Learn the very same skills that Connor McDavid and Auston Mathews use to dominate the NHL!
Following the smash success of
Play Better Hockey
, the second edition of Ron Davidson's best-selling volume has been retooled with even more individual skill advancements for the modern player.
From fundamentals to high-level skills,
gives players the tools they need to become the next superstars of the NHL by focusing on the development of individual hockey skills and by promoting a mastery of body positioning, skating and stick work. Learning these skills gives players a strong fundamental understanding of how to move effectively on the ice in any gameplay situation.
The skills are organized to allow readers to progress from fundamentals in skating and stick work to advanced moves in dekeing and deception.
Davidson's progressive-learning approach teaches beginners the proper techniques, hones the skills of intermediate-level players and challenges elite players with the additional skills they need.
Below are a few of the skills players can be expected to learn in this retooled second edition:
Drive and delay
Heel-to-heel turns
Tight turns
Extending your reach
Receiving off-target shooting
Shot-blocking techniques
Tip-ins and deflections
Shooting between your legs
The Forsberg deke
The Datsyuk deke
The outside-edge reverse
And many more...