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Overview
This exciting new series explores different sports, describing how and where you play them as well as the equipment and gear you'll need. There are tips on training and on practicing techniques. The books also feature heroes of the sport, with photos of them in action at the world's greatest competitions.
In this book you can find out all about soccer and learn how to develop your skills as a player.
Clear, friendly text
Highly illustrated, with pictures of children demonstrating techniques and shots of famous soccer players in action.
Fascinating facts and statistics with historical flashbacks and record-breaking performances
Glossary and index
Synopsis
This exciting new series explores different sports, describing how and where you play them as well as the equipment and gear you'll need. There are tips on training and on practicing techniques. The books also feature heroes of the sport, with photos of them in action at the world's greatest competitions.
In this book you can find out all about soccer and learn how to develop your skills as a player.
Clear, friendly text
Highly illustrated, with pictures of children demonstrating techniques and shots of famous soccer players in action.
Fascinating facts and statistics with historical flashbacks and record-breaking performances
Glossary and index
Children's Literature
Coming to us from the UK is this "Know Your Sports" series for serious beginning athletes. Unlike many such series, this book includes step-by-step instructions of specific moves and techniques, with accompanying photos (demonstrated, in this volume, by adult player-models). The book's first twelve two-page spreads introduce readers to the sport and its Laws of the Game, show a diagram of a soccer field, and discuss training and uniforms (special emphasis is given to soccer shoes). Other pages explain ball control and passing, in text and image. Two sections are devoted to the vital skills of running, dummying, dribbling, and attacking, while two more cover goal scoring and defending. Later spreads explain the art of clean tackling and the special talents of goalkeepers. Pages are spacious and neatly designed, and the text is succinct, although it is clumsy in its use of singular and plural pronouns. Players and spectators alike will appreciate a sprinkling of color photos and information about soccer stars like the famous Pele, American Mia Hamm, Italian Paolo Maldini, and Brazil's Marta. A final spread lists statistics about World Cup winners and goals scored as well as a glossary of soccer terms and some appropriate websites. This series could be helpful for individual players or used as a supplement in a school sports program. Reviewer: Barbara L. Talcroft