High-Performance Skating for Hockey [Paperback]

Steve Cady (Author), Vern Stenlund (Author), Ron Mason (Foreword), Huron Hockey School (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1998

This hockey skating manual teaches all of the important techniques and provides 37 practice drills to help players skate like pros.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

“If you truly want to compete at the highest levels of our sport, then skating must become a focal point in your skill development. In High Performance Skating for Hockey, Cady and Stenlund have written the definitive work on skating specific to the needs of hockey players. Read it and you will see an immediate improvement in your skating efficiency.”

Jacques Martin Head Coach Ottawa Senators (NHL)

“Players who can find a small edge in technique over an opponent are more likely to succeed regardless of the level of the play. Coaches Cady and Stenlund present a whole book full of great techniques which relate to the single most important aspect of hockey, namely skating. It helped my game and it can help yours, too!”

Brian Savage Professional Hockey Player Montreal Canadiens

About the Author

Coach Steve Cady has served as the top skating instructor for Huron Hockey School throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe for more than 20 years. A member of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee, for years Cady has been working with NHL players on their skating skills during the off-season. He’s also conducted training sessions at the Olympic Development Centers in New York and Colorado. Cady lives in Oxford, Ohio.

K. Vern Stenlund, also one of the world’s leading hockey instructors, has played professional hockey and coached the sport at all levels. He is also a consultant to Huron Hockey School, and has assisted in establishing satellite clinics in West Orange, NJ; Chicago and Geneva, IL; Toronto; Traverse City, MI; Ridgefield, CT; and Jackson, WY. Stenlund lives in Windsor, Ontario.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1st edition (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880117737
• ISBN-13: 978-0880117739
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #642,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful for the first time skater., January 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: High-Performance Skating for Hockey (Paperback)

As a first time hockey player this book made all the difference! The book is set up in such a way that you can progress at a good pace. The instruction on stopping was worth (to me) the cost of the book. As I progress the other drills will help all areas of ones skating. This book I would recommend without hesitation.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pales In Comparison To Laura Stamm's Power Skating, February 10, 2003

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This review is from: High-Performance Skating for Hockey (Paperback)

This book was extremely disappointing. I expected a book similar to Laura Stamm's Power Skating book, which I already own. However, this book was not even close to the quality of Stamm's book.

My biggest complaint about Cady's book is the lack of detail the author gives about each skating technique. The book is very short and only takes a couple of hours to read. Most of the techniques are covered in about 1 page of text. Then some tips are given, covering about 1/2 page. Then several pages of drills are given. So very little info is given on the actual mechanics of each skating technique. All the techniqes are discussed in a very general sort of way, and all the details which are essential to mastering the technique are missing. Furthermore, the techniques are very hard to visualize since no illustrations at all are provided - only general photographs in which it is hard to see what the author is emphasizing.

If you really want to improve your skating, I would highly recommend Power Skating by Laura Stamm and Herb Brooks. Stamm's book is a masterpiece and goes into great detail on each skating technique. Best of all, Stamm's techniques are very intuitive, so it is easy to apply when you actually go on the ice. Stamm's book is filled with illustrations and detailed photos so that you clearly understand each technique. As soon as I started applying the skills I learned in Stamm's book my entire game improved dramatically. I've been skating for 20 years, and this is by far the best book to teach you how to skate like a pro.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I ever read, January 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: High-Performance Skating for Hockey (Paperback)

When I started hockey I wanted to be very good. After my first hockey season I got this book in Toronto. I used this book over the summer and now I'm one of the two fastest players on my team. This book concentrates on key points like good form and bad form. I would recommed this book for anyone who wants to be better.