Hockey Drills for Puck Control (book)
Hockey is a game of speed and strength, but it's also a contest of skill and precision. Teams that control the puck also control the game and score more goals. Hockey Drills for Puck Control presents 70 challenging drills to help you better control the puck and help your team put more points on the scoreboard. Author Vern Stenlund, a former professional player, is now a successful coach and an instructor for the Huron Hockey School. Huron has graduated more than 300 players to the NHL, and each year enrolls more than 10,000 aspiring hockey players to its clinics. In Hockey Drills for Puck Control Stenlund presents activities that translate into improved competitive performance on the ice. Each chapter presents 10 illustrated drills that focus on specific puck-control skills. All activities are easily adaptable to roller hockey, and many drills emphasize learning in game-like situations. The drills progress in difficulty--from fundamental to advanced and from solo practices to game situations. A special Drill Finder section cross references drills by their related skills categories so you can easily find the ones that fit your needs. Each chapter includes full-page diagrams illustrating the drills and features Key Points and Drill Progressions sections in each chapter that tell you what Huron Hockey School coaches have learned over the years to make the drills most effective,
offer tips to help players and coaches reduce the time to master skills, and provide helpful ideas to refine the drills to challenge even the most experienced player. Stenlund explains how to modify drills to include shooting at the end of activities and includes a chapter on passing as a means of puck control. Improve your puck control skills with these 70 ice-tested Hockey Drills for Puck Control. CONTENTS Key to Diagrams
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. Principles of Puck Control
Chapter 2. Fundamental Drills
Chapter 3. Warm-Up Activities
Chapter 4. Passing Drills
Chapter 5. Pressure One-on-One Drills
Chapter 6. Puck Control Games
Chapter 7. Game Situation Drills
Chapter 8. Speed Drills
Chapter 9. Sample Practice Sessions
Drill Finder
A Message From Huron Hockey Group
About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vern K. Stenlund is one of the world's leading hockey instructors. He has played professional hockey and coached the sport at all levels. Founder and director of the Hockey Academy in Windsor, Ontario, he is also a consultant to the Huron Hockey School, which he assisted in establishing satellite clinics in St. Louis; Bayonne, NJ; Chicago; Sun Valley, ID; Ridgefield, CT; and Jackson, WY. Stenlund has also conducted on-site coaching workshops at Ridgefield; Montreal; Sun Valley; and Cornwall, Ontario. A first-round choice of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, Stenlund led the team in scoring with 119 points during the 1975-76 season. The National Hockey League's California Golden Seals selected Stenlund in the second round of the 1976 NHL entry draft. He eventually played for the Cleveland Barons of the NHL and the Phoenix Roadrunners and Salt Lake City Eagles of the Central Hockey League. He also played for one year as a member of Bergen's team in the Norwegian Olympic Division League. Stenlund began his coaching career directing the London Southwest Midgets of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association to a provincial championship in 1981-82. He was assistant coach at the University of Western Ontario in 1984-85 prior to coaching the Chatham Maroons of the Western Jr. "B" League for two seasons. He assisted in coaching the University of Windsor to the Final Four of the Ontario University Athletic Association in 1987-88. During the 1990-91 campaign, Stenlund directed the Windsor Bulldogs of the Western Jr. "B" League to a regular season title. Since 1992 he has been head coach of the Leamington Flyers of the Western Jr. "B" League, which has twice named him Coach of the Year. Stenlund is an assistant professor of education at the University of Windsor. He received an EdD from the University of Michigan in 1994. A former area scout for the NHL's Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Stenlund is a consultant for the Praxis Group (Provo, Utah). WORDS OF PRAISE "Hockey Drills for Puck Control is a must for coaches and players. It can assist both the expert and volunteer coach in improving puck-handling skills of players at all levels of the game." Gary Agnew, General Manager and Head Coach
Kingston Frontenacs
Canadian Hockey League
"Very informative and easy to follow. This book has many useful drills for coaches at any level, and it should be in every coach's library." Marc Crawford, Head Coach
Colorado Avalanche
National Hockey League
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