What is developing breakaway girls hockey speed really all about? Watch the five videos on off-ice speed training below and you’ll get a better idea of just a few of the concepts I will be covering in the upcoming Total Female Hockey Speed Camp.

The Original Girls Hockey Speed Video

Pretty good for someone with the spine of a 70 year-old.

The Sequel - The 3 Key Parts of Girls Hockey Speed

A quick break from the music videos - now I am actually going to explain something.

Hockey Training For Power

Now for a slightly harder set of girls hockey power drills.

Single Leg Power for Hockey

Now for the high-speed versions of the hockey power exercises you saw in the last two videos.

Girls Hockey Power Done Quickly

There you have it. Five quick videos of girls hockey speed.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

If you are in the Toronto area this March Break, check out the Total Female Hockey Speed Camp.

If not, click here to learn how to bring a Total Female Hockey Speed Camp to you.

Work Hard. Dream BIG. Get FAST.

~ Coach Kim

For the first few weeks of your off-season training program, you have been performing your jumping exercises with a hold in between jumps.

Now it’s time to take your power training to the next level.

Once your muscles and joints have become used to absorbing the force of the jumps, you will start performing the stair-based exercises without holding in between each jump.

As soon as you land, you will immediately jump up again - focusing on making the transition between the jumps as quick as possible and minimize the amount of time spent on each stair.

It is still extremely important to land as quiet as possible and to maintain a low balanced position with your head and chest up.

You may not be able to jump as many stairs in this ‘without hold’ variation initially (especially with the single-leg jumps).

But soon you will be able to produce even more power than you were able to produce in the ‘with hold’ variation.

The 3 keys to jumping with power and speed:

1) Get Low
2) Quick Transition
3) Chest Up

Take your time learning and mastering these new jumping variations and take your power (and hockey-specific speed) to a whole new level.

Until next time,

Kim

Hockey is a SINGLE-LEG sport.
Almost every aspect of the game requires players to generate, transfer and control power from one leg.

Hockey is also a LATERAL sport.
The best hockey players in the world are those who are exceptionally effective and efficient at moving laterally.

Lateral movement allows a goalie to move from post to post, a defenseman to contain a rushing forward and a forward to create separation.

The ability to move laterally both quickly and powerfully from one leg to the other is what separates good players from great players.

Check out the 2 most fundamental exercises for developing powerful single-leg lateral movement ability below:

Remember to focus on the 3 keys to proper jumping technique when doing these sideways single-leg stair jumping exercises and start taking your speed, power and quickness to a whole new level of performance today.

Until next time,

Kim

I recently did on-ice testing for some young hockey players and asked them to perform a variety of jumps over the lines and over their sticks.

One of the players asked: “Why do I have to be able to jump? I never jump on the ice.”

If you want to be fast, you have to be able to jump

Watch the most basic progression of lower body power development for hockey players below:

When performing any jumping exercises, remember these three key points:

1) LAND QUIETLY - Bend your knees and sit your hips back as you land.

2) STAY LOW - Avoiding standing up in between jumps - you’ll lose both time and power.

3) KEEP UPPER BODY STILL - Keep your chest up throughout by looking straight ahead (instead of looking down)

Remember, developing lower body power off the ice is critical to building break-away speed on the ice.

To be fast, you must be able to jump.

Until next time,

Kim