Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies [NOOK Book]

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Packed with numerous offensive and defensive drills

The fun and easy way to get the score on coaching youth lacrosse

Looking to volunteer as a lacrosse coach? This friendly guide helps you grasp the basics and take charge on the field. You get expert advice on teaching essential skills to different age groups, determining positions for each ...

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Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies

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Overview

Packed with numerous offensive and defensive drills

The fun and easy way to get the score on coaching youth lacrosse

Looking to volunteer as a lacrosse coach? This friendly guide helps you grasp the basics and take charge on the field. You get expert advice on teaching essential skills to different age groups, determining positions for each player, promoting teamwork, keeping kids healthy and injury-free, helping struggling players, and leading your team effectively during a game.

Discover how to:

  • Teach lacrosse fundamentals
  • Encourage good sportsmanship
  • Coach fun-filled practices
  • Ensure safety on the field
  • Communicate effectively with parents
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781118052228
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 2/8/2011
  • Series: For Dummies Series
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 368
  • Sales rank: 320,261
  • File size: 13 MB
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Meet the Author

The National Alliance For Youth Sports has been America’s leading advocate for positive and safe sports for children for more than 25 years. It serves volunteer coaches, parents with children involved in organized sports, game officials, youth sports administrators, league directors, and the youngsters who participate in organized sports. The Alliance’s programs are utilized in more than 3,000 communities nationwide by parks and recreation departments, Boys & Girls Clubs, Police Athletic Leagues, YMCAs/YWCAs, and various independent youth service groups, as well as on military installations worldwide. For more information on the Alliance’s programs, which are listed below, visit www.nays.org.

Greg Bach is the communications director for the National Alliance For Youth Sports (NAYS), a position he has held since 1993. Before joining NAYS, he worked as the sports editor of the Huron Daily Tribune in Bad Axe, Michigan, where he captured numerous writing awards from the Associated Press, Michigan Press Association, and the Hearst Corporation. He has a journalism degree from Michigan State University, which he earned in 1989, and is a devoted follower of his beloved Spartans in all sports. He’s also the author of Coaching Soccer For Dummies, Coaching Football For Dummies, Coaching Basketball For Dummies, and Coaching Baseball For Dummies.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Gearing Up to Coach Lacrosse.

Chapter 1: Teaching Lacrosse to Children.

Chapter 2: Setting the Stage for a Successful Season.

Chapter 3: Covering Basic Lacrosse Rules.

Chapter 4: Parental Guidance: Meeting Your Players’ Parents.

Part II: Fielding a Lacrosse Team.

Chapter 5: Managing Your Team.

Chapter 6: Conducting Fun-Filled Practices.

Chapter 7: Getting with the Drills.

Chapter 8: Making Game Day Memorable — For the Right Reasons.

Part III: Basic Training: Teaching Lacrosse Skills.

Chapter 9: Scoring with Offensive Fundamentals.

Chapter 10: Setting Defensive Fundamentals.

Chapter 11: Playing Lacrosse Offense.

Chapter 12: Playing Lacrosse Defense.

Part IV: Net Gains: Advanced Lacrosse Coaching.

Chapter 13: Refining Your Coaching Strategies.

Chapter 14: Taking Your Drills to the Next Level.

Chapter 15: Stepping Up the Offense.

Chapter 16: Tightening the Defense.

Part V: The Extra Points.

Chapter 17: Staying Healthy and Injury Free.

Chapter 18: Challenges Every Lacrosse Coach Will Face.

Chapter 19: Coaching a Lacrosse Travel Team.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 20: Ten Qualities All Good Lacrosse Players Possess.

Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Prepare Players for a Lacrosse Game.

Chapter 22: Twelve Tips to Help Goaltenders Excel in the Nets.

Index.

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