Increase Hockey Speed with Plyometric Training
Click Here for a printout of the hockey plyometrics diagram used in the video.
Plyometric training is a great way to increase your leg strength and explosiveness, which will contribute to improved hockey speed and skating power. There are many different plyometric exercises and routines out there. This video outlines one of my favorite methods for developing that leg strength and explosive power that all hockey players need. I’ve had a lot of success with this routine, but I’m interested to know what other plyometric exercises you may have seen or used in the past.
Enjoy!
PS: Here is a link where you can purchase your own set of plyometric boxes. These aren’t exactly the same as the ones I have, but they will definitely do the trick. This place lets you mix and match sizes ranging from 6″ up to 42″ – Click Here to check it out.
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Hi Jeremy: How many times a week would you do this box routine. Thanks Dan
Dan – I usually try to fit it in twice per week in the off-season, and once per week during the season. I’ll typically have my guys do it along with their sprints on the days they aren’t lifting. This routine has been great for me, but there are many variations that will also work. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
[..YouTube..] good vids man! but what is the difference between physical strenght and power?
[..YouTube..] @kvissety thanks for the comment! let me try to clarify.
in this explanation i’m referring to “leg strength” as physical strength (i.e. how much weight the athlete could push on any given exercise, or how strong an individual stride may be while skating)
“explosive power” would be how quickly the athlete can execute that leg press, or that hockey stride… so it is a combination of speed and strength (within one movement)
“foot speed” would be how quickly a series of movements is repeated
[..YouTube..] Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!
[..YouTube..] Physical strength is the amount of force you can generate. Power is the amount of force you can generate in a specified amount of time.
What size boxes would you reccomend for an 11 year old
I was thinking 3 boxes @ 12 inches 4th box at 24″
or 3 boxes @ 12 abd 4th box 18 ”
What do you think
your heights sound good – at the end of the day, you want the last box to be challenging, but doable… a height they’ll have to focus to hit as they get a little tired… if your 11 year old is fairly “springy” go with the higher box.
[..YouTube..] OK you seriously need to get to the point in this video. And what are other plyometric workouts? I looked on good and all i get is explain of plyometric is very frustrating.
[..YouTube..] @snayil not sure exactly what you’re saying here… “you looked on good?”
anyways… the purpose of this video is to introduce plyometric training (explain it), and like i said in the video, show you ONE of my favorite plyometric routines.
the point wasn’t to show you a million different ways of doing it. i expect that by watching the explanation, then the demo, you could then use some creativity and implement similar drills techniques yourself…
[..YouTube..] @weissie20 **drills & techniques**
[..YouTube..] @weissie20 I was saying i am trying to find a good plyometric workout routine for hockey on google and all ifind is explanations which was pissing me off because that does no good ok i understand it now but i still got no where because i dont know any workouts.
I fiqured that is what you where doing i was so frusterated on trying to find a good amount of workouts for plyometric for hockey and found nothing i had to say something to let the frustration out.
Could you tell me the best workouts?
[..YouTube..] @snayil lol – no worries. i really like the box jumps routine i showed here, and there’s another version that uses a picnic table instead (see my video response to this video) and it’s only 2:50 long
besides that, just get creative… you can jump up stairs, do two feet, one foot, standing long jumps, vertical jumps, side to side jumps over a bench… just remember to minimize the time on the ground between jumpsthat’s where the explosiveness will be developed.
Jeremy,
I’m a big guy 6’3″ 230, Im trying to get my stride a little deeper because right now my knee bend is not as deep as I’d like. what do you recommend for creating that power in those deep angles of the initial knee bend in your stride? also what do you recommend for getting the feet all the way together under the body? i have a tendency not to bring my feet in all the way.