Reply To: Workout Plans

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TomM wrote:
Comparison of Off Ice Programs from Around the Hockey World

1. Craig Anderson has a program called Poliquin Performance and answers important questions about age appropriate training.
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/filemgmt_data/Training%20off%20ice.pdf

9. Czechoslovakia off ice program dictated to our hockey class by the national coach Ludek Bukac at a coaching seminar at the U of Calgary in the late 70’s. This program was designed at Charles University in Prague. They filmed 100 games and then broke the games down into how much of hockey is strength, then agility, etc. and these 72 workouts combining weights, running, games, plyo’s etc. are based on the numbers they came up with.

Do we do any research like this before designing programs now?

http://www.dailyhattrick.com/hockeycoachforums/uploads/forum2/Czech%20national%20dryland.PDF

So just some Food for Thought on what is the Ideal Program.

Tom,

Excellent post. I want to find time to look at all of these too!

1. I trained under Charles Poliquin for one year while studying at the NCI. He is certainly passionate and will tell you he knows it all 😉 if you ask him! I learned lots, but he was controversial in some areas – according to other exercise physiologists. At that time (mid-1990's) he wasn't a fan of aerobic conditioning AT ALL for hockey! HE moved from Scottsdale AZ to somewhere on theeast coast the last year or two. He has a website and has created a Poliquin Coaching Certification – another way to make money. That Charles… always an idea man and a self-promoter! (Not that there is anything wrong with that…)

9. Love your question, "Do we do any research like this before designing our programs now?" – Haven't even looked at this yet, but I am guessing – Uhhh – NO! Probably not. I did several time / motion analysis back in the mid to late 1990's but I don't know where my results got to. I know there are several research papers available on the web that details time-motion analysis in hockey – one even talked about referees.
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DaveM: Sorry but I have been insanely busy with the school year wrapping up – I have yet to finish work on any other yearly planning stuff. I finish teaching June 17th, so maybe after that… earlier if I can find the time (plus with 2 young monsters running around the house, time is a very valuable commodity!)

Dean
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