Pirateasaurus
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Re: Spartan Hockey takes a vacation; turns a page
Well i sat in on a bit of practice today and it looks like that trainer that was mentioned earlier was with them or something. But all today looked to be was an interesting conditioning drill, but i only hung out til like 3:45. The team split up half at one goal line and half on the center ice line and each half uses their end of the ice. They played a tape that was a series of beeps that went in progressively faster intervals. Basically, it was everyone skates from their goal line to center ice and everyone goes on the beep and must make it to the line before the next beep, and then they go again once the beep occurs. If they don't make it to the line before the beep twice in a row, they are out. It starts off real easy, but it gets faster and there are no breaks. Having been a hockey player just about my whole life and having an idea of what such a drill would feel like, i was really glad i wasn't down there with them
The goalies were of course the first to get knocked out but Yanakeff won between the 3. Their strides relative to their size sure made it look like palmisano had to work a lot harder
It finally came down at the end to Krug and Shelgren and Shelgren lasted the longest. I had read somewhere before last year that he was the best conditioned on the team? or the best in the weight room or something...either way, it showed. He even got in a few additional lengths after everyone was done.
Leveille was the second of the players to drop out which worried me at first but almost immediately guys start dropping like flies so i guess it's not concerning nor surprising since i am sure his overall conditioning took a hit over the summer and he may not be as far behind with it as we may have feared. Watching him skate around beforehand, I think it looked like he took a step forward compared to last week. None of the drills required quick bursts of speed or especially agile skating so it was hard to judge but he looked better. I am more hopeful that he will be ready come October.
Well i sat in on a bit of practice today and it looks like that trainer that was mentioned earlier was with them or something. But all today looked to be was an interesting conditioning drill, but i only hung out til like 3:45. The team split up half at one goal line and half on the center ice line and each half uses their end of the ice. They played a tape that was a series of beeps that went in progressively faster intervals. Basically, it was everyone skates from their goal line to center ice and everyone goes on the beep and must make it to the line before the next beep, and then they go again once the beep occurs. If they don't make it to the line before the beep twice in a row, they are out. It starts off real easy, but it gets faster and there are no breaks. Having been a hockey player just about my whole life and having an idea of what such a drill would feel like, i was really glad i wasn't down there with them
The goalies were of course the first to get knocked out but Yanakeff won between the 3. Their strides relative to their size sure made it look like palmisano had to work a lot harder
It finally came down at the end to Krug and Shelgren and Shelgren lasted the longest. I had read somewhere before last year that he was the best conditioned on the team? or the best in the weight room or something...either way, it showed. He even got in a few additional lengths after everyone was done.
Leveille was the second of the players to drop out which worried me at first but almost immediately guys start dropping like flies so i guess it's not concerning nor surprising since i am sure his overall conditioning took a hit over the summer and he may not be as far behind with it as we may have feared. Watching him skate around beforehand, I think it looked like he took a step forward compared to last week. None of the drills required quick bursts of speed or especially agile skating so it was hard to judge but he looked better. I am more hopeful that he will be ready come October.
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