SFS Hockey Strength Conditioning

Players at virtually all skill levels and ages have trained within the studio, including some of Cape Breton’s top rated and well-known players, Chris Culligan (All-time points leader Cape Breton Screaming Eagles) and Joey Haddad (Contracted NHL player, Pittsburgh Penguins), Logan Shaw (CB Screaming Eagles, NHL 76th overall pick in 2011), Brad Cuzner (CB Screaming Eagles), Ryan Sparling (QMJHL 20th overall draft pick 2005, 2nd all-time points St. John Seadogs), Jessica Wong (Women’s U-22 team Canada, NCAA Minnesota Duluth) and many recent QMJHL draft picks, Junior A players, and younger prospects. SFS has also been the strength and conditioning consultants for the Major Midget Cape Breton Tradesman and Major Bantam Cape Breton Cougars since 2010.

We offer strength and conditioning programs to all players at any level throughout the entire year. Our off-season program consist of 4 to 5 phases which includes every necessary training factor that will ready the player for their upcoming season. The players can expect an increase in strength and maximal strength, power, endurance, balance, agility, quickness, speed, core stability/strength, and flexibility. We also offer in-season maintenance phases to help promote prevention of injury and maintain all aspects of strength and conditioning. In all programs, players will gain proper knowledge of soft tissue techniques, pre-movement stretching, active and dynamic warm-ups, and sports nutrition. Our programs follow an optimum performance training model, meaning our first priority is to build “function” within our athletes before we progress them towards maximum strength lifts or Olympic lifts. All individuals will be closely supervised to ensure proper technique and safety. Any musculoskeletal issues or imbalances will be corrected for less chance of injury while training or competing. We utilize progressions and regressions to exercise technique that ensures injury prevention in the training rooms, injury reduction while competing, and a wide range of strength and conditioning benefits. All of our athletes come to our facility with similar goals in mind; to better performance in their sport. Our measuring stick for success is found in the field of play, not in poundage pressed or lifted. We utilize specific exercises and assessment methods to get our athletes where they need to be.

There is also options for players who are not quite old enough to hit the weights! Throughout the summers, Culligan and Haddad also play major roles in the SFS Team, bringing their technical and training knowledge as well as mental motivation techniques they have been introduced to while playing at such high levels. Joey and Chris assist offer exclusive skill development sessions on our synthetic ice. It’s a great opportunity for players of all ages to further develop on-ice skills like stickhandling, shooting power/accuracy, and stride technique. Book sessions in groups of 2 players and save! $20.00 per player each session (in a group of 2 players), or $25.00 per session for an individual player. We also offer 1 hour sessions for groups of 4 kids. This session includes 30 minutes of on-ice skill work, and 30 minutes of training preparation (teaching young players about proper bodyweight exercises, learning how to stabilize their body to prevent injury, importance of stretching and range of motion). The sessions consist mainly of basic prehab exercises like pushups, glute raises, body squats and lunges, planks, and joint mobilization techniques. There is no external weight to any exercise, it’s a very basic but safe approach to teaching young players the simple mechanics so they are prepared to take part into advanced strength and conditioning programs when they reach the right age.

Call Ryan at 537-1053 or e-mail ryan@szetofitnessstudio.com to inquire about session bookings!

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