February 21, 2023

Unleash Your Hockey Potential: A Tour of Extra Hour Off-Ice Training Facility

1 hour

Join us as we explore the Extra Hour Hockey Training Facility, the most comprehensive off-ice hockey training center in Northern California. Their synthetic ice is the most skateable around, providing players with an experience that mimics on-ice conditions. Whether you're a beginner or a professional, their goal is to offer a supportive training atmosphere that enhances all of your hockey skills.

We also have two special guests join us to compare how Paul and Aaron handle the synthetic ice and training stations!

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00:00 Intro

00:46 Interview with Cathy Andrade

03:45 Slide boards & power skating machines

07:37 Skate sharpening

08:22 Mini rink with Cameron Andrade

18:51 The Pros come and help

19:28 Pros warm up and take shots

21:31 Paul and Aaron join the Pros for drills

26:00 The Pros use the treadmill

33:50 Paul and Aaron use the treadmill

44:20 Hardest shot

48:54 Lightbox challenge

51:55 Closing thoughts with the Pros

56:53 Closing thoughts with Cathy Andrade

Extra Hour’s skating surfaces are designed to help players perform at their highest level, while the skating treadmill and training aids like slide boards, power skater machines, and Russian boxes enable players to train on proper posture and stride mechanics. With 35 years of coaching experience and immediate verbal and visual feedback, their power skating coaches are dedicated to helping players reach their optimal performance.

Cathy Andrade is a power skating instructor based in San Jose, CA and is widely recognized as the Bay Area's Power Skating Pioneer. She holds triple-gold CFSA certification, has trained extensively with two Olympians and has been a head coach for competitive figure skaters and community power skating. Cathy relocated to San Jose in 1992 and established the Bay Area's first formal power skating program known as Power Hour. Many coaches have adopted her techniques and she has been recognized nationally for her work. Cathy has also launched EXTRA HOUR Hockey Training Facility and POWER HOUR HOCKEY SCHOOL, both based on her philosophy of teaching solid fundamentals through a repetitive and progressive style.

So, come along as we take a tour of the Extra Hour Hockey Training Facility and see for yourself why players are enhancing their off-ice skills and accelerating their results to reach their full potential. Don't miss this episode, where we see how athletes achieve their hockey dreams.

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