The Hockey Drill Book (The Drill Book Series) [Paperback]

Dave Chambers (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Drill Book Series | Publication Date: October 11, 2007

With 446 drills covering every facet of the sport, The Hockey Drill Book is the most comprehensive resource for today's players and coaches.

Former National Hockey League and World Championship gold-medal coach Dave Chambers has spent thousands of hours in the world's top rinks. In The Hockey Drill Book he provides you with the same drills used by North America's and Europe's elite.

Along with detailed diagrams, illustrations, and coaching tips, the 446 drills cover each position, offensive and defensive systems, pregame warm-ups, on-ice conditioning, and game-specific situations, including power plays, penalty killing, and face-offs.

Whether your goal is to improve your game or lead your team to glory, rely on The Hockey Drill Book—it is the only drill book you'll ever need.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Hockey Drill Book "demonstrates Dave Chambers' intimate knowledge of the game. He has the ability to simplify every skill set. This collection of drills is an absolute must for individual player and team development.""
Ken Hitchcock
Head Coach of Columbus Blue Jackets
"The Hockey Drill Book "demonstrates why Dave Chambers is known as the 'professor of coaching.' Chambers uses his practical experience in coaching combined with his strong teaching background to guide coaches and players through the technical and tactical skills of hockey.""
Johnny R. Misley
Executive Vice President
Hockey Canada
""The Hockey Drill Book "is absolutely outstanding. In the past, it was an exhausting process using multiple Web sites, numerous books and manuals, and Hockey Canada to find drills related to our coaching plans. Now we have one true source that will service all of our needs from a drill perspective."
David Claggett
Simons Valley Giants Hockey Club

Review

"The Hockey Drill Book demonstrates Dave Chambers' intimate knowledge of the game. He has the ability to simplify every skill set. This collection of drills is an absolute must for individual player and team development."

Ken Hitchcock
Head Coach of Columbus Blue Jackets

"The Hockey Drill Book demonstrates why Dave Chambers is known as the 'professor of coaching.' Chambers uses his practical experience in coaching combined with his strong teaching background to guide coaches and players through the technical and tactical skills of hockey."

Johnny R. Misley
Executive Vice President
Hockey Canada

“The Hockey Drill Book is absolutely outstanding. In the past, it was an exhausting process using multiple Web sites, numerous books and manuals, and Hockey Canada to find drills related to our coaching plans. Now we have one true source that will service all of our needs from a drill perspective.”

David Claggett
Simons Valley Giants Hockey Club

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (October 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736065342
• ISBN-13: 978-0736065344
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching > Hockey

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, July 7, 2008

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R. Flenard (GJ, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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Great drill book, has almost every drill you could ever want. It is good for any age group. Very easy to use, and understand. I was a big help for me to create my coaching drill planner.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars coaching ice hockey, January 20, 2008

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Wayne Glover "Darmouth #18" (Hyannis,Cape Cod,Ma.) - See all my reviews
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this drill book is excellent. dave chambers does a great job of diagraming
various drills that are easy to understand. A coach from any level can benefit from this book.Also, Amazon.com is very prompt in sending anything
you purchase through them. I've had a great experience doing business with them.
Thanks, Wayne Glover

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Practice Manual, December 7, 2009

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Jason Golomb (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hockey Drill Book (The Drill Book Series) (Paperback)

I've had the book for about a month and it's already paid for itself. I've already used or modified a dozen drills in Squirt-level practice.

Speaking as a house-level and part-time-travel coach, this book is a terrific guide for adding to your practice plan repertoire.