Thanks Coach. Anything would be a great help.

Impsboss and others,

I have a copy of the Russian Hockey Manual that we'll be offering on the store site in the coming weeks. Here is the description/contents if you are interested:

"The Russian Ice Hockey Manual – This manual is a compilation of unpublished articles about soviet hockey. The soviet hockey team was one of the most accomplished teams during the soviet sports empire and the methods involved in various training and coaching are in this manual. An Excellent System - V. Pashinin, Penetrating the Zone - Valery Kharlamov, A Center Breakaway - Vladimir Shadrin, A Penetrating Raid - Vladimir Lutchenko, A Fake Pass, On a Fast Break, A Training Aid for Developing Speed Strength in Young Hockey Players - G.N. Kozlovsky, The Summer Period - Valery Kharlamov, On The Edge of Greatness - Veniamin Bystrov, Tenacity of a Forward, Goaltending Seminar - Vladislav Tretyak, Hockey Training During the Preparatory Period - V.M. Koluzganov, New Data on the Phasic Structure of Speed Skating - O.P. Krause, Movement Energetics of Ice Skaters In Relation To Push-Off Technique and Speed Fluctuation Throughout the Distance - A.B. Handelsman, N.V. Zabello Lenin, Functioning of Shin and Foot Muscles in Speed Skaters - F.L. Dolenko, l.V. Bulanova, Radiotelemetric Examination of the Work Capacity of Cyclists and Ice Skaters - G.V. Mellenber, A.V. Sedov, M.U. Hvan, On-Ice Training of Speed Skaters During the Preparatory Period - V. V, Voronin."

So that will be coming, and will cover dryland and on-ice training specific to hockey.

In the meantime, here is a new drill I just got up a couple days ago for athletes with sore knees that have limited bending. It was inspired by what is currently being done with a couple of Gopher hockey players battling some patellar tendonitis:

Injured Knee - Limited Bending Workout For Hockey

Hope that works for you guys! Let me know if you have further questions.

Coach D

It seems like every high school clinic we do, we have young athletes asking us for circuits or workouts to increase muscle mass. While we tell them that the most important thing to do is eat, eat, and eat some more of whatever walks, swims, or flies, they would still like some extra workouts. So, we came up with a few circuits you can add in as extra training for those athletes seeking to get bigger, or as short workouts for off-days. This is also helpful for you strength coaches who have been told by coaches that regardless of how fast or strong they are, they need to "get bigger" (something we are all-too-familiar with as well).

So take a look at them if you want, and feel free to download and print them off if you like them.


Get Huge Circuit


Big Arm Circuit


Big Arm and Grip Circuit


Big Arm Team Circuit


Injured Hand and Wrist Workout

If you are not sure of what an exercise is, simply click on it and a video will play.

Thanks!
Coach D

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Originally posted by ImpsBoss:
Thanks Coach. Anything would be a great help.

Hi ImpsBoss! I have that link up for the Soviet Hockey Manual if you are interested. It is pretty complete and I was impressed.

Soviet Ice Hockey Manual

I also put up some Upper Body Plyometric Workouts if you are interested as well:

Upper Body Plyometric Workout 1

Upper Body Plyometric Workout 2

Thanks!
Coach D

Thanks Coach i shall have a look

XL Athlete just put up a workout plan designed to increase muscle mass for freshmen and other athletes seeking to add size. It is an eight week program, and uses simple exercises that anyone can perform. Here is the link:

Extreme Mass Training For Hockey

Hope that helps!
Coach D

Hello coaches and athletes,

XL Athlete has added several Tabata Interval workouts to its website. They are an excellent way to train both aerobic and anaerobic systems at the same time. They are also quite effective for both novice and elite athletes. In a nutshell, they get you in shape in a hurry. All that is required is four minutes a day with little or no equipment required. It is not required that you sign up to access these workouts, so you can just download and print them off easily.

Here is the link if you are interested:

Tabata Intervals For Hockey

Thanks!
Coach D

XL Athlete has put up an Off-Season Conditioning Manual with most or all of their conditioning drills and information. Here is a direct link to the pdf:

Off-Season Conditioning Manual