Volume 1: Skills
Total Hockey is built on a solid foundation - and that begins with the fundamentals of skating, stickhandling, shooting and passing. Each skill is clearly explained, illustrated and accompanied by drills to promote a firm understanding of the game's basics.
The CD covers:
Skating: Fundamentals, Forward / Backward Stride, Forward / Backward Start, Forward / Backward Stop, Forward / Backward Crossover, Power Turns, and Pivots
Shooting: Fundamentals, Wrist, Snap, Backhand, Slap, One Time, Flip, and One handed
Passing: Fundamentals, Sweep, Snap, Backhand, One Touch, Up & Down, Drop, Receiving, and Special Situations
Stickhandling: Fundamentals, Open Ice, While turning, Against opposition Pressure, and During 1-1 moves
Volume 2: Offensive Tactics
Find techniques that help individual players improve the entire team's performance on offense. Kevin provides a detailed analysis of proven techniques and tactics used by today's best players.
This CD covers:
Offense with the puck: Concepts, Move/Pass the puck, Keep the puck, 1-1 moves, scoring tactics
Offense without the puck: Concepts, Provide pass support, Create time & space, scoring threats, provide insurance
Team offensive tactics: Concepts, Create 2-1s, Give & go, Cycling, Reverses, Offensive triangles, Read gap/count numbers, situations, 1-2s, 2-1s, 3-1s, 2-2s,3-2s, 3-3s, 4-3s, behind the net, defense as 2nd wave of attack.
Volume 3: Offensive Systems
Maximize your scoring chances through a better understanding of offensive team play. Find out which team systems can be applied to breakouts, regroups, line rushes for, in-zone offense, face offs and line changes.
This CD contains:
Breakouts: Fundamentals, From zones, Concepts by position, Support issues, Control breakouts, Common mistakes
Neutral Zone Breakouts: Fundamentals, By where puck is retreived, By opposition forechecking systems, Common mistakes
Line Rushes For: Fundamentals, Evidence of a good attack, Gap issues, Attack options bases on situations
In Zone Offense: Fundamentals, Cycling options, Side slot, Plays from behind net, Point shots
Face off Strategies: Individual Strategies, Team Strategies by location
Line Changes
Volume 4: Power Play
Make the most of any advantage with successful strategies used by today's top NHL teams. Learn how to set up plays and establish systems that will expose and exploit weaknesses in the penalty kill. Power Play includes all power play goals from 2003 playoffs with explanation of how the goal was scored.
This CD contains:
5-4 Power Play: Faceoffs, Breakouts, Neutral zone breakouts, Line rushes for decisions, Forecheck, In zone offense concepts, Defense, Overload set, Umbrella set, 1-3-1 set, 2-2-1 set, Plays from behind the net, Specific plays
5-3 Power Play
4-3 Power Play
2003 NHL Playoff Power Play Goals
Volume 5: Defensive Tactics
Explore the tactics you, the individual player, can do to gain an advantage whether you're the defender at the puck or away from the puck. Learn how top NHL players check, play 1-1 situations, block shots and much more.
Volume 8: Goaltending
Take a better understanding of the position into the crease with you - from the basics like stance and positioning to movement and a variety of save techniques, as well as handling situations like breakaways, screens and rebounds.
Kevin Constantine is one of the hardest-working coaches to ever step behind a NHL bench. His experience includes stints with the New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames and several other professional and amateur teams. Known as one of the first to incorporate computers and video in his coaching style, Kevin combines his NHL coaching expertise with digital video technology to teach
the game of hockey in a comprehensive, exciting and easy to use format.
Perfect for coaches, players, and parents, Total Hockey is the definitive tool that makes teaching and learning the game of hockey entertaining and educational.
Volume 9: Practice and Drills
Prepare for nearly every game situation with structured practices and drills used by the pros. The philosophy behind conducting proper practices and finding more effective ways to evaluate each player is explained in complete detail. Over 130 animated drills included for use with your team.
This CD contains:
Rapid Development: Skill development, Tactical Development
Practices: Philosophy, Planning, Executing, Evaluating
Drills: Warm-ups, Skill, Tactical, Transition, System, Special Teams, Confined area, Competition, Fun, Games, Conditioning, Testing, Goaltending
Volume 10: Mind / Sports Psychology
Motivate your players on and off the ice with a positive approach to the game. Find out how attitude, emotional control, mental preparation, team unity and setting realistic goals can be just as important to winning as scoring goals.
Volume 12: Coaching Philosophy
Take a deeper look at all the skills necessary to be a more effective leader. From organizing and preparing to explaining specific strategies to dealing with individual players, find out how your approach to every situation directly effects the outcome on the ice.
Volume 11: Body / Strength & Conditioning
Build stamina, stability and speed through a better understanding of human physiology. Learn about nutrition, flexibility, power and recovery, and how specific programs, exercises and workouts can keep your team in peak health both in-season and during the off-season.
Volume 6: Defensive Systems
Improve the effectiveness of your entire defensive unit. Systems like defensive zone coverage, line rushes against, forecheck, forecheck neutral zone and face-offs are clearly explained and demonstrated with footage and drills.
Volume 7: Penalty Kill
Recognize opportunities to control shorthanded situations with fundamental techniques used by today's best penalty killers. Find out how individual players can work together as a whole unit and rely on each other to neutralize opposition power plays.
This CD contains:
Tactics
Systems: Face offs, Breakouts, 1-1-2 Regular, 1-3 Forecheck, 2-2 Forecheck, 0-4 Forcheck, Line rushes against, Defensive zone coverage, Pressure box by position, Diamond rotation, Offense, Return to 5-5
3-5 Penalty Kill
3-4 Penalty Kill
