Book Description

Excerpt from Field Hockey for Players, Coaches, and Umpires About fifty years ago field hockey was a new game to Americans. Since that time it has made a place for itself throughout the country. It is played in junior and senior high schools, private schools, colleges, universities, and organized city and sectional clubs. Hockey enthusiasts from many parts of the United States participate in the yearly national tournaments conducted by the United States Field Hockey Association, and touring teams made up of the best players represent the United States in matches played in foreign countries. Not only because of its enthusiastic leaders and its thorough national and sectional organization but also because of the innate appeal of this fast-moving game, hockey has become the most popular outdoor team sport among American girls and women. Everyone who plays the game acquires a deep personal satisfaction from well-executed strokes and proficiency in her position on the team. A cooperative team spirit and an increased sense of sportsmanship develop in all who participate. The game offers excellent recreational opportunities for young and old, alike. This book is dedicated to those who enjoy the game and who want to learn more about the intricacies of its make-up. Prepared for player, coach, and umpire, this book covers equipment, individual skills, team tactics, and umpiring techniques and integrates the materials to show the relationship of one to the other. With the aid of photographs the authors tell how to execute each stroke and how to use the stroke in game situations. They mention practice procedures to help the player develop skillful stickwork. Then duties of each of the eleven players on offense and defense are discussed. Special attention is given to forward-line tactics in passing, dodging, and shooting for goal; backfield strategy in marking, backing up, and covering; and goaltending maneuvers in the striking circle. The many diagrams show a "perfect" attack or defense response to a stated game situation. These illustrations help a player visualize her function in relation to her teammates and to her opponents and assist a coach in her explanation of player-movements and teamwork on the field. No person can be well versed in field hockey unless she understands the umpire's part in the game. The book, therefore, covers the technique of umpiring in detail, from before-game duties, positioning, and signaling, to the umpire's prerogatives in innumerable game situations. In many ways the field hockey vocabulary is unique. So that the inexperienced and uninitiated will have a ready reference for unfamiliar words and expressions, the book concludes with an extensive glossary of field hockey terms. One of the authors of the book, Betty Shellenberger, posed for the photographs which illustrate hockey techniques. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.