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Title: Rugby Skills, Tactics & Rules by Tony Williams, Gordon Hunter ISBN: 1-55209-546-0 Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd Pub. Date: 07 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good introduction to player skills and roles
Comment: This book is a good introduction to the roles of the players and the skills they have to learn. It would be suitable for someone new to playing rugby and wanting an overview, or a spectator wanting to learn more about what they are watching. There probably isn't enough detail in the descriptions for players wanting to improve their technique.
The book is loaded full of colour photographs of rugby players in action, mostly from New Zealand domestic matches and international matches. One thing I would have liked is more diagrams supporting the text (even in exchange for some of the photos). There are hardly diagrams at all.
The text is well-written and easy to understand.
Rating: 3
Summary: A nice start for novices
Comment: The book is very handy and actually has nice photographs, but it is targeted to a novice or a "fresh start" rugby enthusiast. Keeping this point in mind, it is a remarkable work, both in style and guise, because skills, tactics and rules are clearly explained.
The text is simple but quite serious, hence being rugby an "informal" sport, a better explanation should be devised for some particular events during the match. The lineout is a typical example: in fact the rule, which permit an aided 6-foot plus gentleman to hover in the air waiting for the oval, must have been thought up by a three-quarter who flew Harriers (the famous vertical landing fighter airplane!). This strange engagement is characterized by a devastatingly human exertion, that is the pathological damage this may cause the unsuspecting jumper's groin when his shorts is pulled sharply upwards by two herculean "thrusters"! So far for the tactics!!
Another amusing rule too seriously explained is when the front rows collapse during a set scrum. The refree (the usual scapegoat for italian fans!!!) gives a penalty against the prop that goes down first. He may be the less potent of the two, the more tired or simply could quite easily have slipped, but no!, the sanction is quick,steadfast and irrevocable: he did on purpose, shame on him! Since the international refrees are not robust specimen of human race, with large diameter trunks and necks, they wrongfully suppose that above huge necks there is little capacity for gray matter. So the modern prop will use this misconception to his advantage when there is a scrum nearby the Opposition try line. Thus, by all means, usually illegal, he will check the opposite prop's thrust while collapsing, therefore automatically gaining a penalty kick from the best position ever. That's what we call a teamwork!!
That said, I will recommend this volume to anyone interested in this wonderful game, but getting in touch with its rules for the first time.
Rating: 3
Summary: For Beginners Only
Comment: I bought this book based on the reviews, and I am dissappointed.
I am an intermediate player with a strong desire to improve, and possibly get into coaching after I stopped playing. I assumed that given the book's length that there would be much more detailed discussion of strategy, tactics, drills, etc. However, the book is more suited for a "coffee table". Even the description of the laws of the game at the end of the book are not very detailed, and offer no context for understanding current controversies in the sport (e.g. what should happen after a tackle, when a ruck is formed, what is permissible during rucks & mauls).
The book is loaded with pictures and the type is very large. It does describe the all of the positions and the basic mode of the play, but falls very short of helping intermediate through experienced players develop their skills, tactics, and knowledge of the rules of the game.
Buy it for the pictures or if you are new to the sport.
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Title: Rugby: Steps to Success (Steps to Success Activity Series) by Tony Biscombe, Peter Drewett ISBN: 0880115092 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Rugby by Robert Price, Maryanne Haselow-Dulin, Robert G. Price ISBN: 1932549196 Publisher: Price World Enterprises Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Rugby Training: Includes 100 Practice Drills by Stuart Biddle, Barrie Corless ISBN: 1852238976 Publisher: Crowood Press (UK) Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Total Rugby by Jim Greenwood ISBN: 0713645458 Publisher: A. & C. Black, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Rugby Tough by Bruce D. Hale, David J. Collins ISBN: 0736036784 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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