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Lacrosse
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This excellent book provides an enjoyable introduction to the game of lacrosse. With great enthusiasm, Howard Liss tells the history of this native American sport, and provides the reader with complete information about how lacrosse is played today and the skills needed for participation. Mr. Liss trace lacrosse from the Indiam game of “baggataway,” a rough-and-tumble version often played by entire tribes and refereed by medicine men. He describes the creation of formal lacrosse teams during the nineteenth century, and outlines the spectacular present-day increase in the game’s popularity. In detail, Mr. Liss reports on the equipment used in modern lacrosse, the players’ positions, the playing field, rules, individual skills, and the common forms of tactic and strategy on offense and defense. Advice on developing sound ability is offered throughout, and a glossary of terms used in lacrosse is included. More than forty drawings, diagrams, and action photographs show how ten men can combine physical skill and good thinking to carry a team effort through to final victory in the great American game called lacrosse.
This excellent book provides an enjoyable introduction to the game of lacrosse. With great enthusiasm, Howard Liss tells the history of this native American sport, and provides the reader with complete information about how lacrosse is played today and the skills needed for participation. Mr. Liss trace lacrosse from the Indiam game of “baggataway,” a rough-and-tumble version often played by entire tribes and refereed by medicine men. He describes the creation of formal lacrosse teams during the nineteenth century, and outlines the spectacular present-day increase in the game’s popularity. In detail, Mr. Liss reports on the equipment used in modern lacrosse, the players’ positions, the playing field, rules, individual skills, and the common forms of tactic and strategy on offense and defense. Advice on developing sound ability is offered throughout, and a glossary of terms used in lacrosse is included. More than forty drawings, diagrams, and action photographs show how ten men can combine physical skill and good thinking to carry a team effort through to final victory in the great American game called lacrosse.
96 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1970
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