Your feet will move faster, and stride width-length will increase.Ĥ. Include some “skating improvement days,”without breezers and shoulder pads. Keep in mind that manufacturers are protecting their company from lawsuits, not just protecting your body. Slit the inseam to allow greater range of motion. Get a pair of scissors to remove unnecessary padding. Keep in mind that all repetitions result in permanent changes to the brain and spinal cord(the CNS), so don’t practice slow, restricted strides every day at a young age when learning is greatest. Speedskating coaches would never burden skaters with restrictive pants.
Hockey pants (breezers) have too much padding and restrict the width and length of the stride. Less equipment means faster skating practice. Today’s shoulder pads are so heavy they look like they’re designed for football. Efficiency must be part of your speed training, not just strength, strength and more strength.ģ. On the other hand, bending forward (pike position) is an inefficient use of force, whether sprinting or skating. Extend your body in a straight line (SLX) so your leg force passes through your center of mass efficiently. Lean forward to 45 degrees like Usain Bolt. For acceleration, nothing compares to short off-ice sprints. Explode as fast as you can for 5-30 meters then walk back to the starting line for recovery. Off-ice exercises for hip abduction-rotation-extension include side-to-side jumps, Russian Box jumps, resisted lunge walks and slide board.Ģ. You also rotate your hips to prepare for the next stride.
At the end of each stride, you are pushing backward (hip extension) because you’re moving past the ice. Because your skate blade is not perpendicular to the angle of force, this propels you forward, in the same way a sailboat tacks crosswind much faster than the wind. This is the major source of skating power and efficiency at high speed, yet it is ignored in most weight rooms. Instead, push hard to the side (hip abduction). At high speeds, you cannot lengthen your stride straight backward because your feet would have to be impossibly quick. The difference is efficient high-end speed, and it’s highly trainable.ġ. Every year, some players dominate in the regular season, but not in the playoffs when the pace is faster.
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