I don't think there is anyone else crazy enough to attend all of he hockey courses and seminars as I have. Maybe Kevin Sullivan in Boston. It is close.

I have been attending since 1977 when George Kingston who was Dean of PE at the U of Calgary brought international coaches to give a summer class that you could take for credit or edit. I took it for credit and then edited it for 9 summers. Two weeks, six evenings a week for 40 hours each. I also attended all of the Hockey Canada symposiums that they put on every second year. The first four or five were in Calgary and then they rotated the five hockey regions from Wes to East coast. I have also attended the IIHF symposiums in Finland 3 times, Quebed City, Vienna, Heidelburg and maybe some I have forgotten about.

They gave out handouts at each of these until recently when they started just giving the ppoint outline.

So I am trying to say I have a lot of printed material stored that I want to digitize and then chuck out.. My scanner has an automatic feed so I am going to copy the material over the next year and put it on my sky drive where anyone who wants to use the material for research or information can access it.I am sure I have the only copy of some of the stuff.

I will post links on this thread as I get them ready. It is a bit of a process to do. Takes three steps. So it will take time.

I am sure I will find some gems that I can use in the upcoming season.

Article by Ludek Bukac the coach of the former Czecholslovakian National Team and now a active coach in the Czech Republic.

Conditioning and Skill Consistency - Bukac 04

I just received these jerseys from the former captain of Turkey. They offered me a coaching position last season and Deniz came to Calgary last November.

Below are presentations on defenseman technique, off-ice training and on ice transition. There is a video link for the defenseman presentation.

Ruotsalainen - On Ice Demonstration of Defensive Technique
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=BD6FA116988317E9!4126&authkey=!AIZrhOERP0PzLZg

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/video.php?n=2008072016104973

Harri Hakkarainen – Many Sided Physical Training for Ice Hockey
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=BD6FA116988317E9!4125&authkey=!ACcHQecXHyrQut4

Wahlsten, Jursivov – Transition On-Ice Training
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=BD6FA116988317E9!4124&authkey=!ABbns6Sclix1_a0

Video of Wahlsten and Jursinov's on ice demo.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=BD6FA116988317E9!4127&authkey=!AD0m0vcjl9V0dSg Part A
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=BD6FA116988317E9!4128&authkey=!AKq-LSHPqVC3_EY Part B

This is a drill booklet by Tomas Pacina. Tomas is from the Czech Republic and has lived in Calgary since 1997 or so. Tomas coaches many NHL players in private lessons and is an NHL skills coach working with teams like the Rangers and Montreal.