Rugby Skills Tactics and Rules - 2008 publication.

Williams, Tony

FirrflyBooksLtd,2008

Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules

John McKittrick

Bloomsbury

Product Description 
A highly illustrated and fully revised guide to the key components of rugby union. Now in its fifth edition, Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules has earned a reputation as the best book for learning the fundamental skills of rugby union. It provides an attractive, easy-to-read and straightforward discussion of the key components of the game, from player positions and tactics to different kinds of set plays, passes and moves. This great-looking book cuts through the jargon and tells coaches and players what they really need to know. Key features include: - Color photos of top players from around the world- Sections on the tactics and strategies needed to win the game, including the basic skills of running, passing and tackling- Specially created diagrams to explain critical aspects of moves and tactics- Drill variations- A user-friendly glossaryThis is essential reading for anyone looking to get the most from their game. 
 Review 
[Review of earlier edition: ] Make[s] lavish use of color photographs to illustrate the basic positions, general and specialized skills, tactics, and rules of the game. These photographs and the occasional diagrams greatly enhance the clearly written text ... Recommended for most sports collections, junior high and above.-- (11/15/2000) 
 About the Author 
Tony Williams is a sports journalist and writer of over 25 books including All Blacks biographies and a Super-12 series.

Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules 5th edition

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McKittrick, John

Exercise & Fitness

Bloomsbury Sport

Second only to soccer as an internationally loved field game, the hard-hitting sport of rugby is growing in popularity in North America. This spirited guide to the game is packed with superb, full color, action photographs of great players from around the world demonstrating fantastic rugby tackling, scrummaging, rucking, mauling, kicking, lineouts and running. The authors, experts with international experience as players and coaches, describe the many tactical and skill aspects of the game: Scrums; Passing; The Lineout; Kicking; Rucks; Backline Attack; Mauls; Blind-Side; Attack; Tackling; The Try; Backline Defence; Rules; and Running. 
 High-impact photographs and concise, no-nonsense text combine for an action-packed guide to the modern, skillful game that is top-class rugby. Rugby Skills, Tactics &amp; Rules will excite, entertain and enthrall players at all levels and rugby fans young and old. A 32 page section details the rules, plus sidebars throughout relate great, historic moments from international rugby play.

Reference

Hunter, Gordon

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Firefly Books

A comprehensive, action-packed guide to playing rugby. 
 Rugby is the fastest-growing contact sport in North America. This hard-hitting game, long popular at college campuses, is now being played at high schools and community parks. 
 The new edition of the best-selling Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules presents the latest information on all aspects of the game, along with an updated list of useful addresses. The book also features exciting images from the 2007 World Cup, including expert captions that describe the very latest skills and tactics used at the highest level. 
 Features include:
<ul>
<li>All the tactics and skills of the game at every level -- for beginners, experienced players and coaches</li> <li>Over 150 color photographs with captions explaining player positions and strategies</li> <li>Basic and specialized skills</li> <li>Coaching, including training, team patterns and motivation</li> <li>The rules and laws of the game, including playing field dimensions</li> <li>Fascinating trivia and amusing stories from around the world.</li> </ul>
 Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules is packed with superb, full-color action photographs of the sport's greatest players in action. Complete with glossary, a rules section, updated addresses and websites, this book has everything a player, coach or fan needs to enjoy the game.

Sports & Outdoors

Bunce, Frank

Other Team Sports

Makes lavish use of color photographs to illustrate the basic positions, general and specialized skills, tactics, and rules of the game. These photographs and the occasional diagrams greatly enhance the clearly written text... Recommended for most sports collections, junior high and above. -- Library Journal (on the previous edition) 
 A comprehensive, action-packed guide to playing rugby, updated to reflect the 2011 Rugby World Cup. 
 New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team has been the most consistently successful in the history of the sport. It is the team to beat year in, year out, and the value of New Zealand coaches is recognized worldwide. 
 Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules teaches the basics of rugby the hard-hitting New Zealand way. Illustrated throughout with action photographs of star players, the text is written by experts with considerable experience at the international level, including former All Black center Frank Bunce. 
 This new edition of the best-selling Rugby Skills, Tactics and Rules presents the latest information on all aspects of the game. It features exciting images from the World Cup and captions that describe the skills and tactics used by champion teams. 
 Features include: 
<ul>
<li>Tactics and skills for beginners, experienced players and coaches</li> <li>Over 150 color photographs with captions explaining player positions and strategies</li> <li>Basic and specialized skills</li> <li>Coaching, including training, team patterns and motivation</li> <li>Set plays, passes and moves</li> <li>Fascinating trivia and amusing stories from around the world</li> <li>Glossary, 32-page rules section, updated addresses and websites. </li> </ul>
 This action-packed book has everything a player, coach or fan needs to enjoy the thrilling game of rugby.

Rugby sevens is a faster and more free-flowing game of rugby than the fifteens. Played with seven per side on the same-sized field as fifteens means fewer defenders with more space to cover and a far faster pace. 
 Rugby Sevens: Skills, Tactics and Rules describes how to enjoy playing sevens and also how to win. All aspects of the game are covered including choosing a team, coaching and conditioning, set formations and technical elements, team tactics and the role of team captain and much more. 
 The book includes 100 photographs of international male and female players in action, including team USA. Utah-born Maka Unufe of the USA Rugby Sevens is on the front cover. 
 The chapters in this book are: 
<ul>
<li> A Brief History of Sevens </li> <li> A Sevens Team </li> <li> Set Pieces -- Kickoffs, Scrums, Line Outs, Penalties and Dropouts </li> <li> Defensive Techniques </li> <li> Essential Sevens Skills </li> <li> The Breakdown </li> <li> Offence </li> <li> Penetrating and Scoring </li> <li> Tactics </li> <li> Quality Control </li> <li> Conditioning </li> <li> Rules of Sevens. </li>
</ul>
 Sevens is an international game followed by legions of fans. Its restoration as an Olympic sport for men and women at Rio 2016 will introduce the exciting sport to millions of new fans and will undoubtedly inspire many new players.

Rugby Sevens: Skills, Tactics and Rules

Rush, Eric

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