Prologue
Last summer I have been to Ukraine. I attended additional ice hockey practices there. But it was the most difficult time for me. I made serious mistakes during my practices and games. My team lost several times and I felt it had been my fault. It lasted two months. I considered everything was over. I was upset and disappointed. Everything didn't go as I wanted. I met difficulties and I even was ready to stop playing hockey. Some coaches noticed my height and weight didn't correspond to hockey measures. At the end of that summer season I didn't find my name in the team roster for the following game, I decided that it was the end of all my dreams and having come back home I nearly burst into tears. Fortunately my father didn't allow me to give up and insisted on that I continued to improve my hockey skills. He advised me to read book written by Anatoly Tarasov, a great ice hockey coach. I didn’t begin reading at once. I considered nothing would help me in my situation. But time flew and I remembered my father’s advice. …show more content…
Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian hockey".
Anatoly devised many new training techniques. Most of them centered on passing, for he felt passing was the key to their success, "after all, the ultimate aim of a pass was to get a free player. So if our opponents make 150 passes in a game against our 270, this means we had 120 more playing opportunities."
Many great players developed under his system in the 1960s. Among them was Valery Kharlamov, who was widely considered one of the best players of his era. One of the chapters of Tarasov’s book « The Real Men of Hockey» is devoted to Kharlamov. It’s called « He didn't Know his Greatness». Tarasov’s
Last summer I have been to Ukraine. I attended additional ice hockey practices there. But it was the most difficult time for me. I made serious mistakes during my practices and games. My team lost several times and I felt it had been my fault. It lasted two months. I considered everything was over. I was upset and disappointed. Everything didn't go as I wanted. I met difficulties and I even was ready to stop playing hockey. Some coaches noticed my height and weight didn't correspond to hockey measures. At the end of that summer season I didn't find my name in the team roster for the following game, I decided that it was the end of all my dreams and having come back home I nearly burst into tears. Fortunately my father didn't allow me to give up and insisted on that I continued to improve my hockey skills. He advised me to read book written by Anatoly Tarasov, a great ice hockey coach. I didn’t begin reading at once. I considered nothing would help me in my situation. But time flew and I remembered my father’s advice. …show more content…
Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian hockey".
Anatoly devised many new training techniques. Most of them centered on passing, for he felt passing was the key to their success, "after all, the ultimate aim of a pass was to get a free player. So if our opponents make 150 passes in a game against our 270, this means we had 120 more playing opportunities."
Many great players developed under his system in the 1960s. Among them was Valery Kharlamov, who was widely considered one of the best players of his era. One of the chapters of Tarasov’s book « The Real Men of Hockey» is devoted to Kharlamov. It’s called « He didn't Know his Greatness». Tarasov’s