Sport Études Program

Off Ice Training

Pro Action Hockey will be collaborating with the Athletic Community Centres (ACC) for the off-ice training portion of the program.

The ACC (www.accsports.ca) works within communities and their resources to provide knowledge and services related to the fitness and strength and conditioning industry. The ACC trainers bring a lot of experience to PAH when it comes to helping young hockey players develop overall athleticism and off-ice training skills. Working in conjunction with on-ice practices and games, and respecting the fact that the students are in-season for most of the school year, the ACC’s off-ice training programs goals are clear:

• Improve speed and be more explosive on the ice (players and goalies)

• Be agile and cover a greater area faster (players and goalies)

• Shoot harder and be stronger while protecting and handling the puck (players)

• Reduce the likelihood of injury (all athletes)

While the off-ice training program help’s each athlete perform better as a hockey player, one of the ACC’s primary goals is to lay a foundation of safe and fundamental training practices that will foster confidence and hopefully lead to enjoying an active and healthy lifestyle throughout one’s life.
 

Freshman-Sophomore

This is one of the most critical phases in a young developing athlete’s training that must focus on the development of overall athletic ability.

In this early phase of athletic formation, the goal for the young athletes is to develop a solid, multilateral (multi-skill) foundation that will serve to better prepare them for the demands of specialized training later on.

Program components consist of developing and improving fundamental skills; such as running, jumping and landing, as well as all aspects of coordination (including balance), strength, flexibility and endurance.
 

Junior-Senior

In this next phase of athletic development the athlete’s will begin to slowly transition away from an overall athletic development approach to a more specialized training approach.

Program components consist of continuing to emphasize multilateral development as well as all aspects of coordination (including balance), strength, flexibility and endurance. Some of the most significant changes that occur during the later stage of this phase include increases in volume and intensity of all components.

ACC Trainers

David Arsenault, Daniel Furlong, Kenneth Tran