Five game situations show the correct way to play. Starting point is the basic thought of scoring a goal or preventing a goal being scored. In this way one begins to play hockey from the word go. Playing the game is always taken as the central point for discussion and is complemented by a large selection of games and exercises, tips about tactics, precise descriptions regarding movement and actions, correcting faults as well as a successive build up of the rules of the game.This revised edition of the book is designed in the first instance for trainers and coaches - even those without any experience of hockey - students, exercise leaders and club trainers in the school and youth sectors.

Josef Marx studied in Neuss and Düsseldorf. In addition to his profession as a teacher in a secondary modern school, since 1982 he has been a hockey teacher in the Sports Department of the Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf.Günter Wagner studied in Neuss. Since 1974 he has taught at various schools. Regarding his sports teaching in Krefeld, his main emphasis is on hockey.