The Hockey Performance Program will broaden your abilities on the ice and will transform you into a more powerful, agile, and skillful hockey player. This program was created to enable players to achieve their FULL POTENTIAL.
It consists of 3 phases that build upon each other.
This is Phase 3 and we will be focusing on reactive, fast, and powerful movements - moving heavy weight and lightweight as fast as possible to enhance our force-velocity curve.
We have a 4-week block of training, which consists of strength, speed-work, plyometrics, sport-specific conditioning, puck handling, and mobility drills that will close the gap between off-season and in-season training.
The goal is to prime the body and sharpen the edges to utilize everything we build up this off-season - on the ice.
FeaturesA
Rope Jumps
1 x 3:00
B1
Foot Pronation Drill (can be on wedge)
1 x 15
B2
Worlds Greatest Stretch
1 x 8
B3
Standing Hip CARs Band Assisted
1 x 8
B4
KB Cossack + Hip IR ER
1 x 6
B5
Glute Stretch on Bench
1 x 8
C1
Wall Drill - Single Switch
2 x 10
C2
Copenhagen Plank Loaded
2 x 0:25
C3
Bodysling Starplank Reach & Row
2 x 12
C4
Reverse Nordic
2 x 12
D1
Pin Squat
4 x 5
D2
Drop Jump to Hurdle Jump to Broad Jump
3 x 3
D3
CM Barbell Squat Jump
3 x 5
D4
Band Assisted Squat Jump
3 x 8
E1
Landmine Skater Squat
4 x 5
E2
Explosive Box Step Up
3 x 5 @ 18
E3
Smith Machine Reactive Lunge (Accommodating Resistance)
3 x 12
E4
Standing Hip Flexor Single Leg Banded Oscillatory
3 x 0:10
F1
Lateral BB Lunge
3 x 6
F2
Drop Jump & Lateral Skater Bound
3 x 3
F3
Band resisted lateral skater bound
3 x 12
G
Band resisted lateral shuffle
5 x 0:25
A
Rower/Airbike/Rope Jump
1 x 3:00
B1
Prayer Lat Stretch
1 x 1:00
B2
Banded Cat Cow
1 x 10
B3
Quadruped Shoulder CARs
1 x 10
B4
Banded Half Kneeling Open Book On Wall
1 x 8
B5
Wrist Flexor Stretch
1 x 0:45
B6
Wrist Extensor Stretch
1 x 12
C1
Sprinter Plank
2 x 0:30
C2
DB Around the worlds
2 x 20
C3
Split Stance Cable Rotational Lift
2 x 8
C4
Staggered Stance Landmine Core Rotation Explosive Recoil
2 x 10
D1
Pull Ups
_ , 3, 3, 3
D2
Half kneeling medball lateral slam
3 x 6
D3
Landmine Row and Press
3 x 6
E1
BB Pushpress
8, 5, 5, 5
E2
Landmine Push Press (Accommodating Resistance)
3 x 12
E3
Lateral Shoulder Co-contraction
3 x 0:10
F1
Dips
4 x 5
F2
Staggered Stance DB Clean & Press
4 x 8
G
Airbike
1 x 8 @ 0:10
Puck Drills
A
Here are some example drills you can do - click the 3 dots in the right hand corner for demo videos. Do each of them for 2-3 mins or until perfection!
A
Warmup Jog
1 x 5:00
B1
Dynamic Lunge to Hammi Reach
1 x 10
B2
Dynamic Quad Stretch to Toe Touch
1 x 10
B3
Dynamic Leg Swing
1 x 10
B4
Side Lunge to Crossover Reach
1 x 10
B5
Lateral A - Skip
1 x 20
B6
B - Skip
1 x 20
B7
C-Skip
1 x 20
C1
Miniband Lateral Skater Push-Off
1 x 30
C2
Miniband hip flexor activation
1 x 20
D1
Intensive Linear Pogos
2 x 10
D2
Lateral Skater Bound to Stick
2 x 8
D3
Quick Skater Bound
2 x 20
D4
Quick Crossover Bound
2 x 20
D5
Intensive Hop Bound Pattern
2 x 30
Speed/Agility
E
Speed Work
Tap the 3 dots in the right-hand corner to see demo videos Rest until recovered between reps 3 Cone Linear Change of Direction x4 (change stopping leg) 3 Cone Lateral Change of Direction x2 each way 4 Cone Linear to Lateral Shuffle to Backward x2 each way Lateral Shuffle to Linear Sprint x2 per side Half Moon CoD x3 each way Extrinsic Motivational Sprint (Tennisball) x5 4 min rest 40 meter Sprint (3-point start) x 8 rest for 90 sec. between Sprints
F
Cooldown jog
1 x 5:00
A
Crossover Lateral Deadmill Push
1 x 4:00
B1
Single Leg Ankle Knee Warmup
1 x 16
B2
Supine Banded Hammi/Glute/Adductor Stretch
1 x 5
B3
Banded Quad stretch + activation
1 x 1:00
B4
KB Windmill in adductor stretch position
1 x 8
B5
Staggered Stance Hinge Yielding Isometric
1 x 0:30
C1
Skater Banded Adductor Lunge
2 x 15
C2
Wall Drill Inside Edge - Load and Lift
2 x 10
C3
Wall Drill - Outside Edge Load and Lift
2 x 10
Circuit
D
2 rounds / 2 min rest between rounds Rest as long as needed between exercises Crossover Stick in Place x20 Crossunder Stick in Place x20 45° Skater Bound x6/side
E
Barbell Hang Clean
6, 4, 4, 4, 4
F1
Staggered stance Trap Bar RDL
10, 5, 5, 5
F2
Staggered Stance CMJ accommodating resistance
3 x 4
F3
Perpendicular Split Jump Rotational Medball throw
3 x 5
G1
Single Leg DB Hip Thrust
12, 9, 9, 9
G2
Single Leg Banded Hip Thrust
3 x 10
G3
Knees to feet to vertical jump
3 x 5
H1
Single Leg BB RDL
8, 4, 4, 4
H2
Rotational KB Swing
3 x 12
H3
Prone SL Hamstring Oscillatory
3 x 0:10
A
Rower/Airbike/Rope Jump
1 x 3:00
B1
Banded Shoulder Traction
1 x 15
B2
Quadriped roll assisted T-Spine + C-Spine Mobilisation
1 x 6
B3
Banded T-Spine Opener Adductor Stretch
1 x 10
B4
RFESS On Wall Torso Rotation
1 x 8
B5
Walkout Downdog Cobra
1 x 5
C1
KB Windmill in adductor stretch position
2 x 8
C2
QL Raise on Hyperextension
2 x 12
C3
Bottoms up Waiters Walk
2 x 0:45
C4
Prone Alternating Shoulder Hovers
2 x 20
D1
BB Pendlay Row (Accommodating Resistance)
4 x 5
D2
Bend over BB Row Drop Catch
3 x 10
E1
DB Benchpress
8, 6, 6, 6, 6
E2
Reactive Pushups off Blocks
4 x 6
F1
Single Arm DB Row
4 x 6
F2
Split Stance Cable Push Pull
3 x 8
F3
Supine Medball Plyo
3 x 6
A
Bike Intervals
3 x 8
A
Active recovery bike ride or light jog @120-140bpm
1 x 45:00
B
Game of Choice (Ex. Tennis)
1 x 60:00
C1
Half Kneeling Quad/Hip Stretch on Wall
2:00, 0:20, 0:20
C2
Band Assited Pancake Stretch
2:00, 0:20, 0:20, 0:20
C3
Glute Stretch on Bench
1 x 1:00
C4
Elephant Walk with T-Spine Rotation
1 x 12 @ 5
C5
Jeffersson Curl
1 x 6 @ 0:08
C6
90/90 Hips Rolls
1 x 30
C7
Seated Hip IR/ER
1 x 10
C8
90/90 Hip Switches
1 x 10
C9
90/90 Stretch + 3 position lift offs
3 x 5
C10
Cobra
1 x 10
C11
Weighted Butterfly Stretch
1 x 3:00
C12
Banded Shoulder Opener
1 x 10
D
Sauna - 2x10 min + 2x2 min cold exposure
2 x 10:00
Puck Drills
A
Here are some example drills you can do - click the 3 dots in the right hand corner for demo videos. Do each of them for 2-3 mins or until perfection!
Hockey Player - Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)
Verified Athlete"I've never gone into a hockey season feeling more ready than after my summer prep with Ricco. With his help I was able to play my season yet and was selected to become a German National Hockey Team Player. I highly recommend training with Ricco to every hockey player out there!"
Hockey Player - Kitzbüheler EC (AlpsHL)
Verified Athlete"I've worked with Ricco for the past two off-seasons. His detail-oriented and sport-specific training approach prepared me as best as possible for the season. I'm looking forward to yet another off-season prep with Ricco to achieve my training goals."
Hockey Player - EC Kassel Huskies (DEL2)
Verified Athlete"Ricco's off-season program was perfect for my preparation. It allowed me to improve my weaknesses and introduced me to new exercises and methods that added new valuable input to my training."