The first book to look at the advanced skills and proficiency in field hockey from the athlete's perspective presents in-depth offensive and defensive strategies.

Hockey Plays and Strategies features a variety of plays, systems, and strategies for game play in the offensive, neutral, and defensive zones. Special situations such as the power play, penalty kill, and face-offs are also featured.

Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will make you a better player, whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport. Features in this book are: Information boxes containing Top Tips and Key Points for the coach and player; Sequence photographs and detailed diagrams in colour; An introduction to the history and rules of the game, and equipment; A thorough examination of the core skills of hockey (ball carrying, passing, shooting and defending skills); Tactical analysis of the attacking and defending principles of playing the game; Valuable advice on techniques, coaching, nutrition and the competitive structure within the sport. Aimed at those who play hockey at any level and age as well as their coaches. Gives sound practical advice and examines the core skills of hockey. Covers tactical analysis of the attacking and defending principles.Superbly illustrated with 130 sequence photographs and detailed diagrams in colour.Jane Powell is the Performance Coaching Manager of England Hockey. Another title in the highly successful Crowood Sports Guides series.

You are holding the second volume of "50 Tips from Intelligent Players," a book designed with the intention to promote your game intelligence and develop your hockey skills. Within these pages, you'll discover 50 fresh tips that complement those in the first volume. These tips also encompass various facets of the game, including tactics, skill execution, mindset, training, scoring, and more. These tips draw from my personal journey, beginning as a player and evolving into a coach across various countries and competitive levels. They're insights I've gathered firsthand and observed in the most intelligent players I've encountered on the pitch. Take these 50 tips as suggestions that you can adapt to your unique style and circumstances. I hope that by reading this book, you will not only learn some useful tips, but also discover some new ways of thinking about the game, and about yourself as a player. I wish to help you in the development of your game intelligence and, most importantly, in your capacity to enjoy our beloved sport. Andreu Enrich (Terrassa, 1984) is a former international hockey player and currently a hockey coach. He played most of his time in Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club and also worked for the Spanish Hockey Federation. He also had hockey experiences in the Netherlands (Pinoké), Belgium (KHC Leuven and Royal Belgian Hockey Association) and Germany (Hamburger Polo Club and Mannheimer HC). He has published four other hockey books: "Small-Sided Games" (2019), "Hockey: A Philosophical Game" (2020), "Hockey: 50 Tips from Intelligent Players" (2020) and "Hockey: Tactical Dilemmas" (2022)

Thousands of competitors have used Field Hockey: Steps to Success to improve their games. With competitions held in more than 80 countries, now millions of current players can do the same with this newest offering that is updated to include the latest information on rule changes and new methods of play. Part of the highly successful Steps to Success Sports Series that has sold over 1.5 million copies, Field Hockey: Steps to Success, Second Edition, features the series trademark step-by-step progression, both within each chapter and throughout the book. Author Elizabeth R. Anders, a field hockey legend as a player and the winningest college coach in history, understands every aspect of the game. She provides a progressive approach with in-depth instruction, illustrations, and 86 drills. Fundamentals such as ball control, passing and receiving, tackling, and shooting lead steadily into successful team attack, team defense, and goalkeeping.

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, Play Better Hockey 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...

Complete with strategies and tactics, training games, playing field size, new parent orientation, referee's information, penalties information, playing equipment, and a glossary of terminology, this practical guide book features 236 individual pictures, illustrations, and charts.