Dryland Videos

Our dryland exercise of the week comes from the University of Arizona, where Rick DeMont works with cables to improves strength functionality.

Alternating arms puts a slight rotational stress on the muscles responsible for spinal stability. Keeping the stationary arm in increases the time under tension for the upper back. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

I have replaced all back squatting and front squatting with single-leg exercises. Of all the single-leg exercises, this is the one that can be loaded the heaviest. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

This is a more quadriceps dominant exercise than the variation with the "up leg" in back. I don't use this as much anymore, but it's still a great exercise. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

Alternating arms puts a slight rotational stress on the core musculature. I have my athletes keep the stationary arm at the top to decrease stress to the anterior shoulder capsule. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

Alternating arms puts a slight rotational stress on the muscles responsible for spinal stability. Keeping the stationary arm up increases the time under tension for the upper back. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

I use this at the end of a conditioning progression to put a little more stress on the adductors as the athlete drags his foot behind him and when recovering the trail leg. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

An exercise to strengthen the back of the shoulder and teach scapular retraction with humeral extension. Posterior shoulder strength is important for hockey players to prevent injury. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

Another video showing the ankle band resisted slideboard. The video shows how I set up the vertimax to add a little stress to this player's adductors while performing this exercise. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

This just shows how I set up the vertimax to provide resistance to the ankle of this player while he slideboards. This same exercise can be done with any tubing. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

I've really started to like doing lifts vs bands or chains. The bands help emphasize a rapid concentric part of the lift and help decelerate the bar at the end. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

The end of a conditioning progression forcing the player to push harder off the one leg and also to have to decelerate more force when returning to the band-resisted side. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com

A glute activation exercise necessitating dynamic core stability. This is a great hockey training exercise to "teach" the core how to maintain stability while decelerating a skating stride.

Once or twice a week I'll mix in "focused eccentric" work; a single exercise will be performed with a 3s or 5s negative. This increases the time under tension. For more hockey training information, visit http://www.KevinNeeld.com