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Train for hockey this summer the Old School way.

Posted: Tuesday, May 17th Filed in: General

By: LH26

I get so many questions on off season training and immediately most parents and kids assume they need to be in a state of the art training facility to get better. To be honest, most training facilities where the best trainers and instructors are can be found in an ordinary building with an old school atmosphere. In places like that there are no distractions, just focused athletes that are in the zone. 

What most players and parents miss though, is that going to a gym or training facility is just a small piece of the puzzle. It is the work that goes on at home, behind the scenes, when no one else is working on their game. It is the hundreds of pucks shot into a net, barrel, old t.v.'s or at pop cans. It is the time spent stick handling in the morning and again in the evening. Sprint and quick feet workouts are never missed because that is where the priorities lie.  All of this stuff has to do with skill development, passion and a focused work ethic. 

Why go the extra mile? Because reaping the benefits of the sacrifice and lactic acid is so, so sweet. Find a work out buddy, ask one of your parents to pass pucks to you while shooting, get up a half hour earlier in the morning to get a good stretch in. No facility determines how good a player can be, the work ethic of the player does.