I am releasing today a book that features 3 booklets on how to play and coach hockey that were originally released in 1959.
In 1959, The Royal Canadian Air Force released a series of booklets on hockey titled, Beginning Hockey, How to Play Better Hockey and Coach’s Manual.
They included skill development, instruction and drills for the player and coach. These booklets are being reprinted in their entirety for the first time in half a century.
I was given one of these publications by my dad in 1967 when I was playing hockey. It was amazing to look at the content through today’s lens about how hockey was taught and played in 1959 and now? Yes some things have changed dramatically, yet many of the drills are still done today.
Like my 2021 release, Classic Hockey Stories - From the Golden Era of Pulp Magazines 1930s-1950s,I am doing my very small part in reviving and saving a part of our cultural hockey identity.
It is available worldwide from Amazon, Kobo, Google Play and in Waterloo Region at the Wordsworth Book Store.
Thank you, Paul Langan, http://paullangan.com
