Hockey players should train their core, not their abs! [video demo included]

Field Hockey Core Training Are you still doing situp’s as a way of improving your core? When I talk about being fit for hockey, unlike a lot of hockey players I don’t just mean the ability to run for 70 minutes. Hockey fitness is also about being strong, fast, agile, powerful, core strength, having mobility & flexibility, recovering quickly in order…

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6 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Run 5km’s For Field Hockey Fitness

When it comes to field hockey fitness – have you ever thought something along the lines of: “I need to get fitter as a hockey player” I hear this kind of statement a lot, so if you have ever thought or said this yourself then my first question to you is, what are you actually…

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10 Reasons Every Field Hockey Player Needs To Be Doing Strength Training

If you are field hockey player and want to be a step ahead, have been struggling with your hockey fitness, speed or you keep getting little injury niggles then you need to read this entire article. The improvement in performance in field hockey has drastically sky rocketed in the last few years thanks to strength…

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5 ways to be a FASTER field hockey player

Speed And Agility For Field Hockey Nowadays improvements in speed and agility could make a huge difference on the hockey field whether you are a field player or a goalkeeper… The pace of the game has increased massively over the last few years and regardless of your skill, if you are not quick enough you could be…

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