- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Human Kinetics Pub. (Trade); 1 edition (Dec 22 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0880117737
- ISBN-13: 978-0880117739
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 331 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #522,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
High-Performance Skating for Hockey provides the very best instruction by one of the world's top skating instructors, Steve Cady. From essential fundamentals to advanced techniques, learn and master every key skating move to gain the confidence, control, and speed you need to excel on the ice. Improve efficiency, power, and stamina quickly using the book's 37 practice drills.
Serious hockey players and coaches know that every split second counts. High-Performance Skating for Hockey will give you the winning edge every time you take the ice.
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
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Pales In Comparison To Laura Stamm's Power Skating,
By A Customer
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.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good fundamentals,
By Trotski "trotski" (Springfield, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: High-Performance Skating for Hockey (Paperback)
Everyone who has played hockey knows that the most important aspect of the game is skating. This book and Laura Stamm's book on power skating are must reads for anyone seriously picking up hockey for the first time. Even players who have been slogging around the ice for some time will find his or her skating will improve after reading this book.This book goes into step-by-step detail on forward stroking, backwards stroking, forward and backwards crossovers, hockey stops and transitions from forwards to backwards skating. If you read this book and practice hard you'll be the top player on your hockey team next season.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book I ever read,
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.
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