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| Module | Video Title | |
| Member Dashboard | Introduction to How to Play Hockey | |
| Module 1: Hockey Basics & Terminology | ||
| Whiteboard Symbols | ||
| 1.1 Areas of the Ice | Areas of the Ice | |
| House-Fort-Castle-Prime Scoring Area | ||
| Lanes | ||
| Seams | ||
| Quiet Zones | ||
| 1.2 Tactical Terminology | Transition | |
| Defensive and Offensive Support | ||
| Puck Protection | ||
| Pinch and Stagger | ||
| Active Stick-Shoulder Checks-Head on a Swivel | ||
| Flat Skating | ||
| Timing | ||
| 1.3 Fundamental Skill Tips | Skill Tip: Skating: How to Cross Over | |
| Skill Tip: Basic Stickhandling | ||
| Skill Tip:How to Roof the Puck | ||
| Skill Tip:How to Set up a One Timer | ||
| Skill Tip:How to Take a One Timer | ||
| Skating: Forward to Backward Pivots | ||
| Skating: Forward to Backward to Forward Pivots | ||
| Skating:Open Mohawk Turns | ||
| Skating:Puck Separation Teaching Spatial Awareness and Area Passes | ||
| Skating: Keep it on the Forehand Puck Skills | ||
| Skating: Punch Turns: Sharper Than a Tight Turn | ||
| 1.4 Passing Tactics | Headman Pass | |
| Back Pass | ||
| Overlap-Follow your Pass | ||
| Drop Pass in all 3 zones | ||
| Give and Go | ||
| Cycling | ||
| 1.5 Passing Videos | Skill Tip: How to Receive a Rim Pass | |
| Skill Tip: How to Saucer Pass | ||
| Module 2: Defense | ||
| 2.1 Defensive Pressure | Steering, Angling, Tracking | |
| Gap Control | ||
| Holding the Line | ||
| Close Coverage, Closing Gap, Commit, Contain | ||
| Forcing to the Outside | ||
| Inside Out | ||
| 2.2 Defensive Coverage | Balanced Defence | |
| Defensive Zone Coverage | ||
| Advanced Defensive Zone Coverage | ||
| Defensive Controlled Skating | ||
| Defensive Side Positioning | ||
| Man on Man Coverage | ||
| Switching | ||
| Backchecking | ||
| Skill Tip: How to Take a Faceoff | ||
| 2.3: Breakouts | Breakout Overview | |
| Breakouts-All Positions D-Zone Puck Possession Responsibilities | ||
| Breakout: Quick Up | ||
| Breakout: Rim Pass | ||
| Skill Tip: How to Receive a Rim Pass | ||
| Breakout: Wheel | ||
| Skill Tip: Defensive Escape: Hang ‘Em on the Post | ||
| Breakout: Three Quarter Round | ||
| Breakout: Reverse | ||
| Breakout: D to D, Over, Partner | ||
| Breakout: Controlled, Power Play | ||
| Module 3: Neutral Zone | ||
| Neutral Zone Forechecking-Overview | ||
| Neutral Zone Transition Overview | ||
| 3.1 Neutral Zone Forecheck | Neutral Zone Forecheck-1-2-2 Wide | |
| Neutral Zone Forecheck-1-3-1 | ||
| Neutral Zone Forecheck-2-1-2 | ||
| Neutral Zone Forecheck-1-2-2 Mid Ice Lock | ||
| Neutral Zone Forecheck-Retreating 1-2-2 | ||
| 3.2 Transition & Counter Attack | Neutral Zone Transition-Reading Pressure | |
| Neutral Zone Transition-Regroup | ||
| Neutral Zone Transition-Counter Attack | ||
| 3.3 Offensive Zone Entry | Neutral Zone Transitions-Offensive Zone Entries | |
| Neutral Zone Transitions-Offensive Zone Entry Options | ||
| Neutral Zone Transition-Offensive Rush, 1on1, 2on1, 2on2, 3on2 | ||
| Module 4: Offensive Zone | ||
| 4.1 Skill Tip Videos | Skill Tip: Basic Stickhandling | |
| Skill Tip: Stickhandling in Chaos Drill | ||
| Skill Tip: 2 Puck Stickhandling Drill | ||
| Skill Tip: How to Scoop a Puck Trick | ||
| 4.2 Shooting Tip Videos | Skill Tip: How to Roof a Puck | |
| Skill Tip: How to Set Up a One Timer | ||
| Skill Tip: How to Take a One Timer | ||
| 4.3 Offensive Zone Forechecking | Forechecking Overview | |
| Forecheck- 1-2-2 Against all Breakouts | ||
| Forecheck- 2-1-2 Against all Breakouts | ||
| Forecheck- 2-3 or Left Lane Lock Against all Breakouts | ||
| Forecheck-Torpedo | ||
| Forecheck-Controlled-Deep Trap+Swing with Speed | ||
| 4.4 Offensive Principles | Grey Zones | |
| Stretch Skating | ||
| Offensive Controlled Skating | ||
| 4.5 Offensive Zone Entry | Possession on Entry | |
| 1-2-3 Attack Triangle | ||
| Numerical Advantage on Attack | ||
| Drive and Delay | ||
| Net Drive | ||
| Skill Tip: How to Go to the Net | ||
| Applying Offensive Pressure | ||
| 4.6 Offensive Zone Tactics | Offensive Tactics in the Zone Overview | |
| Offensive Tactics-Cycling Variations | ||
| Offensive Tactics-Attacking the Net from the Point | ||
| Walkouts | ||
| Offensive Tactics-Plays in Tight | ||
| Module 5: Special Teams | ||
| Power Play Principles | ||
| Penalty Kill Overview | ||
| 5.1 Power Play | Power Play-Overload | |
| Power Play-Umbrella | ||
| Power Play- 1-3-1 | ||
| Power Play- 5 vs 3 Box+1 | ||
| Power Play- 4 on 3 -Box & Umbrella | ||
| Power Play Breakout: AKA Controlled | ||
| 5.2 Penalty Kill Forechecking | Penalty Kill-Forecheck 1-1-2 Passive, Aggressive | |
| Penalty Kill-Forecheck 1-3 Passive | ||
| Penalty Kill-Forecheck-Forwards Pressure and Replace | ||
| Penalty Kill-Forecheck-Trackback | ||
| 5.3 Penalty Kill Defensive Zone | Penalty Kill-Defensive Zone Overview | |
| Penalty Kill-Passive and Aggressive Box | ||
| Penalty Kill-Passive and Aggressive Diamond |
