J. T. Hankinson on Sport
About the Book Series
This 6-volume set, first published between 1946 and 1951, was groundbreaking at the time for its use of action photographs to illustrate sporting techniques. J. T. Hankinson was Sports Master at a boys’ school and the pupils were pictured in the photographs to accompany his coaching methods. The first four books on team sports were primarily aimed at schools but contained enough instructional detail they would also have appealed to more mature players wanting to improve their game. The following two covering individual sports also had wide appeal. Today they can be viewed as a historical record of coaching style and school sport in the mid-twentieth century.
Cricket for Schools
1st Edition
By J. T. Hankinson
May 10, 2025
Originally published in 1946, this was primarily a cricket book for schools and contained much that was new at the time. It was written by a schoolmaster, produced in a school, and a unique feature was that the action photographs are of boys who were at that time in the school team. The author had ...
J. T. Hankinson on Sport: 6 Volumes
1st Edition
By J. T. Hankinson
May 10, 2025
This 6-volume set, first published between 1946 and 1951, was groundbreaking at the time for its use of action photographs to illustrate sporting techniques. J. T. Hankinson was Sports Master at a boys’ school and the pupils were pictured in the photographs to accompany his coaching methods. The ...
Lawn Tennis
1st Edition
By J. T. Hankinson
May 10, 2025
Originally published in 1951, in Lawn Tennis Mr Hankinson produced something that was outstandingly original at the time. The intention was to teach the game from the very beginnings, and to this end the written description was reduced to a minimum, and, so far as possible, the teaching was built ...
Rugby Football for Schools
1st Edition
By J. T. Hankinson
May 10, 2025
Originally published in 1946, this companion volume to the author’s cricket book deals with rugby football coaching and practice in schools. It is written by a schoolmaster, it was produced in a school, and a unique feature is that the action photographs are of boys who were at that time in the ...
Soccer for Schools
1st Edition
By J. T. Hankinson, A. H. Chadder
May 10, 2025
Originally published in 1948, having written the first three books of this series alone, Hankinson is here joined by a colleague, A. H. Chadder. At the time many would have remembered Mr Chadder’s distinguished play at centre half for the Corinthians, and he had for some years been in charge of ...
Squash Rackets
1st Edition
By J. T. Hankinson
May 10, 2025
Originally published in 1949, in Squash Rackets, Mr Hankinson produced something that was outstanding. The written description was reduced to a minimum, and the teaching was built up round the photographs – and these were remarkable for the time. For the first time action photographs illustrated ...
Hockey for Schools
1st Edition
By J. T. Hankinson
May 09, 2025
Originally published in 1947, this book, the third of the series, deals with hockey coaching and practice in schools. It was produced in a School, and once again the action photographs are of boys who were at that time in the School Team. The author had considerable experience in the coaching of ...