Hockey Goaltending [With DVD]

By Brian Daccord

Book Overview

Great goaltending wins hockey games. As the sport evolves, becoming a faster, higher-scoring endeavor, goaltending becomes more critical and far more challenging. The best goaltenders combine awareness, technique, and physical conditioning to anticipate the opponent's every move. Hockey Goaltending brings together the world's top goaltending coaches to create the premier resource for goalies and coaches at every level of play. Their expertise and insight provide comprehensive instruction on every facet of this challenging position: -Off-ice training programs to improve reaction time, strength, flexibility, quickness, and agility -Techniques to shut down breakaways, passouts, and wraparounds as well as power plays and odd-man rushes -Detailed instruction on rebound control, recovery skills, and playing the puck -Mental strategies to put you in the zone and keep you there -On- and off-ice drills to refine your skills and elevate your play Additionally, this special package includes a DVD of on-ice footage emphasizing key techniques and skills of the position. From vital tactics and strategies to a goalie's unique equipment needs, Hockey Goaltending is simply the most complete guide available for players who wish to excel at the game's toughest position.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736074279
• ISBN13: 9780736074278
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Good start to finish

This book is a great primer for goalies. It has a good section on how to choose the right equipment, and the strength and conditioning section is very helpful. The pictures used are mostly of in-line goalies, but the techniques are pretty much the same. This is the kind of book that goalies at any stage can read and learn from.

Everything you need to know about goaltending!

This is a great book on goaltending. Do not listen to the other reviews that say this book is for begginners. I've read this book many times. It covers flexibility and strength, and everything else you need to know. This is a great tool for figuring out what your doing wrong when your not playing so well. There is no such thing as a goalie that is so advanced that he does not need to read this book. Also, read what Martan Brodeur has to say in his foward at the begginning of this book!

The best book about goaltending I ever red

This is the best book of goaltending I had the chance to read. Even if all the techniques are not fully detailed, it gives you all the important rules to remember when you're between the pipes and also lot of useful tricks. I have learned something on each page I red. "Il est vraiment bien!"

Every goaltender should read this book

This book covers it all, and if you were to seriously follow everything carefully in this book and work it into your game, I would bet your game would improve by at least 30%. The nicely done photographs help a lot too. This book even teaches you how to improve your speed and quickness, and teaches you how to juggle to improve coordination. If you are a goalie novice to elite I would suggest this book very much.

Excellent overview of current goaltending technique

Brian D'accord provides the reader with a thorough description of what it takes to be a successful goaltender, from equipment selection, conditioning, and techniques and drills. As a long time goaltender and goalie coach, i was familiar with a great deal of the material, but for a coach not familiar with the position, or a young player starting out, it is an excellent resource.The book goes beyond the usual "how to make a glove save, stick save,etc." to cover things like the mental aspects of gaoltending, and how to anticipate where shots are likely to go based on whether the shooter is on their off-wing or short side, for example. good visual images and lots of photo illustrations help to make this a worthwhile read for players and coaches alike.