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Lacrosse: The Player’s Handbook
(Sterling Publishing, 2007)
Get in on all the fast-paced, high-scoring action of lacrosse!
Lacrosse is often described as an X-Games type of sport: exciting,
quick and very cool. And now you’re ready to play or coach it.
Unlike football, where size and bulk can give you an edge on the
competition, or basketball, where a height advantage can make you a
star, lacrosse requires players to be fast and good with a stick, both
of which are skills that you can cultivate with training and practice.
This comprehensive guide covers all the fundamentals—from the basic
rules and gear to the finer points of technique and practice drills—for
both male and female players. Follow this professional advice, and
you’ll be able to compete with the best.
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From pg. 26
Even when the game wasn’t used as a prelude to battle, the early rough
and tumble version of lacrosse was absolutely warlike. Besides the hard
and fast rule that, with only a few exceptions, the ball should never
be touched with the hands, there were virtually no rules. Maneuvers
that would draw fouls today, such as tackling, wrestling, tripping,
charging, ramming, slashing and striking with the stick, were not only
permitted but encouraged. Since they wore no protective gear of any
kind, not even shoes, Native American players were almost guaranteed to
emerge from a contest bloodied and battered…
From pg. 57
In the classic movie The Graduate, a man pulls Dustin Hoffman’s
character aside, puts an arm around his shoulders, and dramatically
whispers one word: “plastics.” This scene would be perfect to kick off
a documentary about lacrosse.
In the late 1960’s, several American and Canadian companies were
experimenting with synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of
lacrosse sticks. Former All-America lacrosse player Dick Tucker, who
became president of William T. Burnett Company in Baltimore, was a
pioneer in this effort. Tucker applied the knowledge he had gleaned
from working with durable urethane materials used in shoes, car
bumpers, and tires to the production of lacrosse sticks…
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