Off-ice Hockey Agility Drill

[HockeyCommunity]

Nice! Never saw this video before!

[griffinman13]

woo today i got 20 seconds less!!! i have a question.. i went to your s3 formila thing and signed up but it says its not in session right now.. what is it talking about i thought this was an online thing that told you workouts

[griffinman13]

are the times for the whole workout with every exercise... cuz im a fast little guy and im getting bad times

[weissie20]

The time guidelines are for the entire drill... Six reps of each exercise, just like the demo... There's a bit of a learning curve while you memorize the sequence... Just keep at it!

[Zev121]

good stuff...

[jigsaw99]

you can get the same work out playing DDR!!

[weissie20]

lol someone said that before too!

[dbzfan87]

@jigsaw99 haha I actually train quick feet by playing ddr

[howaboutanother]

Excellent. Good demonstation on the board and the matt.

[Luftschutzpolizei]

shit dude nice stuff!

[dangler1927]

we used to do that drill for our team but then our trainer told us that all it does is make u better at doing the dot drill it doesnt improve your agility

[weissie20]

Interesting. Did you feel like it helped you? I did it pretty religiously from about age 12 to 18 and I felt like it helped a ton with quick feet, agility, balance, and coordination. Anyways... I'd say try doing it regularly for a few months as part of your workouts and see how you feel.

[dangler1927]

it was ok but our coaches have a lot better drills to help with quick feet, we usually do latter drills but we do a lot of other stuff too

[weissie20]

Ladder drills are good too. I actually majored in exercise science at school - so we studied a ton of this stuff. It really comes down to the overall workout program, and how you put all the pieces together. Dot drill (or any other agilty drill) is just one component of developing hockey speed. Thanks for you input man! Who do you play for (just out of curiosity)?

[dangler1927]

well i was on the u17 team for usa hockey and last year i played for eau claire memorial high school. we just got back from germany and now im going to play for a junior a hockey in ann arbor in the ushl

[weissie20]

Right on man! Sounds like you're playing some good hockey these days. You guys finish 3rd over in Germany?

[dangler1927]

yeah we played some pretty hard competition, turcotte really helped us out a lot

[nathanpoon]

whats the dfiference between skill and power athlete?

[weissie20]

Skill would be the smaller, more agile, finess style athlete. Power would be the bigger, more physical style athlete. Make sense?

[nathanpoon]

k i get it

[AUCSM]

oh really..i really need some tips..would u be willing to help

[weissie20]

send me a direct message with your questions... i'll see if i can help

[AUCSM]

do u play hockey?

[weissie20]

mostly just coach now

[capshockeyplayer]

haha it looks like that dance game

[weissie20]

lol that's true! could be a topic for a future vid... :)

[capshockeyplayer]

hahaha

[adultyt]

Great Video! .. only thing I noticed is your always starting on the lower right dot. And thus have to turn the same direct the whole drill. I am thinking you would switch it around every rep? (Starting on the left dot going clockwise)

[weissie20]

Thanks - you can switch it up every rep if you'd like. I've found that the drill is pretty symmetrical (meaning you're jumping in all directions relatively evenly), I've had success doing it the way I showed it, but that doesn't mean it's the only way. Let me know how it goes for you!