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Packed with drills and tips for practices and game days."A fun and interesting read that will help everyone understand the game better."
—Andy Murray, former head coach, Los Angeles Kings
Volunteering as a hockey coach can be a fun, rewarding experience, both for you and your team. But what if you've never coached before? Have no fear - this friendly guide explains the r4ules of hockey, gives you expert advice on running great practices, and offers tips on coaching players of every level, from beginner to advanced.
Discover how to:
Develop a coaching philosophy
Teach hockey fundamentals
Coach offense, defense, and special teams
Ensure safety on the ice
Lead your team during games
Communicate effectively
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About the Author
Don MacAdam is head coach and co-owner of the Dayton Bombers. A former professional ice hockey player himself, MacAdam has more than 25 years of coaching experience at various elite levels, including teams in the National Hockey League (Detroit Red Wings), the American Hockey League (Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators Farm Teams), the IHL (Milwaukee Admirals), Major Junior (500 Greyhounds), and the Japan Ice Hockey League (the Nippon Paper Cranes), as well as several minor-league teams. He has also served as a consultant with Canada's world championship team, evaluating NHL players as candidates for Team Canada and coaching the team during the Bauer Cup.
With a special focus on conditioning for the sport, he lectures at hockey clinics throughout Canada and the United States. MacAdam earned his master’s degree in physical education from the University of New Brunswick.
Gail Reynolds is an exercise physiologist who has been developing training programs for amateur and elite hockey players and teams over the past 22 years, including NHL stars. A former professor of exercise physiology at the University of New Brunswick, she currently runs her own fitness consulting company. A member of the committee that developed Canada’s coaching certification program, Reynolds has also spoken at several Canadian Amateur Hockey Association Level 4 and 5 clinics and lectured at the York symposium for elite coaches. Her articles have appeared in Coaching Review and the Journal of Applied Physiology. Reynolds earned her master's degree in physical education from the University of Western Ontario, where she specialized in exercise physiology and psychology.
