Cross sport training.

The best way to develop yourself is to hon skills that would be needed in other sports and help mold those into your hockey mind as well to develop things from a side you normally would not think to do. Hockey training has made a lot of major improvements over the years but being able to see things from a different light sometimes can help develop some skills in a way that other may not thought of. For example Mikkel trains hard during the off season by working with lacross professionals in wrist strength - both for stick handling and shooting. The slap shot is dying a quick death so a player needs to be able to shoot accurate more than anything now days and the lacrosse shot offers a new spin on that skill. Next is formula 1 - what could it offer? Again improved wrist and arm strength to turn the weighted wheels as well as the ability to train your neck to ensure you can make faster reaction times and have the extra neck strength to take all the charging hits you likely take in the modern hockey setting as refs don't call penalties when they need to.