Sports Illustrated Hockey: Learn to Play the Modern Way by Jack Falla, Heinz Kluetmeier, Heinz Kluetmeier (Photographer), Heinz Kluetmeier (Photographer)

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Updated for the 1990s

Hockey in the nineties is a new game of speed, creativity and innovation. Now, boost your hockey talents with this up-to-the-minute guide for the player, coach and fan. In Sports Illustrated Hockey: Learn to Play the Modern Way, veteran hockey writer and youth league coach Jack Falla provides expert instruction in all phases of today's game. This richly illustrated guide includes:

• Eleven techniques for incorporating power skating into your game
• Five important shots and how to make them
• Four drills to help you improve your stickhandling skills
• Five principles to make you a better offensive team player
• Nine techniques for improving personal and team defense
• Detailed sections on proper equipment, stretching, mental preparation and diet
• The keys to becoming a complete goaltender
• A survival manual for the youth league coach and parent
• A special bonus chapter - how to build your own backyard rink.

Product Details

• ISBN: 1568000049
  
• ISBN-13: 9781568000046
• Format: Paperback, 220pp
• Publisher: Sports Illustrated Books
• Pub. Date: January 1994
• Series: Sports Illustrated Winner's Circle Bks.