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Spine: .72 Sports ™ 2nd Edition Your complete guide to Making Everything Easier! the fastest growing sport 2nd Edition in North America! Open the book and find: Whether you’re a player, coach, or fan of field or box lacrosse, • What makes women’s lacrosse this friendly guide explains everything you need to know unique Lacrosse about the game. From the basic rules of the men’s and • How to read referees’ signals women’s games and the fundamentals of passing and catching to advanced offensive and defensive strategies, • Helpful tips from star college and you’ll discover how to get the most out of this exciting sport. professional players Lacrosse • Traits every great goalie • Understand the essentials — meet the players on the field and must have floor, discover how the game is played, and get to know the rules • How lacrosse is similar to • Get equipped — choose the perfect stick and select protective basketball and hockey gear that gives you the freedom to move • The ingredients for effective • Become a better player — bone up on basic technique, develop special teams your passing and catching skills through drills, and learn how to evade defenders and stop offensive players • Mental and physical conditioning plans to keep you game-ready • Improve as a team — investigate how your team can play as one — both offensively and defensively — to increase your chances of • Profiles of the top players victory • Coach like a pro — figure out what style of play suits your team, draw up winning game plans, and keep your players sharp Learn to: • Cheer from the sidelines — find the best ways to follow lacrosse on television, online, or in print; check out the top high school • Understand the field, box, and women’s and college teams; and keep up with the pros in the MLL and NLL Go to Dummies.com® games for videos, step-by-step examples, how-to articles, or to shop! • Get the proper equipment • Improve your offensive and defensive skills • Keep up with college and professional games $25.99 CN / $21.99 US / £15.99 UK Jim Hinkson has coached at every level of lacrosse, from house league to ISBN 978-0-470-73855-9 professional. He has authored five books on lacrosse and coaching. Joe Lombardi is a multimedia journalist and was named man of the year in 2008 by the Lacrosse Coaches Association of the Hudson Valley in New York. Jim Hinkson Hinkson Lombardi Joe Lombardi Get More and Do More at Dummies.com® Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include • Checklists • Charts • Common Instructions • And Other Good Stuff! To access the Cheat Sheet created specifically for this book, go to www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/lacrosse Get Smart at Dummies.com Dummies.com makes your life easier with 1,000s of answers on everything from removing wallpaper to using the latest version of Windows. Check out our • Videos • Illustrated Articles • Step-by-Step Instructions Want a weekly dose of Dummies? 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Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Hinkson, Jim Lacrosse for dummies / Jim Hinkson. - - 2nd ed. ISBN 978-0-470-73855-9 1. Lacrosse. I. Title. GV989.H55 2010 796.34’7 C2010-900179-6 Printed in the United States 1 2 3 4 5 RRD 14 13 12 11 10 01_738559-ffirs.indd iv 2/10/10 10:46 PM About the Authors Jim Hinkson: Jim has been involved in the game of lacrosse since he was 19. He played lacrosse for 11 years and was a member of six Canadian national minor championship teams. He has coached at every level of lacrosse, from house league to professional, participating in two Canadian junior championships, and winning one. He also coached teams in Toronto, Whitby, and St. Catharines, Ontario, as well as the New York Saints and New Jersey Storms, who competed in the National Lacrosse League. Hinkson, who grew up on a farm in Oshawa, Ontario, has authored fi ve books on lacrosse and coach- ing. Hinkson was the primary author of the fi rst edition ofLacrosse For Dummies, which focused mainly on box lacrosse. Joe Lombardi: Joe is one of the most established, respected, and versatile multimedia journalists in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. He has worked as an editor and reporter for daily and weekly newspapers; as a writer for national magazines; as a host, announcer, and analyst on television and radio; and as associate publisher and contributor for several sports-related Web sites, including Rivals.com, CBS MaxPreps (www.maxpreps.com), and LaxLessons.com. One constant throughout Joe’s career has been his work on the lacrosse scene. He was a fi xture on the scene during the sport’s rapid growth. A New York City native, Joe grew up in historic Irvington in New York’s Hudson Valley region. In 2008, he was named Man of the Year by the Lacrosse Coaches Association of Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York). A graduate of the University of Dayton in Ohio, Joe is the primary author of Lacrosse For Dummies, 2nd Edition. 01_738559-ffirs.indd v 2/10/10 10:46 PM 01_738559-ffirs.indd vi 2/10/10 10:46 PM Dedication For Chuck Howard, a sports broadcasting pioneer, who taught me about lacrosse and broadcasting, and who would’ve loved to have seen the popularity the sport he loved now enjoys. —Joe Lombardi 01_738559-ffirs.indd vii 2/10/10 10:46 PM 01_738559-ffirs.indd viii 2/10/10 10:46 PM Authors’ Acknowledgments Jim Hinkson: Thanks to my former teammates, players, and friends in lacrosse who have touched my life as I journeyed along my whirlwind lacrosse path. From Oshawa to Brooklin to Detroit to Peterborough to Windsor to Philadelphia to Rexdale to Whitby to St. Catharines to New York to Toronto to New Jersey, it has been a great ride with lots of ups and downs. Joe Lombardi: I’ve watched and covered hundreds of men’s and women’s lacrosse games, but writing this book allowed me to enjoy a true fi rst: I became a student of the game. Many thanks to the countless coaches and players for all their invaluable insights and for their eagerness and openness to help.