Ross Sherman, back row center, and exercise science students are
pictured at the Detroit Red Wings training camp in Traverse City. Red
Wing Johan Franzen is in the front row, far right.
Exercise science majors assist at Wings preseason camp
Oct 14, 2014
Students majoring in exercise science played a role in helping
prepare the Detroit Red Wings for the upcoming hockey season.
Ross Sherman, associate professor and coordinator of exercise
science, said a dozen undergraduate students traveled to Traverse
City, where the Red Wings hold their preseason camp, to assist with
the players’ fitness tests.
Sherman said students assisted and supervised weight room
assessments like dead lifts, bench presses and pull-ups, and
field-based tests like body composition, jump height, speed and
agility, and anaerobic capacity. They worked with both Red Wings
prospects and returning players.
The Grand Rapids Griffins strength and conditioning coach
contacted Sherman to ask if students would be interested in helping
during the Wings’ training camp.
The group’s two-day trip to Traverse City was supported by
funding from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Office
of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship.
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