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Hockey Skating Drill | Build Hip Strength and Explosiveness

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Channel: Kbands Training · 2017 · Sports

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Hip strength and explosiveness are vital for hockey skating performance. All of that forward and lateral power originates from the hips. Kbands Hockey Skating Drills force the muscles of the legs and hips to stay active, driving through resistance for increased performance without the bands. 

The step over drill is first in this set of hockey skating drills. Strap on the Kbands Leg Resistance Bands to increase the resistance and muscle activation of this hockey skating drill. The only other equipment necessary are flat cones or short hurdles. Line the cones up, each about a foot apart, depending on the player. In a lateral motion, drive the knees up and over the cones going from one end to the other. Activate the muscles of the core and drive the knees up to really increase resistance of the hip flexors. Go down and back and down and then use the last time back to build up into a ten-yard sprint. Perform 6-8 repetitions. 

The last drill is a zigzag formation drill for lateral power and hip strength. For this version of the hockey skating drills, set up cones or hurdles at forty-five degree angles in a zigzag shape, no more than twelve yards long. Each cone or hurdle should be a foot or two apart. Start at one end of the zigzag and then drive the knees up and over the cones or hurdles from side to side, while also moving forward towards the front of the formation. In order to optimize this lateral movement pump the arms and really use them when driving the knees up, all while maintaining proper form and an activated core. Perform 6-8 repetitions of this hockey skating drill. Finally, perform this drill twice without the Kbands Resistance Bands. 

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