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Top 3 Hockey Stride Performance Increases

Elite Hockey Stride Mechanics for speed and explosiveness

Top 3 Hockey Stride Performance Increases

Everyone is always looking for the best exercises to get a faster hockey stride, instead of focusing on specific exercises, focus on mastering your body mechanics during those exercises to truly maximize your stride speed and performance! We’ll break down our 3 most important stride mechanics to master.

Load The Front Leg

Loading the front leg allows for you to keep your weight centered and over top of your center of mass. This will maximize you ability to push off with power and explosiveness!

Other mechanics to focus on: Bend knees and ankle forward, Keep foot flat and heel down, Squat down and keep hips loaded

Tuck The Hips

This one is very technical and takes some time to master depending on your current hip positioning. You want to get the hips to be neutral to maximize glute activation. If you’re already in an anterior pelvic tilt (hips tilting up in the back) then you’ll want to tuck the hips to get the hips back to neutral and be able to activate the glutes fully.

Other mechanics to focus on: Fully extend and squeeze the glutes

Point The Toe (Triple Extension)

You’ve probably heard it before to point the toe, but what does that actually mean? You want to not only point the toe but also extend through your hips and knee. Full extension through your hips, knee and toes will complete the triple extension and maximize your stride power and speed!

Other mechanics to focus on: Extend through the hip and straighten the knee while pointing the toes  

 

Start focusing on these 3 stride mechanics and you’ll be well on your way to maximizing your hockey stride potential! If you have any specific questions on how to work on these or what exercises to implement, don’t hesitate to reach out, we’d be happy to take your through a session and answer all of you questions!

 

Written by:

Rob Jost – ACE-CPT, NSCA-CPT

Suggested Article: 5 MUST DO Plyo Exercises for Hockey Players

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