Hockey for Dummies
 | By John Davidson, John Steinbreder For Dummies, 2000, Paperback Customer Rating: 16 reviews Recommend |
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The official NHL guide to the hottest game on ice — now revised and updated!
Featuring the latest on Olympic hockey, the women's hockey phenomenon, and the latest NHL expansion teams, this Second Edition brings the game to life for fans, players, coaches, and parents. Action photos and play-by-play diagrams illustrate key plays and drills and offer conditioning tips for players at any level. This comprehensive guide features:
- All-new skill-building drills for kids and coaches
- More coverage of hockey Web sites, TV, and magazines
- Official photos and stats from the NHL
- Detailed diagrams that show what's really happening on the ice
Like its teammates in the Dummies series, Hockey for Dummies is cleverly organized and clearly focused, geared to both fans and players. It is filled with fun stuff such as lists of the 10 best things about the game, the 10 best players, the 10 best teams, and, given even a novice's inability to mistake hockey for Zen, the 10 best hitters. Hockey for Dummies also contains plenty of good, practical advice: Wayne Gretzky offers a clinic on passing, Mark Messier hosts one on face-offs, Brian Leetch counsels players in clinics on defense, and Ron Hextall teaches goaltending. Authors John Davidson and John Steinbreder explain rules, discuss equipment, and detail strategies. They even give pointers on how best to appreciate the game on television. It seems the only thing missing from Hockey for Dummies is a dental referral for the first time one of your incisors gets in the way of an errant puck.
Title: Hockey for Dummies
Sales Rank: 22040 in Books
Author: John Davidson, John Steinbreder
Publisher: For Dummies, 2 edition, 2000-09-28, Paperback, 384 pages, ISBN: 0764552287
Package Dimensions: 9.06 x 7.4 x 0.94 inches, 1.23 pounds
- New Hockey Mom
- I ordered this book for a good general overview as my son has chosen to play hockey when no one else in our family has ever played before. I found it to be a great source of information for a beginner family. Highly recommend this book.… More reviews
- Hockey for Dummies
- Very informative book. A must for new fans and old ones alike. Broken down into understandable terminology.… More reviews
- Hockey? Not for me, thank you.
- I got this book as a gift. Boy, this person doesn't know me very well. I don't like hockey. And this book doesn't help matters. Not at all. Its boring, and there are no interesting characters or plotlines. These guys that wrote this book clearly tried hard to write an informative book. I guess I recommend it for people who are interested in hockey.… More reviews
- a good book for beginers and old fans alike
- this book was suprisingly very good. I really liked that it had a work out to follow and tips on playing from the pros to get you started playing hockey. It is also imformative for new hockey fans and fans like myself who have loved the game for some years now More reviews
- No Longer a Dummy!
- Hockey For Dummies was incredibly helpful when my son began playing the sport and we ended up getting so hooked that we started attending collegiate as well as professional hockey games. Nothing like a bunch of new hockey moms inquiring, "what is icing?" to which another replies, "it's something you put on a cake."
The book's format was very easy to follow, so no matter what you… More reviews
