Full Description
For thirty years Bob Scott's Lacrosse has been the ultimate guide to the "fastest game on two feet," explaining the men's game at its highest level and promoting the Johns Hopkins philosophy, which has become synonymous with lacrosse excellence. In this long-awaited updated edition, Coach Dave Pietramala, whose Blue Jays won the 2007 and 2005 NCAA men's lacrosse championships, and Neil Grauer, a Hopkins graduate and veteran writer on lacrosse, among other subjects, have reworked every chapter, modernizing sections on rules, equipment, preparation, and tactics. They revisit topics such as drills and skills for specific positions, game strategy, clearing tactics, and the history of the game itself-including a section on the Johns Hopkins contributions to lacrosse. New diagrams and images help to clarify concepts and instructions in the text. Action and instructional photos by Hopkins photographer James Van Rensselaer capture some of the drama from the 2005 championship year and accompany the teaching chapters. Like the Bob Scott book on which it builds, this edition will soon become familiar to every serious student of the sport.
Contents
Preface
Part I: The Game and Its History
1. The Game of Lacrosse
2. A Brief History
3. The Rules
4. What Makes a Player
Part II: Techniques and Tactics
5. Fundamentals
6. Individual Offense
7. Team Offense
8. Extraman Offense
9. Individual Defense
10. Team Defense
11. Transition
12. Man-Down Defense
13. Goaltending
14. Clearing
15. Riding
16. Face-offs
17. Drills
Part III: Lacrosse at Johns Hopkins
18. Building the Tradition, 1883-1974
19. The Modern Era, 1975-2000
20. Into the Twenty-first Century
Index
