Lacrosse Fundamentals

By Jim Hinkson

Book Overview

Here's a list to pay close attention to. Established in 1991, Warwick Publishing Inc. is among North America's fastest-growing producers of high-quality daily interest non-fiction books, with a list of over 100 titles in print. These books are solid sellers and have attracted strong loyalty with consumers across the continent -- an asset to any store's shelves.This list includes works by internationally acclaimed nature photographer Tui De Roy; best-selling sports writers Stan Fischler, Howard Berger and Ron McCulloch; popular television personality Chef Pasquale and hip 20-something food writer Amy Rosen; renowned business futurist Frank Feather, minority rights business author Anthony Stith, and the widely popular personal finance/lifestyle writer Charles Long, whose book How to Survive Without A Salary has sold over 150,000 copies.Warwick books have won or been nominated for numerous awards nationally and internationally; most recently, Nora Gold won the Canadian Jewish Book Award for her story collection, Marrow, and photographer Tui De Roy was nominated for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award (University of San Francisco) for her book Galapagos: Islands of Fire. Also, in 1997, Charles Long was short-listed for the Chapters/Books in Canada first novel award for Undefended Borders.Warwick principals, president James A. Williamson and publisher Nick Pitt have been part of government-initiated trade missions to China (August 1996 and September 1998) and Washington (March 1998).Profitable since its inception, Warwick went public in November 1997 on the Alberta Stock Exchange in Canada. It has seven full-time employees and an active list of regular freelancecontributors.Now, seven years and several thousands of coaching hours later, the world's foremost authority on the sport of lacrosse has further refinements to what is already the bible of the sport.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 (as the above reviews illustrate) and painstakingly illustrated, Lacrosse Fundamentals is ideal for coaches, parents, players and fans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894622642
• ISBN13: 9781894622646
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Warwick Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Hinkson keeps it simple!

If you're a beginner to the game of box lacrosse, this book will get you off on the right foot. Hinkson lays things out in simple format and uses photographs to emphasize his points, plus he tells you how to practice what you learn. Not everyone would agree will Hinkson's approach to the game, but his ideas aren't what one would call controversial either.Fans of the game will enjoy this one too, as they'll find their ability to follow the game improves.

Excellent book for learning the fundamentals of box lacrosse

Lacrosse players, young and old, would find this book very useful to start playing the game or if players want to hone their skills. The book is very well detailed , from players basic stick skills, individual offense, individual defense, face-offs, to goaltending. Also, for you coaches out there, I highly recommend buying this book.

great for box, indoor or canadian style lacrosse

Jim Hinkson's books (see also Lacrosse Team Strat.) are a valuble resource for the indoor lacrosse player coach or fan. While "Fundamentals" covers the individual skills each player will need to successfully play indoor lax, "Team Strat." covers understanding, developing, and coaching indoor lax plays - both offence and defense, man-up or short-handed. This 'team strategy' book may be for what the 'fan-only' is looking for a deeper understanding of the game. "Lacrosse Fundamentals" has a wonderful foreward by Chief Irving Powless, Jr. of the Onondaga Nation that describes, in the small space available, the vast importance the game of lacrosse holds for he and his people. Enjoy

great book for young box lacrosse players and coaches

I have coached teenage box lacrosse teams for 6 years now. I require my players to keep a team file folder into which they are to place and review things like drills, plays, strategy, etc. Several chapters from this book have also been photocopied by me and put in their files. The author has played and coached lacrosse for over 30 years and is recognized as one of the foremost box lacrosse authorities, along with Jim Bishop, his old mentor-coach, in Canada. He also has a second book out now on box lacrosse strategies, which you don't list. A must read for those wanting to know about "the fastest game on two feet"

Tips for indoor (box) lacrosse players

A good book for beginning lacrosse players, written by one of the game's top instructors. This book concentrates on the indoor game, also known as box lacrosse or boxla, and focuses on techniques for individuals, rather than team strategy. Using pictures to illustrate his points, Hinkson is especially helpful for young players and adult beginners, (the chapter on indoor goaltending helped me to improve my game in an adult recreational league). Check out Hinkson's other lacrosse titles, including "the fastest game on two feet" which is difficult to find, but deals in depth with team strategy for the indoor game, and his new book, "winning lacrosse strategies," for tips on the field game.