Goalie Specific workouts

nutritional guidance
Being a goaltender demands extra work in core strength, balance, eye/hand coordination, and one's proprioception.  Don't settle for just a regular old athletic workout. 

We will be using a cross-disciplinary approach to conditioning through the use of goalie-specific training, speed and strength training, boxing, hot yoga and more.  

In addition, goalies will receive modified exercises and training due to the nature of their highly specialized position.  Our workouts have special modifications to reflect goaltender specific training. 
The right diet can provide the extra "edge" all athletes are seeking; diet can improve recovery times, endurance, and performance, and even help to prevent injuries. During two sessions which will include a health-promoting meal, athletes and their parents will learn the basics about optimal nutrition, and about sports-specific dietary adaptations (protein, supplements, and other related issues).
Email Coach Caruso for more information and our customized program through certified nutritionists.   

#1:  Speed and Strength Training

Caruso Hockey has partnered with Elite Performance Training and will be the home to all Caruso Hockey athletes.  Coach Anthony Glass and his staff will teach proper lifting techniques along with teaching athletes how to maximize their strength, foot speed and explosive power.  ​​
  • 75 minutes per session. 
  • Sign up here  for more information
  • Let them know you are a "Caruso Hockey" athlete and you will receive a 30% discount.




#2:   boxing  

Directed by Doug Owens, trainer to Ohio's elite athletes (NFL, NHL, NCAA, and more) and owner of Doug Owens Personal Fitness and Boxing.  Coach Owens and Caruso Hockey have developed one of the best athletic enhancement workouts to maximize on ice performance.
  • 60 minutes per session
  • Circuit type training focusing on becoming a better athlete
Email Coach Caruso for more details
Here are some news videos of some recent professional athletes Doug has worked with:

#3: yoga

NHL, NCAA, and high level athletes have been incorporating yoga into their training programs for the last few years.

There are 5 key physical skills that hockey players need and yoga provides: speed, agility, strength, quickness and power. 
Learn more about mixing hockey and yoga
Additional Benefits of Yoga 
  • Mental benefits: Discipline, Stress relief, Focus, Concentration, Visualization
  • Physical benefits: Injury prevention, healing, flexibility, additional, strength and core stability, propriocetion, increased range of motion
Caruso Hockey and their athletes will be performing yoga specifically designed and developed for goaltenders. The instructors offer dynamic yoga postures that make this training very beneficial to an athlete.  Yoga classes will help improve athletic performance!
  • Designed to be done 1 to 2 days per week
  • 60 minutes per session

    For more information please contact Coach Caruso.

Training Locations:

Elite Training Center
8185 Business Way
Plain City, OH 43064
Doug Owens Boxing Gym
470 Schrock Rd, Suite E
Columbus, OH 43229
Harbor Yoga Studio
4325 W. Dublin Granville Rd
​Dublin, OH43017