Are you waisting your time???

I have noticed one recurring statement from multiple NHL, Minor Pro and Junior A hockey trainers, players and coaches. "Our players dedicate hundreds of hours a year to off-ice strength and conditioning but the results do not transfer to the ice" The major factor why off ice strength and conditioning doesn't produce the results expected on the ice is pretty simple. The average hockey player while training off ice has less then a pound of extra weight on their frame. When on the ice, in full gear the average hockey player has between 20 to 25 pounds of added weight to their frame. The weighted vest was thought to be a solution to this problem but it created a worse problem. Hockey players that tried this apparatus lost their center of gravity and the vest made them fall forward when making a natural hockey stride. The slide board and the costly hockey treadmill were suppose to be the next answer to this dilemma but they all missed he boat. The slide board is a decent strength and conditioning tool for speed skaters and goalies but the hockey power stride is not a side to side skating motion. The hockey treadmill is a neat idea but hockey players do not skate straight down the ice and upright. The answer to this dilemma is pretty simple. Add resistance to the skater while allowing him or her to stay in the natural skating position. Allow the skater to change directions while pushing or pulling this resistance device. Give the skater the ability to change the levels of the resistance to target the areas they want to improve and allow them to keep advancing. Make this resistance training device build all the majors hockey muscles at once so you get the most complete hockey workout possible in minimal time. This is why taking the workout onto the ice is so important, even if for only 10 minutes a couple times a week. Hockey coaches, players and trainers will witness significant improvements compared to the typical off-ice training. Don't get me wrong, off-ice training can be effective for endurance and agility.