Ice Hockey and sprinting

According to a 2009 study published by Sports Biomechanics, “Hip adductor muscle function in forward skating,” the adductor magnus (one of your adductors which actually assists in the hip extension) “exhibited disproportionately larger increases in peak muscle activation and significantly prolonged activation with increased speed.” (1) 

What does that mean for you?  The faster a skater skates, the harder (and more at risk) your adductor magnus is for injury.  How d you prevent that?  Make sure that your athletes are doing some sprint work .That does not mean all of it must take place on the ice.  It is very valuable to have the athletes off of the ice where they can get some “cross-training” done.  A good mix of both should help fit the bill.

Blog back up and running!

The new blog is finally up and running once again.  We have many exciting new things going on with Finer Points including teaming up with two local websites while providing the latest and greatest training information for those sites.  Please check out www.mbr.org where you will find the latest on high school sports.  We will be contributing monthly training articles related to high school strength & conditioning.  Recently we also teamed up with http://me.milesplit.us a high school track and cross country site where we will also be contributing monthly articles.  Stay tuned for more training information.