Download or read book Hard Core Hockey written by Rand Pecknold and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-02-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Coach Pecknold has created a no-gimmicks system for teaching skills and strategy that gets players to the next level.” --George Gwozdecky, head coach of the University of Denver men’s ice hockey team, and 2005 National Coach of the Year Hard Core Hockey is an all-in-one guide to playing high-caliber hockey from a veritable who’s who of the world’s top coaches. Including advanced skating and stick-handling techniques, collegiate-level systems, and effective drills, it features contributions from Ted Donato, head coach of Harvard University; Frank Serratore, head coach at the United States Air Force Academy; and more.
Download or read book The Scholastic Ice Hockey Playbook written by Harvey Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scholastic Ice Hockey Playbook: Strategies of a high school coach offers a unique approach at dissecting the game in a way coaches, players and fans will appreciate the fundamentals of hard work while understanding the vast array of systems and formations used in today's game.Co-authors Harvey Cohen, an award-winning coach, and Mike G. Morreale, a distinguished scholastic sports writer in New Jersey, guide readers through the B.E.S.T. approach for creating team comradery in Chapter 1 to the finer details of specialty teams in Chapter 5. The Scholastic Ice Hockey Playbook: Strategies of a high school coach also reminds us that ice hockey players are also people and must be treated as such. Players must learn to respect their peers to improve their game and their overall character.The book is a guide for all skill levels and gives the reader a better understanding of the sport, its concepts and that interpersonal relationship between coach and player. The relationship between coach and player should, according to co-authors Cohen and Morreale, not be taken for granted. Players must listen to their coaches and coaches must find time for their players to establish a mutual respect.
Download or read book Complete Hockey Instruction Skills and Strategies for Coaches and Players written by Dave Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Complete Hockey Instruction" teaches all the essential hockey skills from skating and passing to shooting, puck control, body checking, and mental training. This revised edition features two new chapters and more than 60 new drills, along with complete tips on scouting, game preparation, bench management, nutrition, and designing efficient practices.
Download or read book Hockey written by Jane Powell and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will make you a better player, whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport. Features in this book are: Information boxes containing Top Tips and Key Points for the coach and player; Sequence photographs and detailed diagrams in colour; An introduction to the history and rules of the game, and equipment; A thorough examination of the core skills of hockey (ball carrying, passing, shooting and defending skills); Tactical analysis of the attacking and defending principles of playing the game; Valuable advice on techniques, coaching, nutrition and the competitive structure within the sport. Aimed at those who play hockey at any level and age as well as their coaches. Gives sound practical advice and examines the core skills of hockey. Covers tactical analysis of the attacking and defending principles.Superbly illustrated with 130 sequence photographs and detailed diagrams in colour.Jane Powell is the Performance Coaching Manager of England Hockey. Another title in the highly successful Crowood Sports Guides series.
Download or read book Breakaway Wisdom written by John Leahy and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breakaway Wisdom is a compilation of interviews with the head coaches of Hockey East, one of six men's Division 1 college hockey conferences in the United States. Each coach was assigned a specific topic of a success concept, and each coach was asked to impart his wisdom on each topic from a hockey coaching perspective, and then from a personal perspective. The author concludes each chapter with his own personal interpretation of what the concept means to him from personal experience. The final chapter is an overall synthesized recap of the work.
Download or read book Roller Hockey written by Greg Siller and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone interested in roller hockey will find a complete guide to the game in this book, from fundamentals to advanced techniques, from rules to equipment, as well as practical insights based on the author's own experiences in both ice hockey and roller hockey. Photos, diagrams, & charts.
Download or read book Hockey Plays and Strategies written by Ryan Walter and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Ryan Walter and Mike Johnston draw on their NHL coaching experience to pack Hockey Plays and Strategies full of offensive, defensive and special play systems proven to succeed in the fast-paced and agile style of hockey played today. They present detailed instruction for the specific skills, techniques, position responsibilities and team player requirements essential to the game with advice in sync with the major rule changes from 2004 which transformed game play. Original.
Download or read book Simply the Best written by Ryan Walter and published by Surrey, B.C. : Heritage House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Simply the Best', which borrows its title from the hit Tina Turner song, delivers rare insights of success, straight from the hearts and minds of Stanley Cup winning coaches Scotty Bowman, Marc Crawford, Jacques Demers, Ken Hitchcock, and Mike Keenan. The book also features NHL and Olympic coaches Clare Drake, Dave King, George Kingston, Andy Murray, Roger Neilson, Pat Quinn, and Brian Sutter. Recognised as the greatest coaches in the game, these elite 12 openly discuss in their own words strategies that have made them successful. Coaching wisdom, as never before published, flows from the pages of this remarkable book. Everyone is a coach -- no matter if it's raising children, coaching a youth sports team, being the project team leader at work, teaching students in a classroom, or managing employees in a corporation. Great coaches have to be able to provide direction and vision, stay on a firm path while also recognising when change is needed, motivate, maximise the potential of their people, and deal with adversity. varied, but deep down they all have that special something that allows them to be champions. These world-renowned hockey visionaries take readers into the players' dressing rooms and onto the ice and explain what it takes to be a champion at hockey. But, as readers will see, these mastered principles of coaching success are also relevant off ice so that people in all walks of life, from managers to moms, can win their own Stanley Cups. The 12 coaches in Simply the Best have spent a lifetime in the pursuit of understanding how to win. Now so will you!
Download or read book Coaching for Sports Performance written by Timothy Baghurst and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coaching for Sports Performance provides a practical overview of the many disciplines necessary to be an effective coach. Using experts from across the sports science fields, this book teaches readers the core concepts in a practical, easy to understand style, separated into four sections. Part I explains the fundamentals of effective coaching including the development of coaching philosophies, best practices for coaching effectively, how athletic technique matures, and what coaches can and cannot do in specific health-related situations. Part II provides practical ways to improve athletic performance where readers learn the fundamentals of biomechanics and how to use technology to analyze performance, the physiological functions and adaptations to exercise, how the body can be physically trained and properly fueled, and mental strategies to optimize athletic outcomes. Part III introduces the business side of coaching, the important responsibilities involved in sport management, and practical methods for marketing as well as working with the media. Last, Part IV offers specific strategies for coaching across age and skill levels. Chapters are split into youth and high school, collegiate, and professional athletes, and the nuances of coaching each level are explained. Being called "Coach" is an honor, but with this title comes the responsibility of being professional, knowledgeable, and effective. Coaching for Sports Performance provides the platform for becoming a successful coach and assisting athletes in achieving their potential. Coaching for Sports Performance provides a practical overview of the many disciplines necessary to be an effective coach.
Download or read book Behind the Bench written by Craig Custance and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are motivators, key strategists, tough bosses, and choreographers. They can be branded as heroes, ousted as scapegoats, quietly valued as friends, and everything in between. It's all in the job description for an NHL head coach. In Behind the Bench, ESPN's Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and candid conversations with some of the game's most notable modern luminaries—names like Mike Babcock, Joel Quenneville, Dan Bylsma, Todd McLellan, Ken Hitchcock, and Claude Julien—all of whom share their singular views on topics ranging from leadership secrets to on-ice game plans. Dissect some of hockey's greatest moments with the men who set the pieces in motion. Go straight to the source on what it's like to manage a dressing room full of the league's top stars or execute line changes with everything at stake. Signature games, including Stanley Cup finals, Olympic gold medal clashes, and World Championship contests—both wins and losses—are reflected upon and broken down in detail, making this essential reading for current and aspiring coaches, players, and hockey fans alike.
Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Download or read book Understanding Sports Coaching written by Tania Cassidy and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Understanding Sports Coaching' is relevant for working with athletes of all abilities. It explores every aspect of coaching practice and includes practical exercises to encourage reflective practice and to highlight the issues faced by the successful sports coach.
Download or read book Scholastic Coach written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leading Teams written by Paolo Guenzi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important new insights on team leadership and motivation, along with powerful tools and techniques taken from the world of sports How do the sports world's most successful coaches instill their teams with esprit de corps, a collaborative mindset, and an unbeatable desire to win? More importantly, what can business leaders and managers learn from their example? This book answers these and a host of key questions about what it takes to be a successful leader in business or in sports. Drawing upon their unique experiences working with top sports coaches, as well as some of the world's leading corporate executives, authors Dino Ruta and Paolo Guenzi offer important new insights into team leadership and motivation, as well as new tools for optimizing teamwork and inspiring teams to reach for and achieve new heights of glory. Develops a bold new team leadership model for managers at all levels, team leaders, project managers and facilitators, as well as sport coaches Arms you with powerful tools and techniques adapted from the world of sport for optimizing teamwork, driving motivating and instilling an unstoppable desire to win An indispensable source of insight and ideas for executives and managers in companies of all sizes, and an important supplement for postgraduate management programs
Download or read book USA Hockey Coaching Education Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hockey Handbook written by Lloyd Percival and published by McClelland & Stewart Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1951, and rejected at the time by one NHL coach as “the product of a three-year-old mind,” Lloyd Percival’sThe Hockey Handbookwent on to become an internationally recognized classic. Russian and European coaches seized on the book as the first authoritative, analytical treatment of hockey fundamentals and based their training regimes on the principles Percival described. The father of Russian hockey, Anatoli Tarasov, wrote to Percival: “Your wonderful book which introduced us to the mysteries of Canadian hockey, I have read like a schoolboy.” Now, nearly half a century later,The Hockey Handbookremains in a class by itself. It is the first book required by players or coaches at all levels of proficiency who are setting out to develop their own or their team’s hockey skills. Wayne Major, Larry Sadler, and Robert Thom are all experienced amateur hockey coaches who came to appreciate the practical value of Percival’s pioneering work. In revising the text, they drew upon the expertise of a variety of specialists, including, for example, Dr. Tom Sawa, who updated the chapter on training and conditioning, to giveThe Hockey Handbooka new relevance to modern hockey coaches. Now redesigned and issued in an easy-to-use format, the book will serve as an inspiration and guide to future generations of players and coaches.
Download or read book The Season written by Doug Ringrose and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although written primarily with the coach in mind, The Season will also be of interest to those who enjoy the game of hockey and want to know more about what goes on behind the scenes during a hockey season. In addition to enhancing the understanding of the game, it will hopefully provide a useful planning blueprint for coaches at any level. The book starts with a focus on preparation; the mental and physical preparation of the athlete as well as the seasonal preparation and planning requirements of the coach. It then goes on to examine the evaluation and selection of a team. Ideas for establishing an effective process and important considerations for assembling a well-balanced team are examined. As the journey through the season continues, practice planning and game strategies are discussed thoroughly. Many diagrams of practice drills and illustrations of team systems are provided. The final chapter focuses on the playoffs. Ideas for sharpening the focus of the team as it prepares for this important time of year are provided. The book concludes with a look into the future for players and coaches and then provides some suggestions about finishing off the season on a positive note. Readers will find that , The Season provides them with some great coaching resources. Written in a clear and easy-to-understand style, the author relates many personal stories, ideas and opinions that will be useful and thought provoking.
