Repeat Sprint Ability
Demo video coming soon
How to Do It
Perform repeated short maximal sprints (5–10 seconds each) with short recovery between, repeating for the prescribed number. Sprint each bout at maximal effort and take only the brief prescribed rest, aiming to maintain sprint speed across all reps. The short rest is the challenge — resist the drop-off in speed.
Why It Works
Trains repeat-sprint ability — the capacity to produce maximal sprints repeatedly with incomplete recovery; this relies on the alactic system topped up by aerobic recovery and a glycolytic contribution, developing the ability to maintain power output across many short bursts with minimal rest.
Hockey Transfer
Directly mirrors the repeated short, maximal bursts of a hockey shift with only brief recoveries; trains the ability to keep producing explosive skating efforts repeatedly without significant speed drop-off across a shift.
Coaching Cues
- "Maximal every sprint"
- "short rest — minimize the drop-off"
- "stay explosive, resist fatigue"
Common Mistakes
Pacing to survive the set (not maximal); excessive speed drop-off; taking too much rest; sloppy form when tired
Progression / Regression
more reps or shorter rest
fewer reps, longer rest, or longer recovery between sets
Primary Muscles
Energy System
Alactic / glycolytic (repeat-sprint)
Put it to work
on the ice.
This exercise is part of a fully periodized 12-week off-ice program — built by a sport scientist who coaches at the national level.
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