Transcript Off Rink Chemistry Practice

Roller Hockey Off-Rink
Conditioning
Team Chemistry
Effective Practice
Agenda
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Why Off-Rink Conditioning?
Importance
Goals
Suggested Approach
Young Athletes-10U
10-14
Elite Athletes
Work-Out Format
Final Thoughts
Why Off-Rink Conditioning?
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Cost of rink time
 Time and commitment constraints
 Is training for strength, speed, power,
endurance, and flexibility your focus of
team on-rink training sessions?
Importance
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Game is faster than ever before
 Players are bigger, stronger, and faster
 Chance of injury increases
 You are at a serious disadvantage without
improvements in strength, speed, flexibility,
and endurance
Goals:
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Reach full potential
 Team bonding
 Discipline
 Mental toughness
 Sense of achievement
 Overall health and well being
Approach
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Multi-lateral development
– “the development of a variety of fundamental skills to
help in becoming good general athletes before training
in a specific sport.”
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Periodization
– “is the process of varying a training program at regular
time intervals to bring about optimal gains in physical
performance.”
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Safety First
Have Fun!
10-14 Yrs.
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Transition period from Basic towards Complex
Continue to develop:
– 1. Understanding
– 2. Multilateral Development
– 3. Prepare body and mind to train at an elite level
Young Adults and Elite Athletes
 Focus
– To Compete and excel at the elite level of competition
– Have a competitive advantage in size, speed, strength,
power, etc.
– Train specific to areas that will translate to the sport
– A strategic and scientific process affecting the athlete in
many areas of their life (physical training, nutrition,
sleep schedules, mental training and preparation,
personal life sacrifices)
Format, Example of a workout
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Warm-up:
– often overlooked
– avoid injury and perform at the highest level possible
– Dynamic activity followed by stretching
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The Workout
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Cool Down:
– similar to the warm-up
– helps flush the body of lactic acid and toxins produced
by the muscles during the workout
– long, slow stretching to recover the muscles and
improve flexibility
Team Chemistry
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New York Yankees
– Highest payroll
– Individual talent
– 1 of the last 6 World Series
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2004 Detroit Pistons vs LA Lakers
– Detroit huge underdogs
– LA internal conflicts
Youth Teams – Cam and friends 16U AAU – New Orleans
Youth Teams
Glory of the team, team comes first,
explain the word team.
2. Players should like one another but must
respect one another.
 Players will work harder for friends
 Players more likely to pass, less
selfishness
 Camaraderie
3. Line mate matching/ Strengths and
weaknesses
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Building Team Chemistry
1980 Miracle On Ice
Team USA Roller Hockey World Champions
Outlining a team goal
Creating a family atmosphere
Team Meals
Support/ Encouragement
5. Can you make players better friends (build camaraderie)?
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Cookouts
Movies
Pool parties
Other fun sports (paintball)
Effective Practice Time
50 % of Time
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Skating
 Stick handling
 Passing
 Shooting
Offense & Defense
30% of Time
One on One’s
 Two on One’s
 Two on Two’s
 Three on Two’s
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Scrimmage & Special Teams
20% of Time
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Face 0ffs
 Line Changes
 Power Play
 Penalty Killing