Practices are the crucial component for turning individual potential into the reality of a great hockey team-in an environment where you cannot lose. The Hockey Practice Playbook covers critical information and training techniques that you can immediately use-whether as part of the coaching staff, as players, or leagues-to make the most of your limited practice time.

The Hockey Practice Playbook provides effective examples of what has worked well for Greg Siller throughout his years of coaching and playing ice and roller hockey, as well as what other professional and amateur coaches have effectively used to improve their players and teams. While there is no one "right" way to plan, run and evaluate a practice, there are several effective techniques and tools that you need to use in order to achieve a Great Hockey Practice.

Utilizing the tools, checklists, and drills in this book will give you the information you need to improve your team in all facets of practice planning, execution, evaluation, and improvement. The tools alone are worth the price of this book!

The Hockey Practice Playbook will enable you to become a better hockey coach, help improve your team, and increase your teams' ability to play smarter, stronger, and more effectively; ultimately enabling your team to improve their potential and consistency, win more games, and have some fun along the way.

306 pages. 2012.

An essential training manual for hockey goalkeepers.

The Hockey Goalie's Complete Guide offers practical advice and information for goalkeepers and their coaches and trainers. Anyone interested in hockey goalkeeping will enjoy reading about NHL trainer Fran€ois Allaire and his four-year development plan that includes:

• Basic techniques
• Skating techniques
• On-ice and off-ice training methods
• How to evaluate goalkeepers on and off the ice
• The trainer's role

Step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations show how to execute each recommended technique, movement and exercise, and detailed color photographs complement the expert counsel. Each chapter has an at-a-glance summary and a chart that outlines all the techniques and exercises featured.

This authoritative and practical guide also includes forms that allow players, coaches and trainers to record and refer to a goalkeeper's progress and performance during games. These tracking forms are important for annual evaluations and for planning revisions to ongoing training programs.

175 pages. 2008.

With 446 drills covering every facet of the sport, The Hockey Drill Book is the most comprehensive resource for today's players and coaches.

Former National Hockey League and World Championship gold-medal coach Dave Chambers has spent thousands of hours in the world's top rinks. In The Hockey Drill Book he provides you with the same drills used by North America's and Europe's elite.

Along with detailed diagrams, illustrations, and coaching tips, the 446 drills cover each position, offensive and defensive systems, pregame warm-ups, on-ice conditioning, and game-specific situations, including power plays, penalty killing, and face-offs.

Whether your goal is to improve your game or lead your team to glory, rely on The Hockey Drill Book-it is the only drill book you'll ever need.

373 pages. 2008.

A classic how-to hockey title now fully redesigned with full-color diagrams.

No hockey player or team can successfully play at any level without practice, and lots of it. The design of this new edition of Hockey Drill Book makes all that sweat and effort worthwhile.

The book features 200 drills in a comprehensive practice regimen that covers every essential skill needed to master the fundamentals of the game, including:

• Skating
• Stick handling
• Passing
• Shooting
• Conditioning
• Goaltending
• Checking
• Game situations

Each drill has a defined purpose, and the techniques are described step by step and shown in full-color diagrams. Suggestions for drill tempo, variations of the drill and numbers of participants guide coaches in designing practices that are challenging, effective and appropriate for their players.

235 pages. 2009.Hockey Drill Book is the essential training tool for players and coaches at all levels of the game. Over a career of more than 40 years,

and Mike Johnston,
head coach of the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League. Johnston guided Canada to two World Junior Championships as an assistant coach and won three Spengler Cup gold medals as coach of the Canada Select

Carve out a spot on your bench, and in your library, for hockey's most comprehensive playbook.

Hockey Plays and Strategies presents all of the popular offensive, defensive, and special teams systems used in today's game, as well as tactical advice on making in-game adjustments and player match-ups at every level of play.

Veteran coaches Ryan Walter and Mike Johnston share more than 160 plays, systems, and strategies to control the ice and light up the net. In this one-of-a-kind guide, you'll learn these skills:

• Puck movement within the neutral zone to set up for attack zone entry and scoring chances on the rush
• Capitalizing on all odd-man rush scoring chances and shutting down the opposition's opportunities
• Executing lock-down defensive play in all zones to eliminate good scoring chances and shots on goal
• More than 25 power play systems for both the one-man and two-man advantage to keep the defense off balance and produce more scoring chances
• Penalty kill strategies that will stymie any attack and routinely clear the zone
• Controlling the puck and breaking up the opposition's play with aggressive forechecking and backchecking strategies
• Controlling the game with top-notch game management tips on line pairings and changes, key momentum changers, and many more in-game adjustments to keep your opponents on their heels throughout the game

Whether you're an experienced coach or taking the coaching reigns for the first time, Hockey Plays and Strategies will guide smart, consistent, and winning play.

209 pages. 2010.