





Muscles and their involvement in hockey:



ANTERIOR VIEW: Lower body



1- Illiopsoas: Primary function

- skating: recovery phase (striding and crossovers)

- foot speed



2 - Extensors: Primary function

- skating: turn-out and extension



3 - Adductors: Primary function

- skating: recovery phase

- inside leg extension on crossovers, agility



4 - Abbuctors: Primary function

- Striding: extension of the leg

- agility and lateral mobility



5 - Sartorius: Primary function

- skating: crossovers, pivots



Quadriceps Group



6a - Rectus Femoris: Primary function

- skating: transitional stride and in extension

- tight turns and crossovers

- quick starting and stopping



6b - Vastus Intermedius: Primary function

- skating: Origin of stride and Transitional striding phase

- Crossovers, tight turns

- Quick starting and stopping



6c - Vastus Medialis: Primary function

- skating: Beginning of stride. Low position. Critical to good knee flexion



6d - Vastus Lateralis: Primary function

- skating: end of striding phase on turn-out.



7 - Tibialis Anterior: Primary function

- recovery of foot after extension, heel cuts

- driving to the net, stability



POSTERIOR VIEW: Lower body



1 - Lower Back Stabilizers: Primary function

- skating balance and body alignment



Gluteals



2a - Gluteus Medius: Primary function

- skating: Striding and extension



2b - Gluteus Minimus: Primary function

- skating: Striding and extension



2c - Gluteus Maximus: Primary function

- skating: Thrusting



Hamstring Group



3a - Semitendonous: Primary function

- skating: Recovery phase



3b - Bicep Femoris: Primary function

- skating: recovery phase



3c - Semimembranosus: Primary function

- skating: recovery phase



4 - Gastronemius: Primary function

- skating: thrusting power at end of stride

- extends foot at end of stride. Critical to maximize speed

- agility and lateral mobility

- critical element in backward skating extension ("C"-cuts)



5 - Soleus: Primary function

- critical at origin of stride.

- begins extension of foot



6 - Achilles Tendon: Primary function

- skating

- extension of foot

- poor flexibility effects ankle flexion which limits knee bend and stride length



ANTERIOR VIEW: Upper Body



1a - Anterior Deltoid: Primary function

- Shooting (slap shot, wrist shot, snap shot)

- passing

- checking skills (pushing action) as in pinning the man, sealing him out, containing the man.

- assisting in skating stride.



1b - Lateral Deltoid: (previous page)



2 - Pectoralis Major: Primary function

- checking skills (pushing action) as in pinning the man, sealing him outs, containing the

man, pushing him off the puck.

- shooting (slap shot, wrist and snap shots



3 - Seratus Anterior: Primary function

- Shooting (slap shot, snap shot)

- controlling the stick (face-offs, etc)



4 - Biceps Brachii: Primary function

- shooting

- checking skills (pulling action), pinning the man, clutch and grab,

- controlling the stick (face-offs)



5 - Brachioradialis: Primary function

- shooting

- stick control (checking, face-offs)



6 - External Obliques: Primary function

- shooting (twisting action - slap shot)

- skating (rotation of the upper body) as in pivoting, turning, etc.



7a - Transverse Abdominus: Primary function

- shooting

- skating



7b - Rectus Abdominus: Primary function

- shooting

- skating

