Power Hockey
Power Hockey
Contact Information
(608) 261-1775
Information Sheet
UW Health Sports Medicine's Power2 Athletic Performance Power Hockey program will help you take your hockey skills to the next level by improving your skating and checking power through improved lower body strength, balance and speed.For: Athletes 13- to 18-years-old.
Goals: This session focuses on improving the skills important to every hockey athlete in a traditional "dry land" training format that includes an explosive upper- and lower-body strength and plyometric training program.
Power Hockey Sessions
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Annual Training Plan for Hockey
The UW Health Sports Medicine's Power2 Athletic Performance Power program can help hockey players improve their strength, balance and speed throughout the whole year, whether in-season or off-season. The table below details our year-round training plan.
| Season | Phase | Training Plan | Training Goals |
| In-season (mid-Nov. to March) | Competitive | Strength and Power | Maintain or continue to develop levels of athletic strength and power |
| Post-season (March) | Transition | Regeneration |
Recovery Rehabilitation Re-evaluation Maintain fitness levels |
| Off-season Phase 1 (April to mid-July) | General preparation | Strength and Power |
Evaluate strength and power deficits Develop athletic strength training techniques Develop lower body strength Develop upper body strength Improve torso/core stability Develop upper and lower body power |
| Off-season Phase 2 (mid-July to mid-Sept.) | General preparation | Speed and Agility |
Develop linear and lateral movement speed Improve deceleration and change of direction agility Convert strength and power into athletic speed Continued development of athletic strength |
| Pre-season (mid-Sept. to mid-Nov.) | Specific preparation | Power Hockey |
Convert speed and agility into hockey-focused movements Address sport-specific injury concerns Develop energy system-specific stamina |