"The program at Total Hockey - Hudson is a great example of what happens when a hockey mind thinks creatively about helping youngsters become better players. Dean Talafous knows from first-hand experience the importance of quickness in the first few strides and the ability to combine stick skills with skating and vision. Anyone who watches a session of Total Hockey - Hudson will walk away saying, ‘No question -- they're better hockey players right now, than they were an hour ago.’
The Talafous philosophy is that multi-tasking -- using hands, feet, and vision, all at the same time -- separates great players from average ones. Combining this with quickness training on the ramp -- and adding an element of recorded competition to measure personal improvement -- makes each workout seem like a hockey game. So, after watching young players train at Total Hockey - Hudson, you wonder how dryland training could ever be done another way.”
Jack Blatherwick
Physiologist: Washington Capitals
