Coach Shiv Jagday: Teach young players the hockey technical skills in the right way if you want to create great players!
“My intention is not to undermine or criticize any coach or player personally, for that matter. I just like to show
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Coach Shiv Jagday
Coach Shiv, the former Canadian and USA National team coach, learned the art of playing hockey in Punjab, India, imitating the all time great hockey players, from the Olympic and World cup champion teams – India and Pakistan – in the 60’s and 70’s. He moved to Canada in 1977, and learned the science of hockey and the secrets of success of the European and Oceanic Hockey teams, while attending the FIH coaching seminars and observing the top teams and coaches, closely.
Coach Shiv Jagday: how to maintain the possession of the ball in a confined space under pressure?
In order to maintain the possession of the ball in a confined space under pressure in the Right Defensive Quadrant
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Coach Shiv Jagday: how to bring the ball from one’s left side to the right side in 3 steps?
Step 1 – What not to do: Avoid teaching the young players spinning in circles. Yes, it sure has a
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Coach Shiv Jagday: the role of stick feints during ball control, passing, receiving and dodging
Dribbling should be implemented to get one out of trouble and not into the trouble. One of the remedies from
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Coach Shiv Jagday: The use of reverse skill in hockey and how to develop the ability to play on “the other side”
1. Receiving a pass on the reverse stick: I understand, the players these days do not use it as much as
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The 3 steps to develop game understanding and specific situational tactical awareness by Coach Shiv Jagday
Step 1: When the players are in their early to mid-teens, practice sessions should be designed as such which expose them
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“Developing the tactical thinking in young players while coaching technical skills” by Coach Shiv Jagday
And this is where we, the Shiv’s Coaching Academy coaching staff, sharply disagrees with the Hockey Guru’s who preach
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“Soft skills vs hard skills: Grace over brute force” by Coach Shiv Jagday
The current trend – more or less – has been to play the game with power, at top speed, resulting
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Rio Olympic Games Preview: “Performance Predictions” by Coach Shiv Jagday
The purpose of this article is to develop awareness of, which technical and tactical skills, the Olympians will perform close
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Goal settings for hockey players by Shiv Jagday
“To set goals, you have to first figure out what you want. You can’t let someone else give you a
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What happens when one disobeys the first 5 laws of the game? A presentation by Coach Shiv Jagday
Coach Shiv, the former Canadian and USA National team coach, shared with us a presentation based on the article also
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