Four-time National Hockey Coach of the Year Mike McShane believes that the best practices involve a lot of skating, they keep everyone involved, they are run at a high tempo and, most importantly, have a flow from one skill set to another.

In this presentation, Coach McShane gives you a high tempo, 29-drill practice that shows you how to build a flow into your practices that will connect the imperative skills of the game to critical system concepts.

McShane begins with a brief skating warm-up that includes five drills. Next he moves into passing and shooting drills, mirror drills, pivot drills, checking drills, a 1-on-1 series, a cycling series and a small games series. For each drill and skill, McShane not only coaches his players but also narrates key points of focus for coaching each phase of the activity.

Throughout the presentation, McShane repeatedly incorporates important intangibles of the game such as communication, teamwork and competitiveness while improving his player's hockey IQ.

This hockey practice DVD gives you a comprehensive set of fast, intense and competitive drills that shows you firsthand what a "best practice" should involve.

40 minutes. 2011.

Four-time National Hockey Coach of the Year Mike McShane believes that the best practices involve a lot of skating, they keep everyone involved, they are run at a high tempo and, most importantly, have a flow from one skill set to another.

In this presentation, Coach McShane gives you a high tempo, 29-drill practice that shows you how to build a flow into your practices that will connect the imperative skills of the game to critical system concepts.

McShane begins with a brief skating warm-up that includes five drills. Next he moves into passing and shooting drills, mirror drills, pivot drills, checking drills, a 1-on-1 series, a cycling series and a small games series. For each drill and skill, McShane not only coaches his players but also narrates key points of focus for coaching each phase of the activity.

Throughout the presentation, McShane repeatedly incorporates important intangibles of the game such as communication, teamwork and competitiveness while improving his player's hockey IQ.

This hockey practice DVD gives you a comprehensive set of fast, intense and competitive drills that shows you firsthand what a "best practice" should involve.

40 minutes. 2011.

In this 3-part presentation, Mike McShane takes you through a complete guide to the power lock forechecking system that he has used with great success.

You will learn four objectives to maximize the power lock forechecking system: Turnovers, Transition, Retrievals, and Attacks.

Get detailed instruction on the power lock forechecking system in all three zones:

• Offensive Zone - Aggressively attack the puck in the offensive zone while providing defensive support.
• Neutral Zone - Position your players to create turnovers and quickly transition into the attack.
• Defensive Zone - Provide your team with effective options for breaking the puck out of the defensive zone.

In each zone, McShane diagrams the positions and strategies for successful forechecking. He details the responsibilities of each player and how best to transition into the attack. Following the marker board sessions, McShane demonstrates the strategies on the ice.

McShane concludes the presentation with a system review that also profiles the foundational skills and the personnel breakdown of the power lock forechecking system.

Create more offense and better defensive support using Mike McShane's power lock forechecking system!

42 minutes. 2011.

Shawn Walsh designs and demonstrates a series of highly competitive hockey drills to keep your practices intense and to utilize the full ice surface. The drill work is divided into three segments: flow drills, situational drills, and team drills. Flow drills warm-up your players, develop skills, and develop timing. Situational drills include many of the match-up situations that players will encounter during games. Team drills feature more end-to-end action and thus are great for teaching transition.

2000. 60 minutes.

These competitive hockey games use small groups of players, small areas of ice, and short shifts to create intense, game-like situations and ultimately a high level of play. All of these drills take place inside the blue line and are played cross-ice to create a small ice surface. Coaches Beaney and Gerrish use this chaos with a purpose approach to enhance player skills and improve hockey sense. The games are modified by putting the goals in various positions, using more than one puck, limiting where players are allowed to move, and creating and eliminating rules.

2000. 38 minutes.

Cycling is an offensive strategy that provides puck protection and player support, and allows for picks and cutbacks to create scoring opportunities. Dan Fridgen demonstrates a progression of hockey drills to help teach proper cycling at all levels. The drills include individual puck protection drills, one, two, and three player drills with no defense, and two, three, and five player drills with defense. Throughout the drill work, Coach Fridgen demonstrates how to get your defensemen involved in the cycle and how players can use each other to create scoring opportunities.

41 minutes. 2001.