Boxer's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Boxing (Start-Up Sports series)
This latest entry in the Start-Up Sports series covers boxing, which, the author argues, offers a good aerobic workout, builds physical self-confidence, and promotes self-defense. Equipment suggestions, safety tips, and offensive and defensive skills and strategies are discussed, with sequential photographs lending clarity. The volume finishes with a brief boxing history, as well as a personal diary documenting Werner's supervised boxing lessons and sparring bouts. Although some boxing techniques, drills, and workouts are included, the book is not so much a how-to manual as a general overview of an ancient sport. Includes glossary and a list of helpful resources, though some of the suggestions, like "just type in boxing" when looking for Web sites, are less than helpful.Sue-Ellen Beauregard