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[Tom Molloy]

Finland Champs Again

2016 Champs of the World U20, World U18

They are doing a great job in developing hockey players in Finland.

Our book should be called "The Finnish Method" instead of Hockey Coaching ABC's.

Juhani Wahlsten is the father of coaching there and the main author of the program. Too many games and focus on skating and good habits for most coaches but it seems to be working in that part of Scandinavia.

I have been in contact with Juhani's partner Kalle Kaskinen. He is the one who brought the Finnish U17 team that skated outside two years ago here. He has been coaching for Jokerit, Helsinki in the KHL the last few years but is moving back to be coach of the TPS U20 team and Assistant in the 2016 World Cup and 2018 Olympics. He was Finlands coach in the 2012 U20 tournament. He thinks we should edit the book to update it a little and change the cover (terrible cover makes it look like the book was written in the 70's.)

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/christmas-shinny-finland-u17-team/

Attachments

• U17 Team Shinny.pdf (1 MB)

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
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