Skahan - Total Hockey Training

Sean Skahan

Human Kinetics

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Skahan, Sean, 1975

Title: Total hockey training / Sean Skahan.

Description: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2016] | Includes

bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015031654 | ISBN 9781492507093 (print)

Subjects: LCSH: Hockey--Training.

Classification: LCC GV848.3 .S535 2016 | DDC 796.962--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015031654

ISBN: 978-1-4925-0709-3 (print)

Copyright 2016 by Sean Skahan

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The game of hockey has certainly evolved over the last two decades. The sport is now played at a much higher level. Players are bigger, stronger, faster, leaner, and more mobile than they once were. Strength and conditioning programs have to reflect the changes of the game moving forward.

As a player, do you want a strength and conditioning program that will help you improve your game? If you are a coach, do you want to know how to design a strength and conditioning program for your team?

Total Hockey Training will take you step by step through a season-specific strength and conditioning program. The off-season, preseason, and in-season periods are all included. Strength training, speed training, plyometrics, conditioning, and recovery methods are addressed so that you will always know what to do at any time during the year.

This comprehensive training program is for any player at any level. This book is also a resource for team coaches and strength and conditioning coaches. Athletes today want to know why and how training methods can help them, so each exercise and drill contains an explanation of its application to hockey. Total Hockey Training reflects my years of coaching players in strength and conditioning at the professional and collegiate levels. I hope you enjoy it!

This book would not have been possible without the help and support of my wife, Hillary, and sons, Will and Wyatt. Their support throughout the entire process from start to finish has been tremendous.

I would also like to thank Justin Klug and the Human Kinetics staff for their guidance and assistance and their belief in me.

I would also like to thank those who have mentored me and had a positive effect on my career in more ways than they know. Strength and conditioning coaches and educators such as Mike Boyle, Glenn Harris, Al Vermeil, Brad Arnett, Paul Chapman, Mike Poidomani, and Avery Faigenbaum have all been instrumental. Much of what you will read in this book wouldnt be included without their guidance.

Also, thanks to all the hockey coaches and management personnel who have given me opportunities to work with their teams.

A calendar year for any hockey player should include three main components: the off-season, the preseason, and the in-season. Each component represents times of the year where different parts of an all-encompassing program are emphasized more than others. However, strength training will always be consistent. For example, although training for speed off the ice will not be emphasized during the in-season, strength training will be consistent on a year-round basis. Hockey players should always try to get stronger.

In this chapter, all aspects of the yearly program are identified and described. The ultimate goal is for hockey players who embark on this program to apply the principles to help them become the best players they can be.