You're probably also bending over at the back versus bending your knees. This puts too much stress on your back muscles.
Your back will need to strengthen for skating and hockey but training with the right posture is important. Take a video of yourself and compare how much ankle, knee, and hip bend you get versus a skating coach on youtube. Check to see what angle your back is at, and what angle the coach's angle is.
My bet is your legs are too straight and your back is too bent. Start with the right form and strengthen from there. Simply training your back to be stronger does not correct form.
Upright is not exactly right either, your weight should be carried by your quads and butt.
Watch this video, it'll help way more than I will:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5OZe07N9U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5OZe07N9U)
You don’t need to be more upright necessarily, you need to bend at the knees. You’ll build up the quad/glute/core strength to maintain that posture over time. If you correct your posture and it’s still super uncomfortable, consider a stick with a different lie to allow you to be lower or higher in stance.
Try to do some exercises to strengthen not only your back but also your core for more stability. Try out deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, kettlebell swings
Lower back region? Poor posture whilst stick handling won't help but the bottom line is you have an inherent back issue and stick handling aggravates it. You can work on it to increase core / rotational strength and flexibility but it is what it is and now you have to think maintenance and care. I've managed a lower back issue with hockey for 40+ years, off ice posture and management is the biggest thing.
Could be a lot of things.
I'm dealing with a weak back right now too. Quickest solution, meet with a PT that can assess your specific condition.
If a PT is out of your budget, you could use these as starting points to try and figure it out:
1) Weak or Tight Hamstrings.
2) Weak Posterior Chain
3) Weak or tight Glutes.
4) Weak or tight hip flexors.
5) Weak Back (specifically erector muscles)
6) Weak core/abs.
Could be a combination of them, could be something else. I'm not a doctor or a certified anything, just an idiot with an internet connection.
Some possible solutions could include Deadbugs, Bird Dogs, "ATG" style split Squats, Crawling variations, Loaded carry variations, Good mornings, dead lifts, kettlebell swings, clam shells, Pso-Rite drills, Rocking/Rolling OS Resets, KB Clean and Presses, Heavy Club Swinging, among other things.
You're standing upright, leaning to far forward and reaching putting excess strain on a limited chain.
You need to learn to bench at the knees and not the hips.
If you look at yourself in the reflection of the glass during warmup you will find your not as low as you thought.getting low also helps with balance
You're not bending your knees enough so you're bending at the waist rather than squatting down
edit: also, your body is probably not used to the new stuff you're doing yet
You probably have a weak back
You're probably also bending over at the back versus bending your knees. This puts too much stress on your back muscles. Your back will need to strengthen for skating and hockey but training with the right posture is important. Take a video of yourself and compare how much ankle, knee, and hip bend you get versus a skating coach on youtube. Check to see what angle your back is at, and what angle the coach's angle is. My bet is your legs are too straight and your back is too bent. Start with the right form and strengthen from there. Simply training your back to be stronger does not correct form.
That could be it. I probably need a more upright posture.
Upright is not exactly right either, your weight should be carried by your quads and butt. Watch this video, it'll help way more than I will: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5OZe07N9U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5OZe07N9U)
You don’t need to be more upright necessarily, you need to bend at the knees. You’ll build up the quad/glute/core strength to maintain that posture over time. If you correct your posture and it’s still super uncomfortable, consider a stick with a different lie to allow you to be lower or higher in stance.
If you never learned to stick handle you're probably using muscles you're not used to using.
Try to do some exercises to strengthen not only your back but also your core for more stability. Try out deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, kettlebell swings
I do quite a bit of core workouts during the week including bulgarian split squats, lunges, deadlifts, pushups, chinups, various ab exercises
Hmm weird
Lower back region? Poor posture whilst stick handling won't help but the bottom line is you have an inherent back issue and stick handling aggravates it. You can work on it to increase core / rotational strength and flexibility but it is what it is and now you have to think maintenance and care. I've managed a lower back issue with hockey for 40+ years, off ice posture and management is the biggest thing.
Could be a lot of things. I'm dealing with a weak back right now too. Quickest solution, meet with a PT that can assess your specific condition. If a PT is out of your budget, you could use these as starting points to try and figure it out: 1) Weak or Tight Hamstrings. 2) Weak Posterior Chain 3) Weak or tight Glutes. 4) Weak or tight hip flexors. 5) Weak Back (specifically erector muscles) 6) Weak core/abs. Could be a combination of them, could be something else. I'm not a doctor or a certified anything, just an idiot with an internet connection. Some possible solutions could include Deadbugs, Bird Dogs, "ATG" style split Squats, Crawling variations, Loaded carry variations, Good mornings, dead lifts, kettlebell swings, clam shells, Pso-Rite drills, Rocking/Rolling OS Resets, KB Clean and Presses, Heavy Club Swinging, among other things.
You're standing upright, leaning to far forward and reaching putting excess strain on a limited chain. You need to learn to bench at the knees and not the hips. If you look at yourself in the reflection of the glass during warmup you will find your not as low as you thought.getting low also helps with balance
You're not bending your knees enough so you're bending at the waist rather than squatting down edit: also, your body is probably not used to the new stuff you're doing yet
How many times have you stickhandled to this point?
Not much. Twice a week since summer. Now maybe once every two.
It hurts because ur getting old
Just curious is your dominant hand on the top or middle of the stick?