Lacrosse Essentials

by Jack Kaley, Rich Donovan

Step on the field and begin playing in no time! In "Lacrosse Essentials," you'll learn the fundamentals of the sport through sequential instructions, detailed photo sequences, and expert advice from coaching legend Jack Kaley.

"Lacrosse Essentials "takes you inside the game, covering these essential skills and strategies:

- Passing

- Catching

- Shooting

- Riding

- Clearing

- Goaltending

In addition to mastering the fundamentals, you'll be challenged to expand your repertoire of skills and use those techniques and tactics for a competitive advantage. The many activities and drills will speed learning and improve performance. You'll also get the latest information on offensive and defensive strategies, systems, and situational play to take your game to the next level.

"Lacrosse Essentials "is the best--and quickest--way to learn, practice, and play the great sport of lacrosse.

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2015

Reviews

[Bint Arab · Rating 4 out of 5]

The authors aim to provide the readers of this book with a set of plays and drills that lacrosse players can use in practice to make certain moves become second nature: crouching, turning, skirting, twisting. They feel very strongly that players need to master the basics in order to master this game, and that coaches do their players a disservice by avoiding these basics.

The book is definitely written for coaches more than players or viewers of the game, and the young coach I showed the book to was very enthusiastic about it after quickly skimming the book.

Too bad the writing throughout this book is awkward, and I found the diagrams difficult to follow, so I didn't get much out of it. While reading, I felt strongly that these two authors are accustomed to explaining the drills verbally to their players, but not in English. I may be wrong, but I don't think English is their first language or even the main language they use on a daily basis. This book definitely needs an editor with a heavy hand who is willing to re-write the text to make it easier to understand. The book could also have been helped by some photographs, even simple, black & white ones.

Still, I recognize the potential value of this book to a coach who could probably more easily decipher the diagrams and written instructions than I. It looks like the more basic drills would work with young players, while the more complex drills would work well while coaching older kids or adults.

I'm grateful for the chance to read this book -- lacrosse is a beautiful game and I wish it was more popular here in Texas.

~bint

[Nicholas Blackwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like to learn about lacrosse this is a good book to help you understand lacrosse.

[Sasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this book is very well planned and written out. it has definitely sparked my interest for lacrosse. the photos are also a very good guide. this book is definitely a must have for lacrosse players everywhere

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

FTC Disclosure: I received this book free from Goodreads hoping I would review it.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

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