PLAY BETTER - STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING TIP OF THE WEEK

I am very excited to be able to provide the readers of PlayBetterHockey.com readers with a weekly Strength and Conditioning tip. Throughout these tips, I will be providing valuable information that will help aspiring players reach new levels in their hockey conditioning. The tips will focus on the many aspects of Hockey Specific Training. I would invite any players, coaches or parents to email me with questions you have.

Tip #1- There are many important areas that a hockey conditioning program must focus on. In my opinion the most important is the core region. When I speak of the core, I am referring to the centre of the body, from the lower region of the chest to the mid thigh. This area of the body can be thought of as the power centre of the body. When an athlete strengthens this area there is an immediate increase in performance. Three exercises which target this area very well are:

 
Stability Ball Rollout - Use a small range of motion to begin. Perform 2 sets of 10 reps

     
Reverse Hyper - Perform 2 sets of 10 reps.

 
Stability Ball Russian Twists - Perform 2 sets of 10 per side

Try and perform these three exercises three times per week. Next week I will continue with more core exercise and add some energy system work also.

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