Belfry Hockey

by Darryl Belfry, Scott Powers

"Darryl knows my game now. He knows what's going to work and what's not going to work. It's about fine-tuning it and always trying to improve.... It's an ongoing conversation about how to get better and how to pick up a little thing here or there to give yourself an advantage." —Patrick Kane, from his foreword An unmissable look at how even hockey's best find ways to get even better. Darryl Belfry is regarded as hockey's premier development coach, with clients including Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, John Tavares, and Auston Matthews. But his highly sought-after training methods aren't only for elite NHL stars; they have helped players of all levels uncover new pathways to performance excellence. Packed with fascinating stories and valuable insight, Belfry Strategies to Teach the World's Best Athletes details this powerful curriculum, developed over years of persistent research. It's a system that emphasizes discovering authentic identity, pinpointing translatable skill, building a personal performance matrix, and more. Not only will players learn hundreds of techniques to improve their game, but teachers—inside and outside of hockey coaching—will gain an arsenal of groundbreaking strategies to connect with their students.

Genres: Hockey

306 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 3, 2020

Reviews

[Jacob Goldberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has some incredible insight into how to teach, but was so overwritten and really could have used editing to cut down all the filler.

[Richard Shulmistra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. A friend gave me this book. I was skeptical at first but it truly blew me away. It forced me to think differently and continue to push myself in my journey as a coach. If you are a coach in hockey then read this one.

[Don Bennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was far better than expected. It 8s advertised as a book on hockey coaching when it is really a book on teaching. The word coach is rarely used. The word teach however is central.

Even though I have a hockey background, I read this as a dissertation on pedagogy. Take out every hockey player reference and substitute the word student, mentally replace hockey examples with classroom examples and the vast majority works. It could easily be used as a pedagogy textbook for teachers education.

There is so much that I have taken and will use from this book in the classroom....and so many questions I could ask based on its conclusions.