From Booklist
Lacrosse is a fairly popular team sport in Canada and parts of the U.S. It's even played professionally. Hinkson--who has excellent credentials as both a player and a coach--presents a well-organized guide to the individual skills needed to compete successfully, starting with the basics. He covers stick selection, grip, cradling, catching, and passing. He also presents a series of offensive and defensive moves as well as techniques for securing those all-important loose balls. He includes shooting skills--both long and short range--and tips for dominating face-offs. There is also a lengthy section dealing with goaltending skills. Each section includes drills for mastering the techniques covered, as well as black-and-white photographs and line drawings. Wes Lukowsky


From Book News, Inc.
On a game with few players and fans and fewer books (latest in BiP is a 1990 book for women's lacrosse). Published by Warwick of Toronto; distributed in the US and Canada by Firefly Books, 250 Sparks Avenue, Willowdale, ON, Canada M2H 2S4. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Breaking down individual skills for passing, catching, cradling, and various techniques of checking and physical play, Hinkson clearly explains and illustrates the most effective ways of mastering these skills. In addition, the book contains dozens of drills, applicable to both coaches and players, that facilitate learning these techniques. Written with renowned precision and painstakingly illustrated, Lacrosse Fundamentals is ideal for coaches, parents, players and fans.

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