Product Description Hockey is an incredibly dynamic, explosive invasion sport that demands superior conditioning from players at every level. It is unforgiving in the physical demands it makes on players so that fitness conditioning is the backbone to performance success - ‘SAQ® Hockey’ is the essential coaching resource that will make years of training expertise accessible to everybody. Today’s game makes great physical demands on it’s players - picture the midfielder carrying the ball at speed towards an opponent, wrong footing them and exploding into the gap created. The forward who cuts back towards the ball before stepping inside, turning and accelerating on to the ball played down the line or the goalkeeper who saves from a penalty corner strike and gets to their feet in a dynamic, well co-ordinated and balanced manner to make a second save. The need for hockey players at every level to be highly skilled, tactically astute and athletically adept has never been greater. The fitness and conditioning that drives so many match-winning performances, once thought to be god given, is in fact very trainable. Now all players, whether young or old, professional or amateur, can be made faster, more agile, more explosive and ultimately better hockey players. SAQ® Hockey features dozens of training drills as well as detailed pre-season and in-season programmes to take performance in practice and competition to an entirely new level. Starting with the fundamentals before progressing to more complex hockey specific and position specific drills, this book unlocks the secrets of multi-directional explosive speed, agility and quickness development. Easy to follow descriptions, innovative 3D illustrations and dynamic photographs make this an invaluable training resource that no coach or player can afford to be without. Specification Well over 100 hockey specific drills covering warming up, position specific training, endurance and cooling down. Key aims and teaching points for each drill. Special core training section Weekly and seasonal training progressions and programmes for both professionals and amateurs. 60 black and white photographs and over 100 unique 3D drill illustrations - a first in the art of training. 160 pages
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