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Ice hockey is a game of skill, technique, finesse and power. Learn a few warm up tips to help increase blood flow and strengthen your body from a professional hockey player in this free video series.
There are 14 videos in this series:
Skating around the rink, before playing ice hockey, is a good way to increase blood circulation and warm up the body. Learn more about increasing your blood circulation during a hockey warm up from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Rotating the wrists, before playing ice hockey, will help you loosen up the joints. Learn a quick wrist exercise during a hockey warm up from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Stretching out the arms and shoulders is an important part of a ice hockey warm up. Learn a quick exercise for warming up the arms and shoulders from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Stretching out your back, before playing ice hockey, is a good way to get the blood flowing. Learn a back and abdomen strengthening exercise that will also improve your coordination from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Rotating the upper body is a great ice hockey warm up you can perform before a game. Learn an easy upper body exercise to help you warm up from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Bending and swinging your legs, before playing ice hockey, is a good way to increase blood flow. Learn a quick exercise to help warm up your legs from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Circling your legs during an ice hockey warm up is a great way to stretch out your groin and increase blood flow to your legs. Learn a leg circling exercise for your ice hockey warm up from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Touching the ice with your knee, before playing ice hockey, is a good warm up exercise that will also help to improve your coordination. Learn a knee bending exercise from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Shifting your weight on ice skates is a great ice hockey warm up that will help loosen the muscles in your legs. Learn a weight transfer exercise from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
It's important, in ice hockey, to stretch out the muscles in your arms and shoulders before playing. Learn an easy stretch you can perform using your arms and shoulders from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Putting your ice hockey stick behind you, while bending forward, is a great back stretch you can perform before playing a hockey game. Learn a useful back stretch from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Stretching the quadriceps, before playing ice hockey, is important in order to prevent injury. Learn how to stretch the quadriceps from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Stretching the hamstrings is a good way to warm up and increase flexibility before playing an ice hockey game. Learn a hamstring stretch from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Stretching out the legs and waist is important, in ice hockey, in order to increase flexibility and prevent injury. Learn a waist and leg stretch from a professional hockey player in this free sports video.
Hockey exists in many different forms from Ice Hockey and Field Hockey to Roller Hockey and Road Hockey and has been enjoyed by thousands of players and millions of fans for a few millennia. Four thousand year old Egyptian drawings depict a sport similar to hockey. Although we cannot be sure of the rules of that game, the sport where players try to shoot an object into a type of goal using a stick has been around for thousands of years. Field hockey, as we know it today, was invented by the British in the mid 1700's, while students of McGill University Montreal, Canada began playing modern ice hockey in 1875. Since then the game has gained world fame and enthusiasm as well as an organized set of rules and an elaborate array of necessary protective equipment. In this free video series a professional hockey player, Eniko Erdos, will teach you how to properly warm up before playing a hockey game. Eniko will begin by showing you how to increase blood flow and circulation to various joints and muscles in your body. You'll a wrist exercise, back exercise, upper body exercise and several leg exercises to help energize your body. Eniko will also show you several related stretches to help loosen up your muscles. You'll learn to stretch your arms, shoulders, quadriceps, hamstring and waist. These stretches and exercises will help you prepare yourself for the rigorous game or the intense practice. Watch these few short videos and learn the right way to prepare you for the fastest game on ice, hockey.
Eniko Erdos Eniko Erdos graduated from Physical Education University as a professional physical educator and conductor. She’s won competitions in speed skating and thus was recruited on to the “BVSC Amazones,” a woman’s hockey team, which won second place at the national championship. She has been teaching skating lessons for 8 years to people of all age groups.dkdk
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