Today is the official release date of my book Total Hockey Training. I can’t believe that today is actually here. The reality is that there were several days when I thought that this wasn’t going to happen. Whether it was self-doubt or I didn’t feel that I had enough time to hit certain deadlines, the completion of this always seemed way down the road.
I had the goal of writing a book about hockey strength and conditioning by the time I was 40 years old with an actual publisher. The reason why I wanted to go that route is because of a few reasons:
– I didn’t trust my writing ability. I didn’t want to make an e-book that may have contained grammatical mistakes. The people at Human Kinetics take care of those things for a living.
– I remember a conversation with a friend of mine back in California several years ago about internet gurus and e-books. I remember him saying “Unless a sports or strength training book is published by a reputable publisher such as Human Kinetics, I won’t pick it up.” Now, I am not saying that e-books aren’t any good or worth the read but, hearing him say that always stuck with me. I trusted Human Kinetics to help me create a solid product that I believed in.
– I wanted the challenge of going through the process from start to finish. I wanted to go through this to accomplish something big. As a result, I can say that I have a huge amount of respect admiration for anyone that has written a book.
Total Hockey Training encompasses everything I’ve learned over the years training the beginner to the professional hockey player.
You can get a copy at Amazon and Human Kinetics. I hope you enjoy it!
