USA Hockey announces release of Skills Videos

USA Hockey Announces Release of USA Hockey Skills and Drills for the Complete Player and Coach; Interactive DVD-ROM Now Available

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- USA Hockey today announced the release of USA Hockey Skills and Drills For the Complete Player and Coach, the most comprehensive compilation of information for coaches, players and fans ever made available.

The computer-based program features over 400 skills and drills, along with easy-to-use tips and techniques to advance a player’s talents. It also allows coaches to create practice plans through a customizable play list that caters to specific age groups.

“We feel we’ve put together the best hockey skills training program ever produced,” said Ron DeGregorio, president of USA Hockey, “and know it will serve as a valuable tool for players and coaches at all levels of the game for years to come.”

Narrated by legendary American sportscaster Mike “Doc” Emrick and featuring former National Hockey League great and current NBC and Versus broadcaster Ed Olczyk, the program contains actual game footage demonstrations and printable instructions, as well as games and quizzes.

USA Hockey partnered with Cramer, an Emmy-award-winning producer of several best-selling sports documentaries and a leading learning solutions provider, to produce the program.

Working from a collaboratively developed script, Cramer shot the on-ice footage over a period of 18 days to produce over six hours of edited footage. Cramer’s technology team then programmed the disc into an easy-to-use interactive program that runs on both PC and Mac computers.

The program can be purchased online at usahockeyskillsvideos.com.

ABOUT USA HOCKEY USA Hockey, Inc., is the National Governing Body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States, with a membership of nearly 600,000 ice and inline hockey players, coaches, officials and volunteers. Its mission is to promote the growth of hockey in America and provide the best possible experience for all participants by encouraging, developing, advancing and administering the sport.

ABOUT CRAMER Cramer is a leading independent provider of integrated marketing solutions with a 20-year-plus history and reputation for tactical creativity, integrity, agility and accountability. Partnering with clients, the company delivers business results through targeted marketing campaigns in the areas of brand development, product launches, sales and product training, internal communications, channel marketing, customer acquisition and retention, and meetings and events.