- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Crowood Pr (June 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1847971687
- ISBN-13: 978-1847971685
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.6 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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#113,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #83 in Books > Sports > Miscellaneous > Reference
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Product Description
Providing a comprehensive guide for the aspiring and improving croquet player, this overview deals with basic skills and outlines how to avoid and eradicate common problems. An in-depth coverage of modern tactics is also presented, focusing on the building blocks of break play and examining in detail how each element works before bringing it all together. There is advice on how to repair a bad situation when everything has gone wrong, how to exploit a good situation when everything is going well, and how to regain the initiative when the opponent is storming ahead. Whether your interest is in developing an understanding of top-class, championship-level tactics; in improving your play at handicap level; or even in just playing at home, this is an invaluable handbook for all aficionados.
About the Author
James Hawkins is the editor of the online magazine croquetworld.com. He is qualified as an official croquet handicapper, tournament referee, and championship manager. He has held the title of the Croquet Association's Coach of the Year, has served on the Association's National Coaching Committee, and now has responsibility for the training of new coaches around the country. He is the former editor of the Croquet Gazette.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Croquet strategy, Sep 20 2010
By Brian F - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Complete Croquet: A Guide to Skills, Tactics and Strategy (Paperback)
The book is a modern and up to date coverage of a long established traditional sport.The information is well presented and readily usable by croquet players of all level, from absolute beginners to advanced international standard players. All should gain useful information from the book.
There are also useful comments on the present state of the game and possible future developments
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Advanced Instruction with Beautiful Pictures. Why didn't anyone think of this before?, Nov 29 2010
By Timothy Rapuano - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Complete Croquet: A Guide to Skills, Tactics and Strategy (Paperback)
As the title suggests, this book is a soup to nuts reference. While it based on International Play, many American Rules players will find it invaluable, because the topics on break running will be the same.However, that can be said for just about any book out there. What really sets the book apart is that it is (1) modern with great photographs of the current players from all over the world (including UK, New Zealand, Australia AND USA) and (2) it includes advanced level tactics (including peel sequences, leaves etc), and explains them well. For some reason or another, these two elements seemed unable to coexist in any other croquet book.
So what is there not to like? Nothing.
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