Presents a comprehensive field hockey-specific training guide. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes world-wide. It features year-round field hockey-specific weight-training programs to improve your performance and get you results.
The Australian women's field hockey team, the Hockeyroos, revolutionised competitive field hockey. This book teaches the skills and tactics the Hockeyroos employed. Mitchell-Taverner is a former member of the Hockeyroos and shares her invaluable insights, recounting the set plays and strategies that won international gold.
Presents the story of a team cobbled together at the last minute that was so severely trounced in an exhibition match that many Canadians were against sending them to the Olympics for fear of embarrassment. This book tells how with little financial support, the team were widely ridiculed - until they hit Olympic ice and made hockey history.
A comprehensive hockey-specific training guide. It contains descriptions and photographs of over 80 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes world-wide. It features year-round hockey-specific weight-training programs to improve your performance and get you results.
Describes the basic skills and concepts along with drills and situations for a field hockey goalkeeper. This book breaks down each basic skill with text and illustrations. It includes information about equipment, basic proper technique, and drills to enhance the skills that are described in the text. It also features team drills.
From the goal by the Montreal Victorias against the Winnipeg Victorias in the 1896 Stanley Cup rematch that truly made hockey's most famous hardware a national event, to to Sidney Crosby's 'golden goal' in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, this title presents the various hockey moments.
Saskatchewan is renowned as a hockey hotbed. This book talks about the pervasive hockey culture that thrives in rinks and arenas throughout this vast province. In these entertaining stories, readers will discover not only some of the well-known stars, but also the players and teams that bring excitement and pride to communities.
Contains all you need to know about the sport, including equipment, rules, techniques and training tips. Providing information on how to find a club and meet new people to participate with, this book also includes colour photos and illustrations, top tips and interesting facts.
Details the step-by-step programme that teaches readers how to develop skills such as score more goals by developing better shooting techniques, improve ball control and dribbling, establish solid passing and receiving skills, develop better footwork and balance for improved stick handling and employ attacking and defensive tactics.
A comprehensive, practical manual for players, teachers, coaches and officials at every level of the game. Three sections cover "components" (players and coaches, and the abilities required), the "workshop" and "the support systems" with tips on practice, preparation and team management.