Reply To: Building Leg Strength

[Claude Trudel]

It is very easy to work on leg strenght during the season.
Remember: There will be no gain if you do not exercise 3 three times a week.
You can ask the kids to exercise once a week at home with easy to do exercises.
Then you had a session off ice and a 30 minutes session after your practice.

Keep everything simple.

Running uphill
Running uphill with a kid of the same weight in the back
Walking very slow downhill.
Squat on one leg, one hand on the wall
Calf push on one leg, one hand on the wall
Very slow walk with knee bent at 90 degrees
Squat position, full extension, jumping in the air
Use of stairs, going up and going dowm, slow and fast.
Jumping from one side of a bench to the other ( pre-ski exercise)
etc, etc.

On ice:
Play!
A race with a kid sitting on the ice with a stick in each hand and the other one holding the two sticks and sprinting from one goal line to the other. Skating forward and backward.

A relay race with two teams, pushing the goal from one goal line to the other.

Have fun!!!