Play Better Hockey: 50 Essential Skills for Player Development
Play Better Hockey: 50 Essential Skills for Player Development
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Play Better Hockey: 50 Essential Skills for Player Development by Ron Davidson
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
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781554076383 |
| ISBN 10 | 1554076382 |
| Title | Play Better Hockey: 50 Essential Skills for Player Development |
| Author | Ron Davidson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Firefly Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |