Build the Version of Yourself That Shows Up Differently in September.
The off-season is the only time you have full control over your development. What you do with it determines where you start next year.
What the Off-Season Is For
Most athletes treat the off-season like a break. That's fine. The first two weeks should be. But after that, the window opens, and it closes faster than it feels like it will.
The off-season is the only period in the hockey year where your body can absorb high training volumes without competing against game stress and travel fatigue. It's when foundational strength gets built. When power gets developed. When the weaknesses identified in testing get addressed directly.
At SHP, we don't waste it.
How It Works
The off-season program runs through the same six pillars that define everything we do, applied specifically to what this window demands.
Force Plate Testing
Every off-season starts with a baseline. You step on the ForceDecks, we run the assessment, and the data tells us exactly what you are: Force Deficient, Concentric Deficient, Elastic Deficient, or a combination. That classification drives everything that follows. No guessing what you need. No generic template.
Athlete Classification
The test result defines your program's emphasis. A Force Deficient athlete needs to build from the bottom of the movement. An Elastic Deficient athlete needs to improve how they use stored energy. Two athletes with different classifications don't train the same way. They shouldn't.
Differentiated Programming
Your program is written for your classification, your movement quality, and where you are in the off-season timeline. It's not a template with your name on it. It's a program that couldn't belong to anyone else.
Phase-Based Progression
The off-season has distinct phases. Early phases build volume tolerance, movement quality, and structural strength. Middle phases increase loading and introduce velocity work. Late phases shift toward power expression and hockey-specific transfer. Every phase has a purpose. Every exercise earns its spot.
Velocity-Based Training
Loading is guided by velocity, not feel. You train to objective targets, so every session has measurable output, fatigue is monitored in real time, and you're always working in the right zone for where you are in the phase.
Platform Access
Your program, your testing data, and your progress tracking all live in the SHP Platform. You can see your program, your classification, and how your numbers are moving. The coach can see everything too, and adjustments get made based on data, not guesswork.
Who It's For
The off-season program is built for hockey players who want to arrive at the next season meaningfully different. Not just conditioned. Stronger. More powerful. More durable. Better at every physical demand the game makes.
We work with athletes from U13 through professional. The system scales. The methodology doesn't change.