Field hockey Books

Book SynopsisHockey Drills is a collection of activities and practices designed to enliven and improve coaching sessions at all levels of the game. The drills are organized into chapters according to a particular skill or phase of the game; from the warm up and cool down through ball carrying and receiving, defending and attacking to goal scoring and goal-keeping. A vital section on pre-season fitness drills is also included. Each chapter starts with a basic analysis of the types of skill needed for that particular aspect of the game, before progressing to a series of activities to develop them. Each exercise is supported by clear diagrams that show the moves of the individual players.

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Book SynopsisCrowood 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.

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Book SynopsisIce hockey fans will pull on their skates and gear up for this Who HQ title about the Stanley Cup Finals--the National Hockey League's championship games.Out of the thirty-two pro hockey teams that compete, only one can call itself the champion and proudly hoist up the Stanley Cup--the oldest sports trophy in the world! From the formation of the leagues and the crowning of the first championship-winning team, to the Rangers' Stanley Cup curse and the uncertain fate of the teams during the Spanish flu epidemic, this book recounts the highs and lows of this exciting ice hockey series.

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Book SynopsisSam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team. This was the first time a British ladies team had won gold, but what is much less known is that Sam's rise to the top of her spot was far from easy. Sam missed out on being part of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics but competed for England at the 2013 EuroHockey tournament and 2014 Commonwealth Games, which she won silver medals. She won the gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics after the GB hockey team beat the Netherlands on penalties. How Sam overcame the bitter disappointment of being overlooked for the two previous Olympics and ensured that she wouldn't miss out again are revealed here for the first time. She also tells of her tough childhood and her battle to reach the heights that she has. She then went on to further fame by appearing in 'I'm a Celebrity' where she proved to be hugely popular with the viewing public, eventually finishing fourth. Sam now presents a variety of sports for TV, including men and women's football, NFL and hockey. She has been signed up to be the main presenter for the women's World Hockey Championships in 2018, held in August. She is hugely popular on social media with thousands of followers on twitter and instagram. Sam also has some very strong views on how women are portrayed in sport and their treatment by both coaches and the media. This is a hugely topical subject at the moment and promises to remain so for some time.

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Book SynopsisFrom his standout youth, where he honed his skills on a backyard rink, to his unlikely jump to the pros at the age of 17, this biography chronicles Wayne Gretzky’s ascension to the greatest hockey player of all time to his shocking trade from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in 1998—an event that rocked hockey fans across North America. This chronicle reveals, for the first time, the true story behind the deal, as well as Gretzky's important role in making the trade happen. From the press conference where the trade was announced and where Gretzky wept, this work notes how the “Great One” could have been crying tears of joy as he realized his life was about to get a whole lot better—playing for more money in a California city that would be a perfect home for him and his glamorous new actress-wife.

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Book SynopsisThe role of hockey in Canada serves as a national identity, a unifying force in a country of 33 million people. So crazed are Canadians for their national sport that they ranked outrageous hockey commentator and high school drop-out Don Cherry ahead of Alexander Graham Bell on a list of the greatest Canadians in history. Penned by hockey star Paul Henderson-famed scorer of Canada's "Greatest Goal" in the 1972 Summit Series-and featuring a foreword by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, How Hockey Explains Canada explores just how deeply engrained this national pastime is in the Canadian psyche. The intelligent discourse on Canada's national sport goes far beyond the sport's most-loved icons, great plays, and notorious brawls by looking into the history and culture of the game to explain why hockey has had such an enigmatic hold on Canadians. Featuring interviews with more than 35 current and former NHL players, coaches, executives, and commentators, this expansive biography of the sport explores hockey's inextricable connection to everything from the Confederation to the Cold War to international perception of Canada and the country's own cultural divide.

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Book SynopsisIn Star-Spangled Hockey, legendary hockey writer Kevin Allen takes readers on a journey from the earliest days of USA Hockey to celebrate the organization's 75th anniversary. From the beginning, when the organization was started literally out of a shoebox in Tom Lockhart's New York City apartment, to the excitement generated by the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, this book covers the fascinating history of amateur hockey in America.

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Book SynopsisOffering a groundbreaking and intelligent discourse on Canada's national sport, this collection of more than 35 interviews with current and former NHL players, coaches, executives, and famous commentators explains and expounds on the enigmatic relationship hockey has long maintained with Canadians, and its relationship with national identity and culture. Written by celebrated hockey star Paul Henderson—known widely as the scorer of Canada’s “Greatest Goal” in 1972—with a foreword by current Prime Minister Stephen Harper, each interview and account captures the spirit of hockey and its role as a unifying force across 33 million Canadians, and includes the sport’s most-loved icons, greatest plays, notorious brawls, and the infamous poll of great Canadians in history that placed outrageous commentator Don Cherry ahead of Alexander Graham Bell.

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Book SynopsisConfidence affects how we deal with stress and how we fulfill our potential to achieve the results we desire. In sports and in life, confidence is the underlying factor determining mental and physical performance, leading to overall success. This book by experienced mental performance specialist Isabelle Hamptonstone contains a collection of powerful techniques and tips to help hockey players overcome lack of confidence. Clear instructions and illustrative case studies show how training the brain to develop and sustain hockey confidence can upgrade results and help players make smarter, quicker decisions under pressure. Hamptonstone shares step-by-step guidelines gleaned from her years of research working with the giants in the game of hockey. Some of the greatest hockey players in the world have used these very same steps to change their game and their lives. Added to this base of personal knowledge, the book references inspiring moments of mental performance by Wayne Gretzky, Doug Lidster, Scott Niedermayer, Shane Doan, Darryl Sydor, Jarome Iginla, and Mark Recchi. This pragmatic and positive book is a game-changing guide and valuable resource for anyone interested in high-performance hockey, as well as a valuable tool for self-development.Trade Review"This book is a powerful tool for developing your self-belief and confidence. It will help many NHL hockey players be better teammates and better players. And it will help you deal with the ups and downs of hockey, and develop a steady state of mind so that you can play more consistently. Along with the drive, commitment and passion?this adds up to hockey confidence." --Mark Recchi, three-time Stanley Cup champion "I believe the mental part of hockey and positive thinking is very important. Isabelle has provided interesting and helpful insights."--Jarome Iginla, NHL, All Star, Canadian World Junior, World Cup and World Championship Team; Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche "The game of hockey is a tough sport, physically and mentally. Growing up I heard 'The game of hockey is 10% physical and 90% mental.' This book gives you the tools that will help with the 90%."--Darryl Sydor, NHL All Star, Stanley Cup Champion; Los Angeles Kings, Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues "From playing at the NHL level for three seasons, I've seen first hand that it's the mental toughness and confidence that sets the great players apart from the good players. The tools found in this book will help grow your confidence and equip you to be mentally tough in big game situations." --Riley Nash, NHL, Carolina Hurricanes "Isabelle's book will be so helpful to a young player struggling with all the emotions of being on a team." --Mark Kachowski, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins "I feel confident that this book can be beneficial to various people who deal with adversity and insecurity, parents and teenagers, coaches and athletes of all levels"--Guy Charron, NHL, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames "Enjoy reading this book and building your own Hockey Confidence!"--Doug Lidster, NHL, Stanley Cup Champion, Canadian Olympic Team

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Book SynopsisWhen Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings, in-fighting and discord within the squad, no funding and very little prospect of a bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a transformation. It was no easy journey, but a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, triumphs and disasters - with casualties along the way. The History Makers is more than an account of a famous victory. It is the story of how a team changed its culture and its attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the nation.

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Book SynopsisSeoul Glow tells the story of the Great Britain men's hockey team who won gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Little to the team's knowledge, the final caught the British public's imagination as they beat rivals West Germany in the gold-medal match. After Sean Kerly's semi-final heroics and Imran Sherwani's double in the final, BBC commentator Barry Davies uttered the now infamous line: 'Where were the Germans? But, frankly, who cares?' Victory, for a team of amateurs, who had either quit their jobs or taken holiday to play in Seoul, propelled the team to celebratory heights on their return to British shores; it was GB's first hockey gold in the post-war era and followed an eight-year plan for a major title. The story also reveals how the team was inspirationally led by the late Roger Self, the manager who gelled his players into Olympic title holders.

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Book SynopsisThe wildly dramatic story of the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup London 2018 - the biggest women's team sport event ever to take place on British soil. Under an Orange Sky was written and photographed by the team that brought you The History Makers: How Team GB Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey, winner of the Thompson Reuters Illustrated Sports Book of the Year 2018. At this crazy, anything-goes, ultimately tear-inducing competition there was no such thing as a certainty. High-ranked teams fell by the wayside, reputations were ignored and accepted practices turned on their heads as the form book was torn up in front of the huge crowds that flocked daily to the Lee Valley. Working together with world-class hockey photographers Frank Uijlenbroek and Koen Suyk - joined this time by Argentina's Rodrigo Jaramillo - authors Sarah Juggins and Richard Stainthorpe captured all the twists, shocks and surprises, and even a fabulous Irish fairy-tale, as east London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park welcomed the world's best.

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Book SynopsisOLYMPIAN, HOCKEY WORLD CUP GOALKEEPER OF THE TOURNAMENT, WINNER OF FOUR ALL AMERICAN AWARDS''It was down to Ayeisha now. If she saved the next penalty, Ireland, the tournament underdogs, would be in the final ? for the first time ever.''Growing up in Larne in County Antrim, Ayeisha was fearless. If she wasn?t climbing trees, she was playing soccer, Irish dancing or throwing the javelin. When Ayeisha discovered hockey, she was hooked! The inspirational story of one of the best hockey goalkeepers in the world, who lost her mum at a young age, went into foster care, and found a home between the goal posts in the Senior Women?s Irish hockey team.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the NASSS Outstanding Book Award Hockey and multiculturalism are often noted as defining features of Canadian culture; yet, rarely are we forced to question the relationship and tensions between these two social constructs. This book examines the growing significance of hockey in Canada’s South Asian communities. The Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi broadcast serves as an entry point for a broader consideration of South Asian experiences in hockey culture based on field work and interviews conducted with hockey players, parents, and coaches in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. This book seeks to inject more “color” into hockey’s historically white dominated narratives and representations by returning hockey culture to its multicultural roots. It encourages alternative and multiple narratives about hockey and cultural citizenship by asking which citizens are able to contribute to the webs of meaning that form the nation’s cultural fabric.Trade Review"Changing on the Fly will force a rethinking of race, hockey, and the politics of citizenship in the social margins. In this pioneering text, Szto’s rich intertextuality highlights the competing and contradictory nature of race and representation in sport. There is nothing else like it." -- Stanley Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams *"Changing on the Fly offers an original, powerful analysis of the hockey rink and the racial, national, gendered, and political landscape. Szto's ability to build on existing scholarship all while carving out new areas of analysis and her centering of South Asian Canadians' voices will change the ways we talk about sport, about hockey and about the (South) Asian Diaspora. Stzo is a force who will shape discussions in sports studies for decades to come. The future of sports studies is in good hands with Stzo leading the way." -- David Leonard * author of Playing While White: Privilege and Power on and off the Field *"A groundbreaking book. Courtney Szto’s insightful study of hockey’s growing significance in Canadian South Asian communities, as well as challenges faced by racialized Canadians when they play the game, makes an important contribution to the analysis of contemporary Canadian society." -- Richard Gruneau * Simon Fraser University *"This is a desperately-needed intervention from our most influential scholar of race and hockey through both a systematic and nuanced analysis of how multiculturalism and racism shape Canada and its beloved sport, and a powerful account of how those dynamics are experienced." -- Nathan Kalman-Lamb * author of Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport *"Interview: Dr. Courtney Szto, author of "Changing on the Fly: Hockey Through the Voices of South Asian Canadians" https://www.burnitalldownpod.com/episodes/interview-dr-courtney-szto-author-of-changing-on-the-fly-hockey-through-the-voices-of-south-asian-canadians * Burn It All Down podcast *"Changing on the Fly interrogates the culture of hockey honestly, and from a place of love, offering a critique that is meant to change the nature of the sport so that everyone — not just white, straight Canadian men and boys — can truly have a place in it." * The Tyee *"The groundbreaking work of Courtney Szto in Changing on the Fly captures the multiple ways that the Canadian national pastime of ice hockey constitutes an important site to examine the essential izing and shifting realms of race and belonging....[A] call to action and a demand to think about race critically in relation to sport and the nation. Changing on the Fly destabilizes the normative investments in sport and the nation while articulating forms of citizenship that can be liberating. With the increasing discussion and silence around race in professional sports, this book is vital to understanding the expansive infrastructure that secures whiteness and excludes communities of color." * Sociology of Sport Journal *Table of ContentsContents Dedication - iii List of Acronyms - vii Acknowledgements - 1 Introduction - 2 Complicating Canadian Culture - 7 Research Methods - 13 Overview of the Book - 17 Chapter 1 Myth Busting: Hockey, multiculturalism, and Canada - 21 Myth #1: Hockey is Canada - 21 Who or what are we integrating? - 26 Myth #2: Canada is a multicultural haven - 31 Whiteness in Canadian hockey - 38 Citizenship - 41 South Asians in Canada - 44 The Space of Surrey - 48 Chapter 2 Narratives from the Screen: Media and cultural citizenship - 53 Hockey Night in Punjabi - 55 Ethnic (Sports) Media - 59 Breaking Barriers - 62 Co-Authoring One’s Existence - 63 Limits of Ethnic Media - 71 Chapter 3 White Spaces, Different Faces: Policing membership at the rink and in the nation - 78 Who belongs in a space? Who is trespassing? - 79 Self-Identification - 88 Brown - 92 Being the Only One - 98 Chapter 4 Racist Taunts of Just Chirping? - 101 Just chirping? - 105 Was it really racist? - 111 An archive of evidence - 119 Chapter 5 South Asian Masculinities and Femininities - 124 The irony of hockey performativity - 124 South Asian masculinities - 132 Verbal trauma and the body - 138 South Asian femininities - 143 The noisiness of women’s hockey - 149 Chapter 6 Hockey Hurdles and Resilient Subjects: Unpacking forms of capital - 157 Navigating forms of capital - 166 Cost, time, and interconnections with other forms of capital - 166 Language and other aspects of cultural capital - 170 The gatekeepers - 175 Assumptions about diversity: Flaws in logic - 181 Meritocratic and resilient subjects - 185 Chapter 7 Racialized Money and White Fragility: Class and resentment in hockey - 192 Model minorities - 193 Throwing money at hockey - 199 White fragility - 204 Brown out hockey: Capitalism at its best - 209 Chapter 8 Taking Stock: Public memory and the re-telling of hockey in Canada - 217 Hockey Hall of Fame - 220 The role of media - 223 Writing in: DIY citizenship - 226 Conclusion: A commitment to the future - 232 Shifting labor - 235 Writing the wrong - 239 Appendix A: Qualitative methodology - 241 Appendix B: Participant information - 254 Appendix C: British Columbia competitive hockey structure - 256 References - 258 About the author - 296

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Book SynopsisWinner of the NASSS Outstanding Book Award Hockey and multiculturalism are often noted as defining features of Canadian culture; yet, rarely are we forced to question the relationship and tensions between these two social constructs. This book examines the growing significance of hockey in Canada’s South Asian communities. The Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi broadcast serves as an entry point for a broader consideration of South Asian experiences in hockey culture based on field work and interviews conducted with hockey players, parents, and coaches in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. This book seeks to inject more “color” into hockey’s historically white dominated narratives and representations by returning hockey culture to its multicultural roots. It encourages alternative and multiple narratives about hockey and cultural citizenship by asking which citizens are able to contribute to the webs of meaning that form the nation’s cultural fabric.Trade Review"Changing on the Fly will force a rethinking of race, hockey, and the politics of citizenship in the social margins. In this pioneering text, Szto’s rich intertextuality highlights the competing and contradictory nature of race and representation in sport. There is nothing else like it." -- Stanley Thangaraj * author of Desi Hoop Dreams *"Changing on the Fly offers an original, powerful analysis of the hockey rink and the racial, national, gendered, and political landscape. Szto's ability to build on existing scholarship all while carving out new areas of analysis and her centering of South Asian Canadians' voices will change the ways we talk about sport, about hockey and about the (South) Asian Diaspora. Stzo is a force who will shape discussions in sports studies for decades to come. The future of sports studies is in good hands with Stzo leading the way." -- David Leonard * author of Playing While White: Privilege and Power on and off the Field *"A groundbreaking book. Courtney Szto’s insightful study of hockey’s growing significance in Canadian South Asian communities, as well as challenges faced by racialized Canadians when they play the game, makes an important contribution to the analysis of contemporary Canadian society." -- Richard Gruneau * Simon Fraser University *"This is a desperately-needed intervention from our most influential scholar of race and hockey through both a systematic and nuanced analysis of how multiculturalism and racism shape Canada and its beloved sport, and a powerful account of how those dynamics are experienced." -- Nathan Kalman-Lamb * author of Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport *"Interview: Dr. Courtney Szto, author of "Changing on the Fly: Hockey Through the Voices of South Asian Canadians" https://www.burnitalldownpod.com/episodes/interview-dr-courtney-szto-author-of-changing-on-the-fly-hockey-through-the-voices-of-south-asian-canadians * Burn It All Down podcast *"Changing on the Fly interrogates the culture of hockey honestly, and from a place of love, offering a critique that is meant to change the nature of the sport so that everyone — not just white, straight Canadian men and boys — can truly have a place in it." * The Tyee *"The groundbreaking work of Courtney Szto in Changing on the Fly captures the multiple ways that the Canadian national pastime of ice hockey constitutes an important site to examine the essential izing and shifting realms of race and belonging....[A] call to action and a demand to think about race critically in relation to sport and the nation. Changing on the Fly destabilizes the normative investments in sport and the nation while articulating forms of citizenship that can be liberating. With the increasing discussion and silence around race in professional sports, this book is vital to understanding the expansive infrastructure that secures whiteness and excludes communities of color." * Sociology of Sport Journal *Table of ContentsContents Dedication - iii List of Acronyms - vii Acknowledgements - 1 Introduction - 2 Complicating Canadian Culture - 7 Research Methods - 13 Overview of the Book - 17 Chapter 1 Myth Busting: Hockey, multiculturalism, and Canada - 21 Myth #1: Hockey is Canada - 21 Who or what are we integrating? - 26 Myth #2: Canada is a multicultural haven - 31 Whiteness in Canadian hockey - 38 Citizenship - 41 South Asians in Canada - 44 The Space of Surrey - 48 Chapter 2 Narratives from the Screen: Media and cultural citizenship - 53 Hockey Night in Punjabi - 55 Ethnic (Sports) Media - 59 Breaking Barriers - 62 Co-Authoring One’s Existence - 63 Limits of Ethnic Media - 71 Chapter 3 White Spaces, Different Faces: Policing membership at the rink and in the nation - 78 Who belongs in a space? Who is trespassing? - 79 Self-Identification - 88 Brown - 92 Being the Only One - 98 Chapter 4 Racist Taunts of Just Chirping? - 101 Just chirping? - 105 Was it really racist? - 111 An archive of evidence - 119 Chapter 5 South Asian Masculinities and Femininities - 124 The irony of hockey performativity - 124 South Asian masculinities - 132 Verbal trauma and the body - 138 South Asian femininities - 143 The noisiness of women’s hockey - 149 Chapter 6 Hockey Hurdles and Resilient Subjects: Unpacking forms of capital - 157 Navigating forms of capital - 166 Cost, time, and interconnections with other forms of capital - 166 Language and other aspects of cultural capital - 170 The gatekeepers - 175 Assumptions about diversity: Flaws in logic - 181 Meritocratic and resilient subjects - 185 Chapter 7 Racialized Money and White Fragility: Class and resentment in hockey - 192 Model minorities - 193 Throwing money at hockey - 199 White fragility - 204 Brown out hockey: Capitalism at its best - 209 Chapter 8 Taking Stock: Public memory and the re-telling of hockey in Canada - 217 Hockey Hall of Fame - 220 The role of media - 223 Writing in: DIY citizenship - 226 Conclusion: A commitment to the future - 232 Shifting labor - 235 Writing the wrong - 239 Appendix A: Qualitative methodology - 241 Appendix B: Participant information - 254 Appendix C: British Columbia competitive hockey structure - 256 References - 258 About the author - 296

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