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Book SynopsisHow to play, improve one's game-and become a better fan of- lacrosse With its new ten-year deal with ESPN in 2007, and weekly airtime on ESPN2, lacrosse has hit the big times. Once a Native American pastime, lacrosse is now a major league franchise with almost half a million players in organized teams.
Table of ContentsForeword xxv
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started 7
Chapter 1: Lacrosse and You 9
Chapter 2: Suiting Up: Buying the Right Equipment 17
Chapter 3: Meeting the Team 27
Chapter 4: Laying Down the (Lacrosse) Law 43
Part II: Playing Lacrosse 63
Chapter 5: Getting the Ball into the Goal: Developing Offensive Skills 65
Chapter 6: Putting the Ball in the Goal: Shooting Fundamentals 89
Chapter 7: Keeping the Ball out of the Goal: Developing Defensive Skills 101
Chapter 8: Goaltending 115
Chapter 9: The Possession Game 125
Chapter 10: Practicing Team Offense and Defense 139
Chapter 11: Calling on the Special Forces: Specialty Teams 157
Chapter 12: Becoming a Better Lacrosse Player — Physically and Mentally 171
Part III: Coaching Lacrosse 195
Chapter 13: Fundamentals of Coaching Lacrosse 197
Chapter 14: Developing Your Coaching Philosophy for the Offense 207
Chapter 15: Coaching Defensively 231
Part IV: Following Lacrosse: The Fan’s Point of View 247
Chapter 16: How to Watch Lacrosse 249
Chapter 17: Getting in the Game 263
Chapter 18: Keeping Up with the Pros 271
Part V: The Part of Tens 283
Chapter 19: Ten of the Greatest Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Players 285
Chapter 20: Ten Reasons to Get Excited about Lacrosse 289
Chapter 21: Ten Interesting Facts about Lacrosse 293
Glossary 297
Appendix: Resources 307
Index 313
