Reply To: 17 -1 loss

[Kai K]

hockeygod wrote:
Thanks Koutsi97!

Are these considered elite U14's? Or average / club level; or recreational level?

Understandable that Mondays are tougher with this schedule.

Good to see the weights aren't too heavy as they are still at the age where the PHV (Peak Height Velocity) – or growth spurt – for males – is just occurring.

One of the SISEC kids was tested last week (he tore some muscles off his hip) and the MRI results showed that even though he is 17 years old, he still has some growing to do… he is only 5'7" and 145 lbs. The Doctors couldn't tell him how much he will grow, but said the growth plates hadn't fused together yet. So he is happy he will grow; time will tell if this is a career-ending injury (for hockey.)

Some of Finnish hockey clubs use doctors to determine the junior players biological age before they start strenght training with bigger weights. (I wish we had this system too in our club)

Kai

Kai