| Hockey drills don't necessarily have to be limited to the | | | | wins. |
| ice. You can run drills during dry-land training as well. | | | | Interval Running |
| The key with off-ice training drills is to focus on the | | | | This is a great drill to do for building speed. Simply run in |
| fitness and add the hockey skill as a secondary | | | | alternating sets of high and low intensity. A good ratio |
| aspect. In this article we'll look at some great drills | | | | is 45 seconds high intensity and about a minute and a |
| players can do off-ice to build speed and develop their | | | | half to two minutes of low intensity. This is also good |
| skills. | | | | for conditioning as the intervals of high and low |
| Sprint and Shoot | | | | intensity approximate the length of a shift. |
| This one is a lot of fun and players tend to like it. If | | | | In-line Drills |
| you're training alone, use a timer and play against | | | | One good way of conditioning in the off season and |
| yourself. The real fun though is when you do this drill | | | | away from the rink is to run drills on inline skates. Inline |
| one on one. Set up a 100m dash and place a net at | | | | skates are different than ice skates, and the |
| some distance from the end of the 100 meters. Set up | | | | adjustment from one to the other will take a few |
| a bunch of pucks on a shooting sheet and have the | | | | skates to get used to, but a summer spent training on |
| players sprint the 100m and then fire at 4 targets in the | | | | in-lines will very closely approximate on-ice drills, without |
| net. After hitting all four, sprint back. First one back | | | | the need for expensive ice time. |