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From the Publisher

TAKE YOUR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

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Following the success of the first edition, Play Better Hockey has been retooled with even more individual skill advancements for the modern player.

Starting with a focus on body positioning, skating technique and stick work, Ron Davidson’s progressive-learning approach provides players with the fundamentals of how to move effectively on the ice in any gameplay situation. The skills Davidson presents readers are the same that Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews use to dominate the NHL. The second edition of Play Better Hockey also delivers readers a new set of dynamic team and skill drills that are sure to challenge players and make practice exciting!

Players will learn how to skate, pass, shoot and deke like the pros with highly detailed skill descriptions, precision photographs of NHL stars and comprehensive illustrations.

Author RON DAVIDSON is a former member of Canada’s national team. As an advanced-level coach he has run clinics for the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes and Ottawa Senators. Ron directs UltraSkills hockey school and was the on-ice director for Hockey Night in Canada’s “Think Hockey,” as well as the Hyundai Hockey Nation tour.

Skills illustrated and explained

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Leg Extension from the Drive

Leg is extended so that you drive straight back. The ankle is extended down and away from you, driving the inside edge of your blade at the ball of your foot into the ice.

Cross-Over

Recover your drive skate in toward your body and cross it over your gliding skate, which will have pivoted so that your heel is pointing toward your intended direction of travel.

Cross-Under

Your original drive skate is the glide skate during your cross-under. Extend your cross-under leg behind the heel of your glide skate. Rotate and extend your ankle on your cross-under skate to drive from the outside edge at the pad of your foot. Recover this skate underneath your body and beside your glide skate, and tap the insides of your skates together before striding with your original drive skate.

Techniques of the pros deconstructed

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Fake Slap Shot to Slap Pass

Troy Stecher, positioned at the point, executes a slap shot backswing.

He brings his stick down and changes the angle of the shot...

...by keeping his bottom hand low on the shaft and moving his top hand out and away from his body.

The result is a fake slap shot turned into a slap pass.

Editorial Reviews

Review

[Review of previous edition:] At last! A book that focuses on the development of individual hockey skills. -- Joe Pelletier ― Hockey Book Reviews Published On: 2009-06-29

[Review of previous edition:] Coaches and parents you now have the chance to have an instruction manual on hockey skills. Ron Davidson has put a book together with instructions on skating, shooting, and handling the puck. He includes 50 essential skills to develop a hockey player. There are tips in here for the beginner and the pro. Davidson is an energetic, enthusiastic hockey man who once set up hockey skill schools while living in Peterborough... You may know him best as being the instructor of Hockey Night in Canada, but hes also a former OHL player and played in Europe. This book states a lot of the obvious, but the directions are clear... Even if youre a beginner coach or parent you can take the instructions and adapt most of his skills to instruct the child... Davidson gives you the how, now you have to pass it on and make sure the player and you are having fun doing it. If its fun, the student wont even know he or she is practising. -- Ed Arnold ― London Free Press Published On: 2010-11-22

[Review of previous edition:] Davidson makes the point in his introduction that even those well versed in the sport of hockey can learn -- the greats are great because they never stop learning and practicing. The technical knowledge contained within the book is fantastic but is not overwhelming due to the highly visual presentation.... This book is laid out in a way that even a beginner like me can follow it through and get some good ideas -- or at least an understanding of what is happening in the good ole hockey game. However, the advanced beginner or aspiring player would get a lot more from it. Davidson has laid out the topics from gearing up to skating essentials down to dekeing and deception to breakaways and all the puckhandling, passing and shooting you can wish for in between. This book would appeal to anyone who wants to learn more about hockey or a hockey player that wants to learn how to play a stronger game. -- Alison Edwards ― Resource Links Published On: 2010-12-01

[Review of previous edition:] Coaches and parents you now have the chance to have an instruction manual on hockey skills. Ron Davidson has put a book together with great instructions on skating, shooting, and handling the puck...Davidson gives you the how, now you have to pass it on and make sure the player and you are having fun doing it. ― The Toronto Sun Published On: 2010-10-31

About the Author

Ron Davidson played on Canadas national team at the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980. He has directed hockey camps, schools and clinics in Canada, the U.S. and throughout Europe, and he has directed schools and clinics for the NHLs Phoenix Coyotes and Ottawa Senators. In Ontario, students can learn from him at his UltraSkills Academy.

Product details

  • Publisher ? : ? Firefly Books; Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (December 22, 2017)
  • Language ? : ? English
  • Paperback ? : ? 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ? : ?
  • ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1770859753
  • Item Weight ? : ? 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ? : ? 7.75 x 0.44 x 9.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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