If you do plyometric training check this out.

Hey Gang!

Hope you are all having a great week! Hope you are well into your off-season training - if not get busy - start this week! Even if you just have time to do a few things per day. Okay, here is what I want to share with you today...

Plyometric training is one of the most misunderstood, misused forms of training. In this post I give you a little rundown on what plyometric training is and is not. Improve your power and reduce your risk of injury by following a few guidelines.

Plyometric training for hockey goalies.

Cheers,
Maria

I don't have an "off-season." I play year round and with kids...don't really get much time for any conditioning.

At any rate, hopefully this post will help out most of the other goalies on the forums.

Originally Posted by Arthriticbutterflystyle

I don't have an "off-season." I play year round and with kids...don't really get much time for any conditioning.

At any rate, hopefully this post will help out most of the other goalies on the forums.

Chasing your kids around might count as 'conditioning'?? So little time...so much hockey!

Just ordered my GoalieCrease.net t-shirt! Thanks for getting a few styles for us girls! We get tired of always wearing a small men's shirt. They look great!

Cheers,
Maria

Originally Posted by Revconditioning

Just ordered my GoalieCrease.net t-shirt! Thanks for getting a few styles for us girls! We get tired of always wearing a small men's shirt. They look great!

Wow thanks Maria! Now all you have to do is wear it in a couple of your videos! :) Not expected, but very much appreciated!

Outstanding Maria! Thanks for supporting us!

Originally Posted by ItechWarrior

Wow thanks Maria! Now all you have to do is wear it in a couple of your videos! :) Not expected, but very much appreciated!

I will definitely do that!!
Cheers,
Maria

Hey Maria,

Would you say that plyo is one of the most important sections of off-ice training? Is the P90X plyo workout a good resource (outside of yours).

PS YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by huskiesgoaler34

Hey Maria,

Would you say that plyo is one of the most important sections of off-ice training? Is the P90X plyo workout a good resource (outside of yours).

Thanks for your kind words! To answer your question...It really depends on the goals of your training and the stage of your training. So yes, plyometric training is important, but it comes once a goalie has build flexibility, stability and strength. Working on plyometrics without a sound foundation will lead to injury sooner or later. The goal of plyometric training is developing power - rapid contraction with maximal force production.

The issue I see with the P90X plyo workout is that it is really a muscular endurance workout - a true plyometric workout will only include 4-10 reps per exercise with about 3-5 times the rest interval whereas the P90X workout has way more reps per set with minimal rest. So fatigue definitely becomes an issue which means the goalie is no longer building power they are now training muscular endurance which is fine if you know that you are training endurance - bad if you think you are building speed and power.

Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Maria

Thanks

In the P90x instruction book it says that there are 2 ways to do your reps one is to do the 8-10 reps max for muscular building and strength and that gives you a longer rest time on the vids or to do the longer reps of 12-15 for muscular endurance. Thanks for the info on the polymetrics Maria, very helpful as usual :)