Women's Lacrosse

A Guide for Advanced Players and Coaches
2. Updated Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1398-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

This classic book on women's lacrosse has been updated with recent rule changes and the state of the game today.

Women’s lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States. As stick technology advances, athleticism increases, and rules and regulations adapt, even the most experienced players and coaches need to keep current on all aspects of the game. Janine Tucker, head women’s lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins University, and Maryalice Yakutchik, a writer and former lacrosse player, here supply the ultimate guide to women’s lacrosse.

Each chapter provides a detailed explanation of a specific skill or technique, illustrated with easy-to-read instructional diagrams and photographs. Coach Tucker begins with lacrosse survival skills—throwing, catching, cradling, and scooping ground balls—and then moves on to more advanced techniques, such as precise checking, fast footwork, correct stick and body position, deceptive shooting, and quick dodges. Chapters on cutting-edge offensive and defensive strategy and on specialized skills, such as goal-tending and the draw, will get any team ready to hit the field.

Fully updated, this edition includes
* Detailed skill instruction
* Drill suggestions throughout the book
* New rules regarding the center draw and running through the crease

For young women who want to play at the college level, the concluding chapter on recruiting offers a timeline; testimony from players, parents, and college coaches who have been through the process; and a sample résumé. Highlighting the most current strategies and tactics in the game today, Women's Lacrosse is a comprehensive instructional guide for coaches and players at all levels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tucker, Janine

Yakutchik, Maryalice

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kirk, Will

Rensselaer, James T van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten Lacrosse
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Trainingswissenschaft, Sportunterricht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Women's Lacrosse—The Cutting Edge
Key to Symbols in Diagrams
1. The Creator's Game, Re-created
2. The Complete Player
3. The Coach
4. The Game
5. Lacrosse Survival Skills
6. Individual Offensive Skills
7. Individual Defensive Skills
8. The Art of Checking
9. The Draw
10. Team Offense
11. Team Defense
12. Goalkeeping
13. Effective Practices
14. Off-Season Strategies
15. Recruiting
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rensselaer, James T van
James T. Van Rensselaer is a staff photographer at the Johns Hopkins University.

Tucker, Janine
Janine Tucker has been the head coach of the Johns Hopkins women’s lacrosse team since 1993.

Yakutchik, Maryalice
Maryalice Yakutchik is a full-time writer and photographer.

Janine Tucker has been the head coach of the Johns Hopkins women’s lacrosse team since 1993. Maryalice Yakutchik is a full-time writer and photographer.