Play Better Hockey: 50 Essential Skills for Player Development

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Ron Davidson’s 50 fundamental hockey skills and tactics will empower players to excel individually at this team game.

At last! A book that focuses on the development of individual hockey skills and promotes a mastery of body positioning, skating and stick work. Learning these skills gives players a strong fundamental understanding of how to move effectively on the ice in any gameplay situation.

The skills are organized in four sections: Fundamentals, Skating Techniques, Stick Work, and Dekeing and Deception. As the reader progresses through a chapter, the level of difficulty of each skill increases, ultimately covering every fundamental move and technique needed for an outstanding and total comprehension of the play. Davidson’s progressive-learning approach teaches beginners the proper techniques, hones the skills of intermediate-level players and challenges elite players with the additional skills they need.

Among the 50 critical skills presented in this eye-opening collection are:

Forward stride
Backward crossunder
Drive and delay
Heel-to-heel turns
Tight turns
Extending your reach
Receiving off-target shooting
The Forsberg deke
The Datsyuk deke

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firefly Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 2, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1554076382
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1554076383
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 0.88 x 9.75 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,270,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #130 in Hockey Coaching #1,392 in Winter Sports (Books)
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