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Are they talking about hockey?

I've been out of the hockey for a number of years and am just getting back into coaching, having coached previously at senior level. What I have noticed is that there seems to have been an injection of new terms and phrases into the game which in some respects are no more than an effort by those involved to confuse old people like me. Could someone point me in the direction of a web site which has a good glossary which will help me decipher this new terminology. Many thanks.

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Shelley BruceCoach, England

There is an England Hockey document out there titled "Talking Hockey - Phrases and terms to teach young players" which is available on the Eurohockey website. You should be able to find it by typing the title into Google.

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