To maintain the overall competitiveness of the hockey team, we formulated a summer training plan. We developed a plan suitable for everyone in terms of strength, endurance and so on.
In terms of endurance, boys need 700-meter jogging training every day, while girls need 500-meter jogging training. Because endurance running is a tiring sport, most team members could not train every day, but they managed to complete the training at least 4 times a week. Also, everyone shares their progress regularly in the group.
In terms of upper body strength, we have developed shooting training for players with sticks. They can draw a dot or a circle on the wall, or put a bottle in a high place, and hit the target with the ball as much as possible. In terms of strength, players are required to push heavy objects with sticks. For players without sticks, push-up training is required. The result shows that the strength training is an ideal upper body workout as it effectively improved the accuracy of shooting. In terms of dribbling, you must choose at least 3 days a week for dribbling training to strengthen your sense of the ball.
For the goalkeeper training, we never slacked off. We followed the instructions from professionally-made videos about hockey goalkeeper training so that the goalkeepers gradually recovered their status.
- On August 2, I tried jogging for 1500 meters. It took me a long time because I hadn’t exercised for a long time, and I spent 6 minutes to complete the jogging. Later, I jogged every day and got back to my state quickly. – Will Shan
- Every night, after finishing the daily exercise, I added another 30 push-ups to enhance my upper body strength for more stable and accurate shooting. Although I got my muscles sore, I’m glad that I formed a good habit.—Kimi Xu
- Although I was very proficient in dribbling after training in the tenth grade, with a month of no exercise, I was rusty about dribbling. On the first day of dribbling again, I did not manage to keep on after the first hour. I was tired of 10 consecutive dribbles. The next day I tried again, but the result was still not very good. However, after training day after day, I gradually recovered the feeling of dribbling and successfully completed the dribble training. —Ryan Zhang
- For goalkeepers, reaction is very important. In summer vacation, I watched a series of goalkeeping videos on YouTube and asked my parents to help my training; they threw the bottle at me and I tried to block the bottle. — Oliver Li