Hockey Plays and Strategies

I picked this book up as someone who is just getting into adult recreational league hockey. Having been a fan of the NHL for the past 20 years, most of the terminology was familiar to me, but the book should be quite approachable for anyone. Even if you have no plans in coaching, I think you can benefit from the concepts and ideas which will provide you with a general overview of how hockey players are distributed and their offensive/defensive roles. In my experience, drop-in and novice league play aren't the most organized, but you can make your game more efficient by knowing general strategies in different situations.

This book is so awesome. I wish I had this book when I played in high school. My coaches were really good and taught us most of this, but it wasn't quite in order like this. I bought the Kindle edition, which had flaws in that the diagram description for the previous figure show with the diagram after it due to formatting issues. I still liked it, but it took work to remember what goes with what. I bought the paper version now too so I can see the diagrams with the description at the same time.

I've been having my Pee Wee hockey playing son read a chapter every week before his game and saw an immediate improvement after one chapter. He's a defenseman and his current coach doesn't spend enough time teaching tactics and strategy. He now teaching his teammates the techniques he's picked up from the book. The book has a nice combination of text and diagrams, so even if their comprehension or attention span is limited, the pictures reinforce and simplify the verbiage.

This book is amazing! We have been using it with our two youth hockey players over the past couple of weeks as part of their day-off ice training. Both players are starting to recognize developing plays and situations on the ice, and are reacting better. Albeit, this book will not make them the next Crosby, it is helping them to learn various plays when in the offensive and defensive zones. This is helping them get "hockey smart", and by being able to read the developing plays, they are making better choices on the ice!I will be eager to see what their individual "playing levels" look like in a month or two, and compare the differences. A well written book, plenty of play diagrams, and explanations are easy to understand. A great off-ice training guide, to get hockey players to "think" about the game.

I bought this for my son in law who is a high school hockey coach and has coached hockey for 15 years in various minor leagues.This book was a hit .Little did I know that he has had this same book and has worn out the pages but underlining notes over the years. It was his so called coaching bible. He could not believe that I picked the same book that he had been using and was very happy to get a new one to replace the one he had been worn out and was still using.

Hockey is more than just shoot, skate, and pass. There is a great deal of strategy that is used to make a team competitive. This book is very well written and captures a number of strategies that are used by many coaches in the game today. Learning these will help your mindset grow on how to play the game, and give you insight as to why Hockey is more a game of chess than speed and grit alone.

New asst coach pee wee level and I am learning tons and running drills per the book . would highly recommend it to any coach at any level to refresh and learn new stuff. breaks down all aspects of the game and in all zones if it could only help me deal with the attention span of a 12 year old I would be all set.

For a novice hockey fan like me, this book arms me with a much better understand of what i'm watching. I keep this book handy at all times and check things out dkuring almost every game I watch on TV. My home team is the Penguins, but I also really enjoy the Blackhawks and Red Wings, and Maple Leafs, but I'll watch any two pro teams. I never played the game. How they get that little puck through all those bodies and into the net is amazing to me.

Quality. Total quality. Readable, up-to-date, uncluttered, with proper explanations and analysis. Believe me, your learning curve will skyrocket.Overwhelmingly for players, but not just for players: goalies have to know ALL this stuff too. (Just put your thinking cap on, and reason it out.)If you merely want quantity of drills - with a minimalist text - go for something by Dave Chambers.For a concise, pocket-size, quick-fire masterpiece - try Michael A. Smith's Hockey Drill Book.

Awesome!

This book was exactly what I was looking for. It provides clear and concise explanations and diagrams of different plays/schemes for pretty much every different scenario you encounter in hockey.

Very easy to read with great explanations. Both authors are accomplished hockey people and Mike has a BEd and it shows. I have lent it out to many others. I highly recommend this book.

Some good insight but some methodology is a bit dated