Increase Hockey Speed with Plyometric Training

[bill1177is1]

this is what p90x is for man plyos lol (we do this in school its awsome) i meen the p90 great vid though its great tranning

[Forsure3333]

I play ball hockey, so I'm running instead of skating. I'm starting plyometrics tomorrow. My next game is in 2 weeks. You think it's eough time to improve speed and acceleration. I don't worry too much about speed. My problem is accelerating from speed zero. It's essential to have a great acceleration when you need to be the first on the loose ball. I'm like a 18-wheel that takes quite a long time to gain speed. Why is that?

[Forsure3333]

If I don't want to buy those boxes, what is my other option?

[weissie20]

@Forsure3333 See my video response called "Plyometric Box Routine (without the boxes)"

[snayil]

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.

[weissie20]

@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...

[weissie20]

@weissie20 **drills & techniques**

[snayil]

@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?

[weissie20]

@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.

[crown74]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

[kvissety]

good vids man! but what is the difference between physical strenght and power?

[weissie20]

@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

[jbarnes8]

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.