TRAINING SUPPORT
The modern ice hockey player must constantly improve his physical condition (conditional factors) and nutrition today if he wants to play at the top tomorrow.
In order for training stimuli - be it strength or hockey-specific endurance training - to be tested and optimised, not only established cracks but also young talents need support. Athletics coaches are often overwhelmed and are rarely able to provide sound and individual training and nutritional advice, as they lack the time, infrastructure, technology and, in some cases, the expertise. The following questions would have to be answered, especially in the younger years:
How do I improve my strength and muscle mass?
What do I have to pay particular attention to in my diet?
Will my agility improve because I have less fat mass without losing muscle mass?
How do I improve my hockey-specific endurance?
How do I reduce the risk of injury?
These issues can be clarified individually, without the player wasting an unnecessary amount of time and having to start from scratch every season or even run unnecessary risks of injury. The body is the capital of every player and therefore requires special attention.
In cooperation with Lorenz Leuthold, movement scientist at ETH, Helpstone Sport Consulting offers you at a reduced price the possibility of a positional assessment (body scan DXA* incl. consultation based on the results, if desired together with the parents) as a starting point for the documentation of the physical condition and nutrition.
Link to the website:
http://www.training-and-diagnostics.ch/home.html
Many of our athletes are already working with Lorenz Leuthold and are all extremely satisfied with the service they receive and especially with the progress they have made.
*DXA is the scientific gold standard for the determination of body composition, i.e. the analysis according to fat and muscle mass and the breakdown according to muscular imbalances (left/right asymmetries = important findings for injury prophylaxis!)