Weekend Warriors Book

[VTLaxFan]

I hate to post so many threads, but I just had to post this one. I already searched the boards for this topic, so I'm clean. I saw at my local B&N, that there is a book called Weekend Warriors: the men of the national lacrosse league. it comes out in april. here's the linkhttp://www.ipgbook.com/showbook.cfm?bookid=0942257383&userid=5811A354-803F-2B7A-70105EB4704192A4

[BClax17]

It supposed to be about how their lives are rather than about the game. Sound okay, not something you expect from an author from Florida. I was looking at it but it doens't come out here until April so could someone get it and tell me if it's worth reading.

[Irishlax22]

I will get it when it comes out in April and let you know how it is.

[Irishlax22]

I just finished reading Weekend Warriors. Its a pretty good book. It gives you details about the players lifes and what they have to do to accomadate there NLL schedule. The book is 130 pages. Its about 8 pages on every player. Its worth buying if you are a fan of the NLL.
List of players in the book
Dan Ladouceur
Regy Thorpe
Ryan McNish
Richard Morgan
Gavin Prout
Kasey Beirnes
Del Halladay
Bruce Murray
Kyle Sweeney
Armando Polanco
Marshall Abrams
Ryan Boyle
Brian Langtry
Chris Mckay
Pat Jones

[Canadian Lax]

is it sold in stores like chapters??? or only online??

[Irishlax22]

is it sold in stores like chapters??? or only online??
I got it at Amazon.com. I have not seen it in stores.

[Storm21]

i went to chapters the other day and they didnt have it, but the computer siad that most of them do but just not the one i was at, i was bummed

BUT i founf lacrosse for dummies hahaha i sat and read the whole thing haha its great

[The Shuster]

My overall opinion of the book was that it was not very good. Several obvious errors, mostly grammatical but some factual, and most of the players stories seemed incomplete. The idea for the book was good but unfortunately, the finished product was disappointing. I lost track of how many times the writer told us that to these players lacrosse is their second job. It seems like the writer rushed the printing and didn't really organize his thoughts well enough.

There were some bright spots to the book though. I enjoyed the few times the book really touched on the players thoughts and feelings and some of the hardships these players went through while playing for teams that couldn't afford to pay them. It also seems the writer might have some good material he didn't feel like sharing with us. Had the writer took the time to organize his thoughts (and maybe get the book edited) before printing this book could have been so much better.

I do think that NLL fans and even lacrosse fans in general might find some interesting info in this book. It may be slightly overpriced but it is a quick read so it won't take up much of your time, even if you are a slow reader. It is a good introductory book for those who are just getting into the NLL but might not be as interesting to those who have followed the league for several years.