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| INTRODUCTION The Name of the Game is Improvement The Contradictions of Hockey INTRODUCTION General Introduction No Miracles, Only Progress Objectives The Complete Player Mind/Body/Skills Coaches, What to Expect Learning Improvement Complacency, Overcome Complacency, Improvement Improve Fundamentals Practice Some Rules, Offsides, Icings Equipment, Sticks, Curves Equipment, Curved Sticks Improvement, Methods Improvement, Progress Motivation, The Desire to Learn Practice Ice Time Other Sports, Complementary Work Ethic ATTITUDE Improvement Plan Improvement of Desire Awards, Trophies Adversity, Defeat Patience, The Farmer's Way Belief in Self The Importance of Belief Complacency Versus Excellence The Danger of Complacency Accepting Criticism The Danger of Criticism The Competition is With Yourself Example of Confidence The Danger of Confidence Enthusiasm, Drive, Zeal Enthusiasm Every Day The Fear of Failure Fundamentals, Back to the Basics Give Some Credit to the Opposition Never Give Up Set Your Goals High Habits, Repetition Goals Possibilities Bad Actors The Coach Is a Tyrant Grow Your Self-Confidence Confidence and Determination The Dangers of Retaliation The Frustration With Referees Quotes of Note |
CONDITIONING All Work and No Play Anticipation-Opportunities-Pacing Eliminate the Tension Belief Into Actions Conditioning as Habit The Fallacy of an Exercise Program Coaches Want Consistency Determination and Fitness A Fitness Diary The Danger of Pride SKATING The Essence of Speed Speed and Anticipation The Sudden Stops Skating With tight Turns Skating and Stopping The Skating Books From Average to Superior It Starts With Balance The Advantage of 'S' Curves Speed Versus Quickness Looking Behind The All-Important Change of Pace Watching the Stars PUCKHANDLING The Sweeping Motion Control of the Puck The Vision of a Puckhandler The Heads-Up Factor A Word of Caution PASSING The Elements of the Pass The Flip Pass as an Alternative Executing the Drop Pass The Slap Pass, A Word of Caution A Football Analogy Is the Receiver REady? Is the Receiver in the Clear? The Hardness/Softness of the Pass The Strategy of Pass-and-Go Where is the Receiver Going to BE? Can Pass Be Received Safely? Buying Time For the Pass Receiving Passes A Power Play Strategy SHOOTING A Good Rule For Practice Psychology of Shooting More Psychology On Shooting The Essence of Screen Shots More About Screened Shots Shots On the Net A Little Psychology Shooting For Rebounds Esposito and Shooting Aiming the Shots The Surprise Factor The Great Goal Scorers Get Some Shots on the Net The Wrist Action of Shooting The On-Ice Practice Practising Your Shot Off-Ice More Than the Slap Shot The Quick Shot |
OFFENSE The Intensity of Maurice Richard The Drive For the Net Taking the Hit Turnovers At the Blueline Puck Control - The Spin Around First in the Corners or on the Boards The Art of Deflections The Strategy of the Dump-In Eyes Off the Puck for Control One-On-One Against a Defender You Have to Shoot to Score Hooking & Holding, Unfortunate, But... Take a Hit to Make a Play A Very Simple Strategy The Threshold of Panic DEFENSE The Theory of Pressure on the Puck The Strategy of Initiative Puck Control of Ray Bourque Hitting and Positional Play To Stop the Attack, Study the Attack Doing More Than Your Share The Psychology of Penalty Killing Intensity on the Boards TEAM PLAY AND WINNING Backcheck With Enthusiasm Superiority on Defense and Offense Beyond the Basics Growth as a Team Player The 'Stats' Oriented Attitude An Attitude Problem The Unmeasureable Presence Concept of a Team Team Effort On Face-Offs Attitude Towards Offense Versus Defense WINNING Anticipation - The Key Attitude - The 'If Only' Game A Winning Perspective - Becker Competition - The Opponent Competition - Teammates Competition - Self The 'Comfort Zone' - Retton Motivation - Year Around Anticipation is Thinking The Enemy Within A Focus on the Details A Focus on the Little Things Leadership and Enthusiasm Perseverence Never Quit Mental Toughness of Shaquille Pat Riley - A Winning Coach Toughness and Concentration The Success of Bill Gates Motivation and Don Cherry The Second Season Create the DEsire Set Goals and Overcome Handicaps Goaltenders - Not to be Denied Preparation of the Imagination The Chemistry of 'Family' The Chemistry of Insight The Chemistry of Tolerance The Chemistry of Sacrifice Coming From Behind Never, Never, Never, Give Up A Philosophy of Winning The Unstoppable Will to Win From Average to Elite Leadership, The Final Attribute QUOTES OF NOTE A Collection of Usable Quotes |
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| INTRODUCTION Getting Started The Importance of Attitude From Average to Superstar What Coaches Are Looking For Effort Equals Improvement The Competition With Yourself Where Are You Going A Scout's Definition The Learning Process If You Only Believe The Eighty-Twenty Theory Do You Have What It Takes The Importance of Thoughts A Belief in Self Be Wary of Free Advice Thoughts Into Actions Who Can I Blame? On Praise and Criticism Offense Versus Defense The Fear of Failure Overcoming Fear of Failure Self-Improvement and the Competition Twelve Steps to Self-Improvement The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln Second, Third, Fourth Effort Can WE Face the Truth? What Are Your Self-Limiting Beliefs? He Plays Like a Sutter CONFIDENCE Patience and Confidence Nothing Ventured - Nothing Gained The Meaning of Self-Confidence Grow Your Self-Confidence That Special Feeling I Deserve It Some Attitudes to Avoid Get Rid of Your Ego Beware of the Critics The Importance of a Good Attitude Indications of a Poor Self-Image Reasons For a Poor Self-Image Steps To Improve Your Self-Image The Value of Rituals Looking For the Lucky Breaks Potential - The Word of the Future |
SELF-MOTIVATION A Dictionary Definition The Basic Motivator The Internal Process of Motivation Where Do You Want To Go? Complacency Versus Motivation Escape From the Comfort Zone Mediocrity Versus Excellence The Amazing 1972 Series Enthusiasm - A Coach's Delight The Fallacy of 'Hard Work' Depend On Yourself The Supreme Compliment Refuse to Accept the Impossible The Growth of A Bamboo Tree It Is Up To You Intensity For 60 Minutes The Importance of Setting Goals The Change of Leadership Thoughts On Being a Leader The Leadership of Doug Harvey You Are Never Complete Win the Period - Win the Game The Value of Reading Play As If Someone is Watching Frustration is Self-Defeating The Opinions of Others Break The Slump What ARe Your Weaknesses? TEAMMATES AND COACHES The Coach Is A Tyrant They Are Never Satisfied Poor Coaches - Good Coaches Your Attitude Towards Criticism Show Your Initiative The Moving Force of Greatness The Spirit of Love and Respect Hearing the Footsteps Leadership and Charisma The Leadership of Doug Harvey Peer Pressure At Work The Respect of Your Peers Make Things Happen The Handling of Differences POSITIVE THINKING Alibis Are For Losers The Ups and Downs of Improvement Keep Your Expectations High Give Credit to the Opposition The Value of Visualization Watch Out For the Enemy The Pressures of Perfection Your Reaction to Adversity The Ever-Threatening 'Flat' Feeling Tension - A Poison in the System SKILL BUILDING Are You Too Easy to Knock Down? What Is Your Battle Level? A Hockey Player's Courage The Courage of Leadership Looking For Instruction The Great Ideal - consistency The Importance of Little things What Is Your 'Separation' Level? Developing A Sense of Intuition Turning Habits Into Instincts Is It Skill Or Intensity? Ask and You Will Receive Listen To Learn The Habit of Imitation The Law of Cause and Effect Give Your Opponent Some Credit Try Different Positions Ice-Time Is No Excuse A Hunger For the Puck No One Kicks a Dead Dog Your Energy and Your Diet Breathe Away the Tensions Take a Hit and Keep Your Cool Watch the Stars...Copy the Stars The Art of Visualization Attacking the Weaknesses |
PRACTICES Practices - The Three Basic Elements Set the Plan - Do the Plan The Versatile Player Toughness Or Skills The Dumb Penalties of Attitude Never, Never, Never Give In The Quality of Deception Prepare For the Next Step Practice the Soviet Way Goals and Assists Are Great, But... Persistence To Go Beyond What Is Your Style? Repeat, Repeat, and Repeat Again Arrive AT Camp Prepared Good Intentions and Conditioning WINNING The Passion of Winning Mistakes Don't Always Beat You Building the Team The Indominatable Spirit The TEsting Will Come The Teamwork of the Ducks The Highs and Lows of Hockey AFTERTHOUGHTS The Will to Win The Importance of Attitude Self-Confidence The Greatest Compliment The Drive For Improvement Learn From the Bees Intensity on the Job The Killer Instinct The Stars Can BE Stopped The Avoidance of Cliques Welcome the Attack The Joy of Helping Others The Identifying Marks of Team Spirit The Ultimate Challenge - Goals Against The Danger of Intensity One Great Hockey Player Setting Your Targets The 'Heart' of the Matter What If...? Learning For Life QUOTES OF NOTE |
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| INTRODUCTION General Overview Some Shooting Statistics The Shooting Targets The Shooting Angle Shots on the Net Aware of Your Surroundings Use the Room Available More About Shots on Net Observing Joe Sakic Never Miss on the Far Side The Gretzky/Kurri Combo When There is Nothing Else To Do PSYCHOLOGY OF SHOOTING Getting Started Playing For the Angle The Question - Shoot or Pass Talking To Your Teammates The Shooting Percentage What Are Your Targets Shoot AT the DEfender Playing For the Rebounds Know Where the Rebound is Going Shooting Low as Habit The Poor Shooting Opportunities Low Shots From the Point More On Shooting From the Point Final Thoughts on Psychology THE SLAP SHOT Essence of the Slap Shot Execution of the Slap Shot An Analogy With Football Transferring Your Weight Keep Your Eye on the Spot More Power Where is Your Sweet Spot? Keep the Puck Out in Front The Skating Slap Shot |
THE WRIST SHOT Elements of a Wrist Shot Execution of the Wrist Shot More on Weight Transfer Over Confidence In Ability THE SNAP SHOT Overview of Snap Shot Execution of the Snap Shot The Essence of the Snap Shot Some Psychology of the Snap Shot Another Huge Advantage The 'Bang-Bang' Play THE BACKHAND SHOT Overview of the Backhand Execution of the Backhand The Value of the Switch Hitter THE FLIP SHOT Essence of the Flip Shot Another Use of the Flip Shot The Unpredictability of the Flip Shot EXECUTION OF YOUR SHOTS Get Your Weight into Shots THe Hip Action The All-Important Follow Through Screened Shots Thoughts on the One-Timer The Quick Release of Wendel Clark Delaying Your shot is Deadly Do You Need to Aim? The Power Fulcrum The Wrap-Around Shot Focus on the Target Seeing the Path From the Stick |
PRACTICE YOUR SHOOTING Why Bother to Practice? The 'Surprise' Element Avoiding the 'Freeze' Syndrome Get Your Body into the Shot Some Stats of the Greats The Wrist Action Practice the Tough Shots Find a Backboard to Shoot At Add Some Variety to Practice Shooting at Full Speed Shooting Under Pressure Take Your Practice Shots Seriously Use a Platform For Off-Ice Practice Using Your Whole Body When There is No Room GENERAL SHOOTING TIPS Right Foot - Wrong Foot When There is Nothing Else To Do The Computer Analogy Some Thoughts of Joe Sakic Be REady With Your Stick On The Ice Avoid the Midsection Ignore the Goaltender AFTERTHOUGHTS Maurice Richard - The Drive For the Net The Drive For the Net You Have to Shoot to Score Hooking & Holding, Unfortunate, But... A Strategy For the Power Play The Threshold of Panic The 'If Only' Game The Two Shots That Killed Don Cherry The 'Luck' of the Stars The Secret of Success Looking For the Best Shot Never Look Down Before Shooting Shooting For Glory Quotes of Note Quotes of Note |
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| INTRODUCTION A Simple Strategy The Dream of Reaching the Top THE VISION OF A PUCKHANDLER The Vision of a Puckhandler Handling Puck Without Looking At It The Greatest Skill of All Peripheral Vision - Active Vision Scanning the Ice Avoid the Tunnel-Vision Syndrome Be Aware of Teammates Seeing Through the Defenders Watch the Stars A Final thought On Vision ATTITUDE AND PSYCHOLOGY What Is Meant By Puckhandling The Problem of Perfectionism The Pass/Shoot Dilemma The 'I Can Do' Attitude The Second Effort Creating Your Own Luck Speed Versus Quickness Psychology of Protecting the Puck Get Your Attitude on the Right Track Are You Ready For the Puck? Toughness is Needed, But... Life Is a Learning Process THE EQUIPMENT The First Big Mistake Choosing Your Stick |
TECHNIQUES OF PUCKHANDLING Techniques of Handling the Puck Carrying the Puck * Maintaining Your Balance Speed Versus Quickness The Change of Pace Going One-On-One The Quick Stick Get Moving in a Hurry Front-To-Back Stickhandling Protecting the Puck Using the Backhand METHODS OF PRACTICE The Attitude to Practicing The #1 Hockey Trainer Puckhandling Practice Grab a Puck Wherever Possible Front-To-Back Puckhandling Movement of the Puck While Skating Backwards The Necessity of Daily Practice Spinning Away From the Check Using the Backhand Carrying the Puck on the Backhand The Spin-Around Move |
SOME STRATEGY Make Your Own Space When There is Free Ice The Quick Spin-A-Round The Wrap-Around Through the Legs and... Drive Through Holding & Hooking The Change of Pace Beating a Defender Beat the Man & Do Something Last Man Back Skating Away From Trouble Make the Blueline Roll Off the Defender Attack on his Backhand Driving Into the Slot Avoiding the Hit The Surprise Element of Shooting Watching the Defenceman's Feet SOME GENERAL TIPS The Drive For the Net Cutting Towards Center - Beware Puckhandling With Stops & Starts Lulling the Opponent to Sleep Spotting the Openings Making the Time Scrambling out of Difficulty AFTERTHOUGHTS The Intuition of a Puckhandler A Couple of 'Do Nots' Making the Moves At Full Speed Anticipation The Success of Joe Sakic What the Scouts Are Looking For A Final Thought QUOTES OF NOTE ">Quotes to Remember |
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| INTRODUCTION The Elements of Passing The Pass Or Shoot Dilemna Passing With Vision Getting Started Types of Passes"> The Flip Pass PSYCHOLOGY AND ATTITUDE OF PASSING A Good Practice Session A Basic Drill Be Ready For Puck Off the Ice A Russian Drill Don't Forget Your Skates Talk-It-Up With Teammates Knowing the Line Rules Making Yourself Available THE TECHNIQUES OF PASSING Arm Pass Versus Wrist Pass Avoid Slapping the Puck Receiving the Pass at Full Speed Receiving the Pass The Backhand Pass Passes off the Ice Passing For a One-Timer Getting a Pass Through The Threshold of Panic Focus On the Target No Excuses |
THE STRATEGY OF PASSING Stops/Starts Versus Perpetual Motion Avoiding the Offsides After You Beat an Opponent The Pass-and-Go After the Pass Don't Wait For the Pass The Drop Pass Passing On the Power Play Passing Into the Slot Two-On-Two - A Variation Looking for the Right Teammate The Threshold of Panic Dumping In Front of the Net Passing From Behind the Net Head-Man the Puck - Not Always Soft Pass to an Area Going For the Pass Strategy on the Power Play Getting in the Clear on Power Play The Drop Pass Avoid Looking Down Before Passing Going For the Net |
GENERAL TIPS Don't Give Away Your Intentions Pass To Teammate in the Clear Use All five Teammates Passing While Accelerating Seeing Your Teammates A Football Analogy AFTERTHOUGHTS Building the Goals/Assists Stats Blind, Lazy Passes The Speed of the Play Recovery After the Fall Making Things Happen The Computer Analogy Go To Net With Stick On the Ice Scrambling Out of Difficulty The Complete Player The Succes of Ray Bourque The Success of Bobby Orr The Success of Joe Sakic The Success of Al MacInnes The Success of Paul Coffey Handling of Criticism The Achilles Heel A Scouting Report A Final Thought QUOTES OF NOTE Quotes To Remember |
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| INTRODUCTION Getting Started 1-1 Study the Successful Players 1-2 A Basketball Analogy 1-3 The Body Moves 1-4 Create a Play From Nothing 1-5 |
ATTITUDE AND PSYCHOLOGY Beat the First Man and Beware 2-1 Speed Alone Rarely Wins 2-2 |
PRACTICE The Hang-Ups’ to Practicing 3-1 Don’t Wait For Orders 3-2 The Motions of a Deke 3-3 Handling the Puck 3-4 Seeing the Path From the Stick 3-5 |
| OFFENSE The Quick Spin-Around 4-1 From Behind the Net 4-2 The Look Back 4-3 The Change of Pace 4-4 The Pivot Move 4-5 Slow Down and Accelerate 4-6 Fake the Dump 4-7 Play From the Balls of Your Feet 4-8 Looking For the Pass 4-9 The Cumulative Effect of Fakes 4-10 Losing Your Defender 4-11 The Head Fake 4-12 Taking a Dive 4-13 Make Yourself Available 4-13 |
DEFENSE Forcing the Puck Carrier 5-1 Force the Pass 5-2 Distract the Puck Carrier 5-3 Fake the Hit 5-4 Bypassing the Blocker 5-5 Blocking Shots - Controversial 5-6 |
STRATEGY Without the Puck 6-1 Quick Stops and Starts 6-2 Fake Shot and Pass 6-3 The Fake Dump 6-4 The Fake Stop 6-5 The Quick Loop 6-6 One-On-One 6-7 The Wrap Around Play 6-8 Fanning the Ice 6-9 The Long Shot 6-10 Fake Up the Boards 6-11 Shot From Bad-Angle Position 6-12 Tacking 6-13 Timing of the Fake 6-14 Some Teamwork 6-15 |
| AFTERTHOUGHTS A Reason For Success 7-1 Variety in Your Moves 7-2 The Passing Game 7-3 A Final Thought 7-4 |
SOME QUOTES OF NOTE 8-1 |
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| INTRODUCTION In the Beginning The Challenge of Defense The Full-Court Press The Whole Picture Study the Offense The Thinking of Shooters Looking For Advice ATTITUDE AND PSYCHOLOGY Offense and Defense Pressure on the Puck Intensity On Defense Keeping Up the Intensity No Room For Cowards Never Give Up Action Versus Reaction Keep Pressure on the Puck Needless Penalties The Plus/Minus Rating The Importance of Faceoffs Avoiding Retaliation Make Them Earn Their Chances Tenacity and Persistence Develop Your Skating Intensity All Over the Ice Avoiding Tunnel Vision Zero Defects Developing Intuition Changing Positions PRACTICE The Will to Prepare The Desire For the Puck Changing Positions Practicing the Poke Check Switching Positions The Warm-Up |
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Attacking the Puck Carrier Check Towards the Boards I've Got My Man? Delaying the Opponent To Hook or Not to Hook? Fake the Hit! Go For the Pass The Quick Attack Defending the Give-and-Go After the Hit Avoiding the Loops Anticipate the Passes The Separation FActor The Angle of Attack Defending One-On-One Taking the Fight Out of Opponent Scanning the Offense Be an Action Player Chasing the Puck Carrier Backward Skating Stickwork! To Do or Not To Do Avoiding the Tripping Penalties Hitting Hard Action or Reaction Lifting the Opponent's Stick Avoiding the Penalties Blocking Shots - Controversial The Poke Check Overcoming the Fakes Using the Boards DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE Get It Out of the Zone Get It Up - Get It Out Make things Happen When in Doubt - Go To the Slot Two Simple Rules Let the Goaltender See the Shot Consider the Goaltender Outnumber the Opponent Intensity On the Puck The Pinch-In From the Blueline |
STRATEGY A Simple Philosophy Forcing the Puck Carrier Get In Motion Fast Killing the Penalty More On Killing the Penalty Anticipate the Pass The Object of the Hit Positioning Checking On the Boards Performance on the Boards Attack at the Blueline Complete the Rush and Return Do Something Forcing the Offsides The Transition Game The Quick Stick Three-On-Three Rush Avoiding the Penalties Pressure on the Puck Move in to Help the Defense Creating Turnovers Stopping the High-Powered Offense Defending Two-On-Two Stop the Stars Keep One Man High The Importance of Face-Offs Breaking Out of the Defensive Zone Visualize the Outcome Force the Motion The Neutral Zone Trap Get Their Sticks Off the Ice TEAM PLAY Confidence in Teammates Talk It Up Team Discipline Assuming Too Much Center Ice Intensity Gaining the Face-Off Pressure on the Puck Carrier Killing the Penalty Anticipating the Pass Protecting the Slot More On Killing the Penalty Encouraging One Another Give Your Partner an Option AFTERTHOUGHTS Penalties The Plus/Minus Rating Ray Bourque - Superstar The Forced Turnover And Finally..... QUOTES OF NOTE Some Quotes to Remember |
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| INTRODUCTION The Future is Bright Hard Work & Talent Skating & Puckhandling Some Thoughts On Equipment ATTITUDE AND PSYCHOLOGY The Mental Side of Power Skating A Time For Retreat The Desire For the Puck Overcome the Slump TECHNIQUES Stops & Starts Make Your Own Room Get in Motion The Quick Stop The Quick Turn Jump Into the Play The Coasting Style The Open-Ice Style The 'S' Curves Balance is Everything Looking Around the Ice Speed Versus Quickness Speed With the Puck The Change of Pace |
PRACTICE Some Basics of Practice Practice For the Serious Player Making the Drills Productive The Spin-Around Move STRATEGY Importance of Skating On Defense The Destination Driving For the Net Creating Odd-Man Rushes The Drive of Maurice Richard Avoiding the Offsides Creating Open Ice Don't Give Up To Coverage Going For the Loose Pucks Odd-Man Rushes Neutral Zone Effort |
GENERAL TIPS The Gliding Stride The Art of Balance Make the Play On the Puck Keep the Feet Moving Quotes of Note AFTERTHOUGHTS Some Thoughts On the Stars The Excellence of Jean Beliveau Caught On Your Heels Starwatch - Paul Coffey Watch the Stars The Coming Trends QUOTES OF NOTE Quotes to Remember |
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INTRODUCTION Interdependence The Parts of a Team In the Locker Room Preparation For the Game PSYCHOLOGY AND ATTITUDE Tolerance of Others Uphill or Downhill The Practice Philosophy Insight Into Problems Because of the Opposition Taking Some Chances The Art of Visualization Some aDvice From Bill Gates Toughness At Home Offense Versus Defense Motivation of the Team Player The Power of Synergy The Competition Are You Ready to Advance The Self-Control Player The Linemates Enthusiasm On Defense The Intensity Needed Intensity For 60 Minutes The Enemy Within The 'If Only' Game Mental Preparation THE COACHES VIEWPOINT The Coach's Attitude The Motivation Factor Don Cherry Pat Riley The 75-25 Theory Thoughts on the Referees He Plays Like a Sutter |
THE COACHES VIEWPOINT Share the Glory The Winning Goal The Star of the Game The Lone Ranger Borje Salming The Vezina Trophy Praise and Criticism Passing the Buck Becker - A Winning Perspective Avoid the Excuses No Room For Jealousy Setting Your Goals Peer Pressure The Rocket - Old and New The Second Season The Captain as Leader Leadership STRATEGIES The Importance of Face-Offs The One-On-One Strategy Checking in the Offensive Zone Playing the Puck-Possession Game Two Simple Rules Gaining the Face-Off Shooting For Goals Faking & Puckhandling Playing Without the Puck Force the Angles Superiority in Numbers Pass Defense Playing With Gretzky Talking It Up Anticipating the Play First On the Puck Focus on the Details Hitting the Net Toughness in Front of the Net |
TECHNIQUES Establishing a Goal Developing Imagination Developing Confidence Developing Intuition Shots on the Net Delivering Shots that Count Power Against Power Keep the Fun in the Game THE TEAM Passing Into the Skates The Big Games On Praise and Criticism Pressure on the Defense AFTERTHOUGHTS At the End of the Game Playing the Game The Dangers of Success The Terms of Winning Only One Champion? Personal Stats Statistics VErsus Winning The Supporting Cast It's Never Over Until It's Over The Emphasis on Improvement Teaching is Learning In the Dressing Room The 1994 Olympics The 1998 Omympics The Habits of Geese The Wisdom of Jean Perron Attitude Towards Defense More than the Bare Minimum The Essence of Team Spirit Unrealistic Expectations Playing Your Game The Team Game QUOTES OF NOTE Quotes to Remember |
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INTRODUCTION Getting Started Conditioning For the Game The Equipment is Available Where Do I Start? You Have To Search Out the Instruction Preparation For the Practice or Game PSYCHOLOGY AND ATTITUDE Conditioning and Knowledge Playing With Confidence Finding the Role Models Striving For Consistency The 'High' of Fitness Practice the Difficult Add Some Variety Stretch Yourself The Bad Actors The Dangers of Complacency Intensity For 60 Minutes The Courage of Leadership Overcoming the Slumps Looking For Improvement Defense Can Be Fun When the Battle Is Over The Five-Man Rush More Than Good Intentions Take the Initiative Motivating Yourself Finding the Weaknesses FITNESS TIPS Going For 60 Minutes Breathing Through the Nose Using the In-Line Skates The Flip side of Fitness A Thought On Diet Keeping Your Opponent Frustrated A TYPICAL PLAN A Daily Record Games Are Not Conditioning |
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT What to Practice Improve Your Skating Seeing the Ice Developing Your Skills A Coach's Appraisal Learning the Fundamentals Developing Instinct Drills or Exercises The Basic Premise Skating the Circles Using Cross-Over Strides Line Rushes The Stop-And-Go Drills The Skating Requirements Speed Versus Acceleration Some Shooting Drills Intensity in Practices Keep Your Stick On the Ice The Delayed Offsides Practicing the Quick Stops Developing Puckhandling Skills Handling the Puck Skating With Cross-Overs Working on the Pole Check Scanning the Ice Switching Positions Stopping Your Opponent Faking Needs to be Practiced Play Games With Yourself Not Enough Ice-Time? Copy the Stars Off-Season Puckhandling Practice |
MENTAL CONDITIONING Overcoming the Fear of Failure In the Beginning The Art of Visualization Thinking Before the Action Persistence to the End Reaching Your Potential Reacting to the Unexpected Relaxing the Nerves Developing Self-Confidence Maintaining the Composure Thoughts on Defense Developing Peripheral Vision A Belief in Self Building Your Confidence The Competition Is With Yourself Loafing or Pacing Forcing the Opponent SOME STRATEGY Attacking On the Off-Wing The Separation Factor Moving the Puck Line Changes The Pre-Game Warm-Up THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT Helping Your Teammates The Balanced Team Beware of Training Camps The Pre-Game Warm-Up Study and Copy the Stars Cross Training Training Camp Winning the Battles Changing the Lines AFTERTHOUGHTS Using Off-Season to Advantage Good Luck - Bad Luck The Backyard Rink Enthusiasm and Passion The Breath of Life QUOTES OF NOTE Quotes to Remember |
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INTRODUCTION Working Towards Perfection The Tricks of the Game ATTITUDE AND PSYCHOLOGY Intensity First in the Corners Be Prepared The Big Freeze Taking the Hit Overcome the Hooking and Holding The Good Luck - Bad Luck Syndrome Overcoming the Slumps Toughness and Intensity INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE SKILLS The Tools of the Trade Anticipating the Play Developing Peripheral Vision Passing Along the Ice Before the Pass Arrives Controlling the Puck Rolling Off a Defender Playing For Deflections Skating - The Stops and Starts The Essence of Scoring Goals SKATING The Starting Position The Quick Start The Quick Stop The Sharp Turns Speed Versus Quickness The Change of Pace Maintain Balance Through the Neutral Zone One-On-One Using the Open Ice Helping Your Teammates PASSING & RECEIVING Avoiding Tunnel Vision Passing Into the Slot From Behind the Net Receiving the Pass Moving Towards the Pass |
PUCKHANDLING The Elements of Puckhandling Skating and Handling the Puck Using the Backhand Moving the Puck Heads Up When Cutting The Quick Stick Looking Through the Defender The Basics of Playmaking The Playmaker as Computer The Threshold of Panic Going One-On-One SHOOTING The Essence of Shooting Shots on the Net The Wrist Shot The Slap Shot The One-Timer Screened Shots The Quick Shot Aiming Your Shots The Heavy Shot Power Shooting Shooting Practice The Shooting Percentage The 'Surprise' Element of Shooting Get Moving For the Shot A Scout's Appraisal More on the 'Surprise' Element Shooting With Power PASSING The Elements of Passing The No-Look Pass Receiving the Pass Passing to the Stick QUOTES OF NOTE Quotes to Remember |
SOME STRATEGY Skating For the Shot Driving For the Net Turnovers At the Blueline Avoiding the Offsides Effort in the Neutral Zone Staying in the Play Protecting the Puck Go For the Stick Side Driving Into the 'Danger' zone Playing For Rebounds and Scrambles The Importance of Face-Offs Thoughts On the Power Play Splitting the Defensive Perimeter Cutting Through the Zone Overloading - Overshifting Screening the Zone The Ability to Recover Starting the Rush Pressure on the Puck The Soft Dump Make Your Own Room A Thought on Faking Pinching in From the Blueline Playing For the Shot Playing For the Rebounds Go to the Net Puck Control The Odd-Man Rush The Shoot/Pass Dilemma Blind Lazy Passes Playing the Point The Pass-and-Go Passing Behind - The Drop Pass Expand the Slot Get It Out of Defensive Zone Giving In To Force TEAM PLAY Dumping the Puck The Fast Break-Out Your Defensive Partner The Passing Game Head-Manning the Puck Talk It Up Pressure on the Defense AFTERTHOUGHTS Playing the Game The Quick Spin-Around Defense Creates Offense Avoid Being a Puck Watcher Scanning the Ice Spotting the Openings Toughness on the Boards Force Versus Speed & Skills Line Matching Star Watch - Bobby Orr Star Watch - Joe Sakic Star Watch - Paul Coffey Star Watch - Ray Bourque Star Watch - Al McInnes Star Watch - Yvon Cournoyer Star Watch - Bobby Clarke Star Watch - Russ Courtnall Winning the Shift |
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| INTRODUCTION Where To Begin A Coach's Vision Miracles Are Possible Arriving in Shape The Ideal Canadian Hockey On Fundamentals The Contradictions of Hockey Learning From Others Find What Works Development of Players The Offense Versus Defense Controversy Some Thoughts On Equipment Rules and Regulations Introduction to Psychology The Leadership of Doug Harvey Leaders Defined Some Questions to Ask Yourself Developing the Team STRATEGY Line Matching Embarrassment Is Not the Way Compromise Versus Win/Win The Try-Out Camp What the Scouts Are Looking For AFTERTHOUGHTS The Love of the Game Finding the Stars Looking For Ice time ATTITUDE The Importance of Your Attitude Never, Never, Give Up Self-Improvement Improve the Players The Bad Actors Composure Under Pressure In the Line of Fire Praise Versus Criticism Integrity and Respect Good Luck/Bad Luck Dangers of Over-Confidence Comparison of Players The Experience Factor Defense Versus Offense Overcoming Complacency Excess Discipline Emphasis on Improvement Overcome the Fear of Failure Respect the Opposition The 'Puck-Hungry' Attitude Overcoming Coaching Mistakes Keep the Fun in the Game Perseverence in Teaching Positive Thoughts Create Confidence The Mistakes of Referees Hard Work and Team Play Some Public Relations |
PLAYER RELATIONS Creating the Image The Approachable Coach Prepare Or Beware Being a Good Listener Avoiding Anger Blame or Praise The Demming Philosophy The Importance of Emotion Looking For Enthusiasm Looking For a Player's Needs Expect Some Resistance The Fear of Failure Evaluating Players The Cox Leadership Test QUOTES OF NOTE SKILL BUILDING Offense Winning the Face-Offs Shooting Skating Passing Puckhandling Playmaking Faking Winning Conditioning THOUGHTS ON TEACHING The Basic Question Emphasis On Improvement Turning Beliefs Into Actions Sharpen the Saw To Communicate, Become a Listener Competition in Drills More on Practice Drills Planning the Practice Spontaneous Bursts of Anger Instructions From the Bench Demonstrate the Talk Overcoming Tension Building Confidence Maintaining the Fun Some Thoughts On Equipment Developing Positive Habits Learning From Mistakes Evaluating Results Encourage the Stars You Need Help A Teaching Tip Building the Skills The Value of Repetition Watching the Game Some Principles of Learning |
THOUGHTS ON MOTIVATION Some Basics A Basic Principle Do It With Passion Create the Desire Action Builds Motivation A False Intensity The 'If Only' Game Avoiding the 'Blame' Factor Building Confidence Out of the 'Comfort Zone' Courage and Leadership Conditioning For the Unexpected The Dangers of Criticism Remove the Tension Expect Big Things A Sense of Urgency Dress For Success Mike Bossy's Philosophy Towards Self-Initiative Learning From Failure Coming From Behind Looking For Improvement Encouraging Inspiration Handling Line-Up Changes Mental Toughness Setting Up Role Models Intensity In Front The 'Killer' Instinct The Defense Versus Offense Controversy The Disney / Devos Philosophy On Positive Thinking Superiority In Numbers Add Some Variety One-On-One Talks Some Ideas On Pep Talks Maintaining the Spirit Looking For Character Building Respect Peer Pressure At Work Beyond the Stats Avoiding Stress The Value of Time The Guiding Vision |
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| INTRODUCTION Essence of Hockey Tips The 'How' & 'Why' Date-Of-Birth Factor Thoughts Of the Coach Gaining Inspiration Thoughts On Motivation Some Objectives Spending the Time ATTITUDE The Natural Ability Myth Eliminating the 'Bad' Actors The Confidence Factor Overcoming Complacency The Coach As Tyrant Respect Your Opponent Learn From Others Overcoming Fear The Positive-Thinking Factor Making Things Happen Good Luck/Bad Luck Passion Thoughts On Referees Rules & Regulations Search Out the Good Tips Beware of Over-Confidence The Knock-Down Factor PSYCHOLOGY Avoiding Anger Building Confidence Sibling Rivalry Watch the Practices Recognizing Effort Encourage For Improvement Excitement and Enthusiasm The Fear of Failure Avoiding the Know-It-All Thoughts On Leadership Good Luck/Bad Luck Remove the Tension Praise Or Punishment Avoiding Retaliation The Dominating Spirit Break the Slump CONDITIONING & PRACTICE Thoughts On Hockey Schools The Outdoor Rink Complementary Sports The Desire in Practices Prepare for the Unexpected Off-Ice Requirements A Fitness Diary Add to the Obstacles Off-Ice Practice Make It Difficult Add Some Variety Involvement in Practices QUOTES OF NOTE |
MOTIVATION A Definition Anger & Punishment Awards & Trophies Beliefs Into Action Avoiding the 'Blame' Trap Challenge the 'Comfort' zone Consistency In Habits Loafing? Are You Sure? Being a Good Listener Encourage Self-Confidence The Courage of Leadership Eliminating the Tension Create the Desire Thoughts on Dress Code Is Diet Important? The Desire For Improvement The Disney Philosophy The Emergency Level The Emotion Factor Maximum Achievement Fun Versus Work Catching the Competition A Scout's Evaluation Seeking Intensity Line-Up Changes Look Good - Play Good Love & Respect-The Key Mental Toughness The Dangers of Criticism Choosing Your Role Models Perseverence Three Kinds of Players Don Cherry On Respect The Reality of Positive-Thinking The Love of the Game Being a Good Critic Avoiding the Pressure The Positive Spin Beware of Pride The Two-Way Player Deserving of Success Statistics Versus Performance Approaching Training Camp A Guiding Vision Compromise Versus Win/Win TEACHING Attitude Basic Values Intensity on the Boards Integrity and Respect Communication Feedback The Technique of Demonstration Explain the Drills Thoughts on Equipment Confidence in Equipment Evaluating the REsults The Art of Deception A New Approach The Love of Learning Watch the Stars Quality Time Versus Quantity Time Repetition is the Key |
SKILL DEVELOPMENT OFFENSE Offense Versus Toughness Winning the Face-Offs SKATING Reading the Instructions Stops and Starts Making the Turns The Mechanics of Skating Striving For Speed Acceleration Paul Coffey - One of the BEst Using In-Line Skates A Useful Theory Always Looking For Improvement SHOOTING A Few Tips A Rule of Thumb The Quick Shot On the Net Rolling the Wrists Make It Difficult A Simple Strategy The 'Heavy' Shot Keeping the Shots Low Shooting For Power Get in Motion The 'Surprise' Element PUCKHANDLING AND PASSING The Theory of Playmaking The 'Feel' of the Puck Moving the Puck Executing the Stop-and-Go Breaking Through Passes Along the Ice After Making the Pass Blind Lazy Passes Keeping In Motion The 'Stickiness' Factor The Computer Analogy FAKING One-ON-One The Fake STop DEFENSE A Hunger for the Puck Study the Offense WINNING & TEAMPLAY Battle Level Inspiration Team Building The Second Season Intensity All Over the Ice A 'Hunger' for the Puck THE LESSONS OF HOCKEY Hockey Versus School Taking Control What Gets Noticed Personal Responsibility AFTERTHOUGHTS Building the Foundation Jim Johnson, The Coach Leadership Some Addittional Help Into the Future Parents As A Team Reaching the 'Elite' Level The Variety of Tips Compromise Versus Win-Win The Try-Out Camp What the Scouts Are Looking For An Underlying Philosophy |
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