sports played on ice. Its fast-paced gameplay is filled with precise passes, blistering slapshots, and hard collisions—making hockey one of the best spectator sports. Two teams faceoff with a total of twelve players on the ice at a time, including two goalies. 

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Speed Training Methods for Hockey
June 2, 2023
Accelerations within this distance emphasize the posture, longer contact time, and more piston-like pushing patterns that more directly translate to skating. Speed is arguably the most critical physical capacity in ice hockey. In other words, no single physical attribute will dictate a player’s success at a given level more than speed. As a result, training […]
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Hockey Recovery: Should You Do Ice Baths?
June 2, 2023
Of important note, the literature seems to suggest that hydrostatic pressure is maximized if you can stand while immersed in cold water rather than sit. Should hockey players take ice baths for recovery? The truth is that recovery is a wildly important component towards hockey performance, I have been an advocate of that since Day […]
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Blackhawks Program Introduces Area Youth to the Ice
June 2, 2023
The program offers head-to-toe equipment, age-appropriate instruction and certified coaching to first-time players in a fun and safe atmosphere Area youth, including students from the University of Notre Dame Robinson Community Learning Center, took to the ice recently as part of the Little Blackhawks Learn to Play program, a legacy of the NHL Winter Classic at […]
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Have You Ever Thought About … Hockey?
June 2, 2023
“Hockey is a great sport for your child. If you have the puck, you’re the quarterback,” “Hockey fits any size, any personality.” When you think about getting your kids involved in beginner sports, in Edmond you have a variety of activities. From soccer to flag football, and gymnastics to T-ball — there’s plenty in Edmond […]
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Harder Hockey Shot In Eight Weeks
June 2, 2023
With something as small and simple as added grip work, we create a ripple effect on all things shot power and shot release time. Working Through The Myths Although grip training seems simple on the surface, it’s a little more complicated then most people give it credit for. You can’t just grab something hard and […]
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Hockey Breakfast Ideas
June 2, 2023
In contrast to this diet, the most successful athletes and long-term fit people consistently prioritize breakfast and ensure they make time for it every day. At this point, especially if you’re a long-time follower of the content here at Hockey Training, you know that in order to become lean, strong, and healthy you need to […]
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Take the Stress Out of Improving
June 2, 2023
Camps provide an opportunity for players to learn and improve their games away from an organized competition as well as expose players to different styles of coaches and coaching. In the popular movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the title character, in an effort to explain his easygoing nature, utters the famous quote, “Life moves pretty […]
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How To Become A Better Hockey Player
June 2, 2023
Once excellence becomes a habit, performing well in hockey is something that just flows and comes to you naturally, rather than you needing to nervously chase it. When I come across motivational quotes or inspirational pictures on social media, I like to start putting them to use in my own mind. A lot of these […]
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Advanced Hockey Agility Training
June 2, 2023
Stop doing the things you’re already good at and start getting better at the things you suck at because it’s those things that are holding you back, ten times out of ten. What Is Hockey Agility? A characteristic of performance is in so many cases an accumulation of many underlying factors that all contribute to […]
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Hockey Dryland Training Drills
June 2, 2023
Things don’t happen in predetermined ways out on the ice, so they shouldn’t happen in predetermined ways during your training. Hockey itself is both an art and a science in terms of what it takes to prepare the athletes for a game. Dryland training is no different. Coaches need to select exercises that are going to […]
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