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Soccer Coaching Tips: Learn What Youth Soccer Is All About
Have you ever imagined how a handful of secret youth soccer coaching tips can help you build a great soccer team The possibility is no because it is a general belief that you need to invest years in the game to be even eligible to coach a young soccer team. The following are some important kids soccer drills that help them emerge victorious.
Soccer is about being fit, skilled, thorough, and planned. Help the kids be aware of that. Begin with the fundamentals. Help the kids understand everything about soccer, regular workouts, food and drink, team spirit and so on. It is necessary that you are not the only one talking always. Motivate the kids to talk to you. There is only one way to make the kids love soccer and it is to be friendly to them.
Be very cautious executing youth soccer coaching drills. Talk to the kids before practice sessions. The instructions should not be very long. A session that lasts for 30 minutes, do not devote more than 10 minutes to initial briefing. Stay away from the field while the kids are enjoying their practice session. Take note of the mistakes being made and address them afterwards or during the breaks. When you interfere in a session, it will irritate the players, so do it only when it is absolutely necessary. These soccer coaching tips are known to be successful.
Feedback is essential but should be carefully drafted. The players are young and vulnerable. A dialog with them should be undertaken considering their sensibilities. It is suicidal to use foul language. It is important for you to understand that kids have both strengths and limitations at this tender age. Also, listen attentively. At times, even young players have powerful ideas that can be translated into great results.
Parents naturally have a great interest in how their kids are progressing. Try to involve them as much as you can. This is mainly because they will not be spending the whole day with you. A lot depends on the parents to guide and help their kids in achieving their goals. Communication is the key to keep the ideas flowing from both the sides. Conduct these get-togethers prior to or post teaching sessions to gain maximum advantage out of these. Please ensure that kids are not a part of these meetings. You can have their parent’s consent only when they know in detail about your plan, its scope and objectives.
Kids must stay motivated to continuously work towards the stated goals and it depends on how well their hard work is recognized. Praise works better and faster than money in taking the confidence level to the next level. Kids will positively stretch themselves to their limits when they see greater challenge with respect to work. In the case of soccer conditioning, don’t get carried away in your attempt to figure out the level of stamina and mental strength of the kids.
Always be doubly sure about it. Like any other sport, youth soccer is also an interesting game which requires a lot of hard work, immense focus and constant practice in order to be successful. Nothing can stop you from creating an extraordinary team built on the foundations laid down by these soccer coaching tips. Even a diamond in its raw form needs polishing by a professional, so you must also become a part of our youth soccer coaching facility to go places in your profession.
About The Author:
Andre Botelho is known online as “The Expert Youth Soccer Coach” and his free ebooks and reports have been downloaded more than 100,000 times. Learn how to skyrocket your players’ skills and make training fun in record time. Download your free soccer coaching ebook at: http://www.soccerdrillstips.com – Youth Soccer Training Drills.
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Scholastic Reader Level 1: Soccer Game! $0.90 Rhyming text and spirited illustrations take readers through the exciting ups and downs of a neighborhood soccer game. … |
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Soccer: One-On-One $5.60 The team that wins the most one-on-ones wins the game. For this reason systematic and deliberate training in one-to-one behaviour is an important element of soccer training, and this book aims to describe in detail everything players and trainers need to know about it…. |
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101 Great Youth Soccer Drills: Skills and Drills for Better Fundamental Play $9.95 101 Great Youth Soccer Drills is an exhaustive collection of the very best drills available, providing a solid foundation for you to build your players’ skills. Filled with simple step-by-step instructions and diagrams, plus a sample practice program, this encyclopedia of drills provides you with solid skill-building fundamentals as well as the advanced techniques you need to get your players in t… |
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 $16.00 Pro Evolution Soccer makes its return this fall, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012! This year, Konami is determined to give global football fans a truly realistic, immersive and a delightfully playable take on the beautiful game. Creative Producer Shingo “Seabass” Takatsuka has been sourcing the desires of fans across the globe and working non-stop on marrying the digital game to the real life game so fan… |
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FIFA Soccer 12 $39.99 FIFA Soccer 12 brings to the pitch the game-changing new Player Impact Engine, a physics engine built to deliver real-world physicality in every interaction on the pitch. All-new Precision Dribbling delivers a higher fidelity of touch on the ball for attacking players, while Tactical Defending fundamentally changes the approach to defending by placing equal importance on positioning, intercepting… |
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Little Tikes EasyScore Basketball Set $30.95 18 months – 5 years. This basketball set from Little Tikes grows as fast as toddlers by adjusting to six heights from 2 1/2 to 4 feet. Includes an oversize rim and a junior size basketball. Base must be weighted with sand (not included). 22″L x 23 3/4″W x 60″H…. |
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2008 Major League Soccer Season $21.33 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 2008 Toronto Fc Season, 2008 Kansas City Wizards Season, 2008 Houston Dynamo Season, 2008 New York Red Bulls Season, 2008 Chicago Fire Season, Mls All-Star 2008, 2008 Mls Expansion Draft, 2008 Mls Superdraft, 2008 Mls Supplemental Draft, Mls Reserve Division 2008, 2008 Mls Cup. Excerpt: The 2008 MLS season was the second season in Toronto FC’s existence. The club’s season began on March 29, 2008 in an away game against Columbus Crew, which resulted in a 2-0 loss. The club’s first goal of the season was scored by Maurice Edu on April 5, 2008 in a 4-1 loss against D.C. United. Source: BMO Field article on April 9, 2008 As of October 26, 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate number of games started.Updated to games played October 26, 2008. Player is no longer with teamLeft club at start of the season but later rejoined under a new contractGA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; CS = Clean sheets Updated to games played October 26, 2008. Carolina Challenge Cup Last updated: October 30, 2008Source: 2008 Major League Soccer seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference… |
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A Game For All Seasons $17.99 The night air was crisp, even at the 72 degrees that enveloped the 2000 fans that sat and watched as the Westland Dragons took on the Dallas Sting for the U-21 Women’s National Soccer Championship at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Field. Both teams had battled to a 1-1 tie over 90 minutes, and now both were coming to the end of the second 15-minute overtime tied at one goal apiece. A shoot-out was inevitable, and how ironic I thought. This is how it all began for this team; this is what set this team apart from others when they were only 12 years old back in the fall of 1994. The whistle of the center official sounded and I knew what lie in store for our girls. They had been here before; they had all been through so much. Ashleigh, Jessie and Kendall were all on the bench due to injuries, and our back-up keeper, Christa, was asking me why she had to do this. I knew this time was different, this time it was for so much more than a trophy or a title. This time it was for all the games, all the seasons and all the players that had come and gone. This was going to be a game of a lifetime – this was their game for all seasons.The Lady Dragons were born on July 7th, 1994, and I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a warm night, and the heat of the day had parched the already dry field to a golden brown, with spots of green, as 45 young 12 year old girls showed up in mass to a tryout for the “New Premier team” about to be formed. Forty-five young girls all with the same dream: to someday play Women’s Major League Soccer. But now, it was a much smaller dream that lie ahead, they were all very sure that they would be the one, the one out of 45 that would catch the Coach’s eye and be chosen to be part of the 18 player roster. |
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A Great Soccer Tournament $23.4 The book A Great Soccer Tournament is about a soccer team that plays at a tournament.The tournament is held in upstate Michigan and the kids have all the excitement one can have. Between lots of fun, hard work, determination, and adventures, they will also experience the fun of playing on a typical chilly early morning, having car lights as the only source of showing them the dimensions of the field.A Great Soccer Tournament is for all of those, children and adults, who love the game of soccer and who make a simple tournament a great one-filled with the best you can have in life: family, friends, the sharing of happiness, fun, and lessons you can keep forever. |
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African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World’s Game $16.95 From Accra and Algiers to Zanzibar and Zululand, Africans have wrested control of soccer from the hands of Europeans, and through the rise of different playing styles, the rich rituals of spectatorship, and the presence of magicians and healers, have turned soccer into a distinctively African activity. African Soccerscapes explores how Africans adopted soccer for their own reasons and on their own terms. The Confédération Africaine de Football democratized the global game through antiapartheid sanctions and increased the number of African teams in the World Cup finals. The unfortunate results of this success are the departure of huge numbers of players to overseas clubs and the influence of private commercial interests on the African game. But the growth of the women’s game and South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 World Cup also challenge the one-dimensional notion of Africa as a backward, “tribal” continent populated by victims of war, corruption, famine, and disease. |
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Argentine Football (Soccer) Rivalries: Supercl sico $9.91 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Superclásico is the name used to describe the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of “clásico” to mean derby, with the prefix “super” used as the two clubs are the most popular and successful clubs in Argentine football. According to some statistics, commandeering more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them, with Boca claiming 40% and River 32%. The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of the fiercest and most important derbies. In April 2004, the English newspaper The Observer put the Superclásico at the top of their list of “50 sporting things you must do before you die”, saying that “Derby day in Buenos Aires makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about.” The two clubs both have origins in La Boca, the working class dockland area of Buenos Aires, with River being founded in 1901 and Boca in 1905. However, River moved to the affluent district of Núñez in the north of the city in 1925. Since then Boca Juniors has been known as the club of Argentina’s working class or the people’s club, with many Boca fans coming from the local Italian immigrant community. Boca fans are actually known as Xeneizes (Genoese). By contrast, River Plate became known by the nickname, Los Millonarios (The Millionaires), with a supposedly upper-class support base. Both clubs do though have supporters from all social classes. The first ever recorded Superclásico was a friendly played on 2 August 1908, when Boca prevailed 2-1. The first official match was played on 24 August 1913, with River winning 2-1. The Superclásico is particularly noted for the passion of the fans, with what the BBC describe as “a sea of colourful flowing |
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Arsenal All 4-1: A Guidebook to an Historic Season Straight from Highbury’s Gooner Grapevine $22 Arsenal All 4-1 is a week-by-week account of the Gunners 2003-2004 undefeated exploits. It provides an in-depth description of the season’s legion of snakes and ladders—send offs and resultant suspensions, mad refereeing decisions, game-changing goals and heart-stopping howlers. It is a tale of ten tantalizing months of trains, planes, and automobiles, from one of the privileged few ever-present Gooners who’ve witnessed this wonderful odyssey from the terraces. Re-live this scintillating season of total soccer as revealed in the sort of charismatic reports which could have only come from a Gooner who cut his teeth on the tedious triumphs of the Arsenal’s infamous flat back four. |
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Australian Expatriates in the Netherlands: Brett Emerton, Jason Culina, Aurelio Vidmar, Alex Brosque, Joey Didulica, Brett Holman $11.02 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Brett Emerton, Jason Culina, Aurelio Vidmar, Alex Brosque, Joey Didulica, Brett Holman, David Mitchell, Zenon Caravella, Don Hany, Mike Petersen. Excerpt: Alex Brosque (born 12 October 1983 in Sydney , Australia ) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Sydney FC in the A-League competition. Club career In 2001 Brosque, aged 18, began his career playing for Marconi Stallions in the now defunct National Soccer League . In three seasons at the club he made over 50 appearances and was considered one of Australia’s best prospects having been voted NSL Under-21 Player of the Year for consecutive seasons in 2003 and 2004. His form at club and international level attracted international attention, and after the conclusion of the 04-05 NSL season Brosque signed for Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam . He was immediately loaned out to Belgian club Westerlo where he struggled due to an ankle injury, making only sixteen appearances and scoring two goals. Queensland Roar With the creation of the new A-League Brosque returned to Australia, signing for Queensland Roar . Brosque, along with his team, struggled in front of goal for much of the 05-06 season (at one point Queensland led the league in total shots but was second last in goals scored ) before scoring four times in the last three games of the season to nearly take his team to the A-League semi finals . Brosque won the inaugural Reebok Golden Boot along with Stewart Petrie , Archie Thompson and Bobby Despotovski with 8 goals. Sydney FC Alex Brosque playing for Sydney FC On 11 February 2006 Alex Brosque announced his move to then champions Sydney FC . He joined the club for the A-League 2006-07 season on a three year contract. Brosque played his first game for Sydney against his former club Queensland |
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Australians of Russian Descent: Alexander Prokhorov, Kostya Tszyu, Kate Alexa, Daria Joura, Alex Jesaulenko, Tatiana Grigorieva $19.94 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Alexander Prokhorov, Kostya Tszyu, Kate Alexa, Daria Joura, Alex Jesaulenko, Tatiana Grigorieva, Michael Gudinski, Rene Rivkin, Jonathan Guerreiro, George Washington Lambert, Ian Rubin, Alexandra Aikhenvald, Jennie George, Henry Harris, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov, Irina Lashko, Steve Abbott, Ios Teper, Sam Obst, Alex Popov, Viktor Chistiakov, Tania Verstak, Fyodor Sergeyev, Vladimir Verbitsky, Evdokia Petrova, John Gastev, Shannan Mcpherson, Robert Campbell, Oleg Sushkov. Excerpt: Alex ‘Jezza’ Jesaulenko MBE (born 2 August 1945 in Salzburg , Austria ) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game’s greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame . He immortalized his reputation in the game by taking the Mark of the Century in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. In 2009 The Australian nominated Jesaulenko as one of the 25 greatest footballers never to win a Brownlow medal . Early life Alexander Jesaulenko (Ukrainian : ) was born in Salzburg , Austria to a Ukrainian father and Russian mother. The family emigrated to Canberra, Australia in 1949 from Ukraine . The family name was originally spelled Esaulenko, but on arrival in Australia a ‘J’ was mistakenly added to the name by immigration officials. Initially the young Jesaulenko played soccer and rugby union at St Edmund’s College and did not start playing Australian Rules Football until he was fourteen years old. He began playing at the Eastlake Football Club in Canberra. Carlton career Jesaulenko made his senior VFL debut in 1967, after interest from other clubs, such as North Melbourne, whom he later revealed had selected him in their senior side, but when the letter was posted through the slot in his door, it went under the carpet and wasn’t |
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Baffled Parents’ Guide To Coaching Indoor Youth Soccer $19.95 “I only wish when I was a youngster playing indoor soccer for the first time, my coach had a book like The Baffled Parent’s Guide to Coaching Indoor Youth Soccer.”— Bobby McAvan, Head Coach, Baltimore Blast, 2002-03 Major Indoor Soccer League Champions “The Baffled Parents Guide to Coaching Indoor Youth Soccer should be applauded for its effort to help raise the interest, enjoyment, and quality of one of the fastest-growing sports in the world.” — Don Shapero, President, United States Indoor Soccer Association The first and only complete guide to coaching indoor soccer for kids Out on the field, you’ve become a master at coaching your kids’ soccer team. But now they’re taking it indoors—and it’s a whole new ball game. Indoor soccer is becoming the most popular version of America’s number-one family sport. Millions of kids all over the country are clamoring to play this fast-paced, high-scoring game that leaves outdoor soccer in the dust—and speed is the key. Very different from its slow-moving cousin, indoor soccer is a lot like hockey. The ball stays in continuous play, ricocheting off the boards and never going out of bounds. That means faster play and total action. Technique, performance, and speed are the essential ingredients of the game and a good coach must know the ins and outs of dribbling, passing, and ball control. Don’t know the first thing about indoor soccer? Don’t despair. Fully endorsed by the United States Indoor Soccer Association, The Baffled Parent’s Guide to Coaching Indoor Youth Soccer will not only get you through the game, it will also help you become the coach you’d like to be—the coach who can give kids the total sports experience they deserve. Inside, you’ll find everything a baffled coach needs to succeed: Learn the game’s rules and objectives Survive your first practice and first game Teach basic skills |
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Beautiful Game: Sixteen Girls and the Soccer Season That Changed Everything $0.01 Once nobody noticed Santa Rosa’s Thunder. They were a ragtag team of girls who wanted to play soccer, and no one took them seriously. Their male coach expected little from his “ladies, ” and their mediocre performance convinced them he was right.Then a kind of miracle happened. Emiria Salzmann, Thunder’s new coach, a top player herself, knew what it took to win—discipline, relentless drills, thigh-burning sprints, and an inspired passing game. The girls hated it, but their coach never let up. Tough and determined, she showed them what it felt like to be winners—and they loved it. As the momentum grew with a string of victories, the girls thrived on the competition, believing they had the right stuff to become champions.They were right! With spirits soaring, Thunder won its league on the last day of the season and headed for the state cup, emerging not just as powerful athletes but as strong, confident, emotionally healthy human beings—champions in the game of soccer, and in the game of life. |
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Bogota Bandit: The Outlaw Life of Charlie Mitten, Manchester United’s Penalty King $5.26 This is the story of Charlie Mitten, the man the FA once admitted was the greatest outside-left England ever had, but who stepped out of line as a trailblazer in the player’s contract revolution, walking out on club and country in 1950 to play in South America. During one short season with Bogota Santa Fe, Mitten won a place in South American folklore as orchestrator-in-chief of one of the most sensational upsets in soccer history—a makeshift Combian XI’s victory over the newly-crowned world champions, Uruguay. Rejecting an offer from Real Madrid, Mitten returned to Britain only to find he was a football outlaw, frozen out by the FA selectors and by United who refused to take him back. After a spell at Fulham, he went into management at Mansfield and Newcastle, but his attempts to produce a more skilful approach to the game and his warnings of an impending soccer hurricane from South America were largely ignored. |
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COACHING 6, 7 & 8 YEAR OLDS $9.99 WHY WE HAVE CHANGED?The first edition of Coaching 6, 7 & 8 Year Olds was written in collaboration with Bobby Howe, at that time the Director of Coaching for the Washington State Youth Soccer Association, later Director of Coaching for the United States Soccer Federation. That was a long time ago (1988) . . . One year later we published Coaching 9, 10 & 11 Year Olds.Until recently, we hadn’t changed a word in either of them. Why? Like the Energizer Bunny they just kept on going, and going and going . . . !Over 100,000 copies of each of the originals have been sold. As I’m sure you would understand, we were reluctant to change. Consequently, nothing did except the photographs of the two authors. The book didn’t age, but the authors did!Since 1989, we have learned so much. So now it is time to change in order to update and improve the books, but at the same time, we will retain much of the core content that has worked so well.The 21st Century has given as another great technological opportunity – digital printing.We are now able to customize, modify and change the content of the manuals and the covers at will. We can update with every printing. And we can print just one book or 1000. So if, for instance, the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association wants their version of Coaching 6, 7 & 8 Year Olds, we can do it. If the Franklin Pierce Club only needs 10 customized copies of 9, 10 & 11 Manual for the coaches of their small club, we can do that too!And if we come up with the newest game that children think is a blast, we can insert that in the very next print.Tony Waiters |
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Canadian Futsal Players $10.09 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only.* Appearances (Goals) Alexander ‘Alex’ Bunbury (born June 18, 1967 in Plaisance, Guyana) is a former Canadian professional footballer, who played as a striker. Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers in Canada, also having one-year spells in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra. In 1993, after an unassuming season for West Ham United (only six appearances overall), he moved to Portugal’s C.S. Marítimo, going on to become the Madeira club’s all-time leading goalscorer in the first division, with 59 goals in 165 games. In his second season, he won the Foreign Player of the Year award. His final season proved to be the most prolific, when he scored 15 league goals. In early 1999, after requesting a move to play closer to his hometown of Montreal, Bunbury returned to North America, and retired after two seasons with the Kansas City Wizards of the Major League Soccer. Subsequently, he took up coaching, first with Bangu FC, then at the Minnesota Thunder Academy (MTA). Bunbury was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in April 2006. Bunbury played in all three of Canada’s games at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union. He made his senior debut in an August 1986 Merlion Cup match against Singapore, and went on to earn 64 caps, scoring 16 goals. Bunbury ranked third in the all-time scorer’s list, and fifth in caps (June 17, 2008). He represented Canada in 28 World Cup qualifiers and played at the inaugural 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship. His final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game after which Paul Dolan, Geoff Aunger, Frank Yallop… More: |
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Cape Cod Crusaders Players: Ethan Zohn, Russell Payne, Neil Warren Jones, Scott Palguta, Troy Perkins, F lix Brillant, Ryan Johnson $22.07 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ethan Zohn, Russell Payne, Neil Warren Jones, Scott Palguta, Troy Perkins, Félix Brillant, Ryan Johnson, Yan Klukowski, Joseph Ngwenya, David Bulow, Drew Mcathy, Evan Bush, Dayton O’brien, Ryan Pierce, Luke Vercollone, Ricardo Pierre-Louis, Joey Worthen, Kurt Morsink, Kevin Wylie, Bryan Harkin, Ricky Schramm, Neil Krause, Joel Theissen, Andrew Weber, Brian Levey, Matthew Nelson, Francis Okaroh, Chris Corcoran, Stanley Nyazamba, Edens Chery, Nathaniel Short, Jason Massie, Kevin Gnatiko, David Mahoney, Dan Stratford, Paul Chase, Eoin Lynch. Excerpt: Andrew Weber (born August 9, 1983 in Phoenix, Arizona ) is an American soccer player who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer . Career Youth and College Weber played college soccer at the University of New Mexico , and played club soccer for the Tempe Pros. He also played with the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League , and was part of the squad which won the 2003 PDL title. Professional Weber began his professional career with D.C. United , signing as a developmental player on June 3, 2005, after impressing during a one-week trial. Although he did not play a game in Major League Soccer , he did take part in three match-ups with United s reserve team. Weber joined Montreal Impact in the USL First Division in April 2006, and went on to make 29 appearances for the Québécois team over the next two years. Weber signed with the San Jose Earthquakes on February 11, 2009 and made his league debut on September 27, 2009 in a 2-1 win vs D.C. United . Honors Cape Cod Crusaders See also (online edition) References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at item Personal information item Full name: Brian Levey item Date of |
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Carlo Ancelotti: The Beautiful Games of an Ordinary Genius $7.45 The entertaining, revealing, and controversial bestselling autobiography of one of the most respected figures in the world of soccer. Carlo Ancelotti is one of only six people to have won the Champions League—European soccer’s most coveted trophy—as both player and coach. After a successful career playing for several of the most important teams in Italy—and for the Italian national team—Ancelotti went on to become one of the most acclaimed and outspoken coaches in European football, managing Italian giants Parma, Juventus, and Milan before moving to Chelsea, one of the Premier League’s most successful clubs, in 2009. The book moves from anecdotes of his life growing up in Reggio Emilia to stories of his time playing among the best footballers in the world. With a characteristic mixture of sharp insight and humor, Ancelotti explores the differences between the Italian and the English games, shares his thoughts on soccer’s future with the MLS in America, and reflects on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. With a preface by the legendary former captain of the Italian national team, Paolo Maldini, this book is at once a tactician’s bible from one of the world’s most celebrated footballing minds, the fascinating story of an ordinary man reaching great heights, and in part a revealing tell-all from an outspoken insider in the cut-throat world of European soccer. The perfect book for anyone with a passion for the beautiful game. |
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Carlo Ancelotti: The Beautiful Games of an Ordinary Genius $25 The entertaining, revealing, and controversial bestselling autobiography of one of the most respected figures in the world of soccer. Carlo Ancelotti is one of only six people to have won the Champions League—European soccer’s most coveted trophy—as both player and coach. After a successful career playing for several of the most important teams in Italy—and for the Italian national team—Ancelotti went on to become one of the most acclaimed and outspoken coaches in European football, managing Italian giants Parma, Juventus, and Milan before moving to Chelsea, one of the Premier League’s most successful clubs, in 2009. The book moves from anecdotes of his life growing up in Reggio Emilia to stories of his time playing among the best footballers in the world. With a characteristic mixture of sharp insight and humor, Ancelotti explores the differences between the Italian and the English games, shares his thoughts on soccer’s future with the MLS in America, and reflects on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. With a preface by the legendary former captain of the Italian national team, Paolo Maldini, this book is at once a tactician’s bible from one of the world’s most celebrated footballing minds, the fascinating story of an ordinary man reaching great heights, and in part a revealing tell-all from an outspoken insider in the cut-throat world of European soccer. The perfect book for anyone with a passion for the beautiful game. |
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Dad’s Masterpiece: The Patricia Masotto Story $22.5 On a playground in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, a willful and talented eight-year-old girl named Pat makes the life-changing decision to become a soccer player. But not only does she play, she excels.This is the story of Patricia Louise Masotto, a superior and gifted athlete who began her promising future in sports in the summer of 1972. Her focus, competitiveness, and determination inspired her fellow teammates as well as her coach, father, and number-one fan, Peter Masotto. Follow the story of father and daughter, coach and player as they begin their journey from Massapequa, on to travel teams in high school, and, finally, to college soccer teams. A life-changing story that will inspire and encourage, Dad’s Masterpiece: The Patricia Masotto Story is a testament to the life of a young woman’s passion for the game and her father’s unending love for his daughter.About the author:Jeffrey M. Clark’s twenty-year writing career includes speeches, corporate correspondence, and political campaign material. While assigned to write an acceptance speech for Peter Masotto, Mr. Clark became inspired by Pat’s story and felt compelled to write an account of her amazing life. Mr. Clark lives in Mineola, New York with his wife, Maureen, and their six children. The Patricia Masotto Story is his first published book. |
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Expatriate Footballers In Vietnam $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only andcorrect as of 7 tháng 2, 2009. National team caps and goals correctas of 2 tháng 7, 2007.* Appearances (Goals) Lee Nguyen – Nguyn Th Anh (born October 7, 1986) is a Vietnamese-American soccer midfielder who currently plays for V-League club Becamex Bình Dng FC. Nguyen grew up in Dallas and played for Dallas Texans, one of the nation’s elite youth teams. Nguyen was coached by club founder Hassan Nazari and later David Hudgell in his senior year won several tournaments with the team, including the Dallas Cup, Disney Showcase, and Region III Championships (twice). Nguyen also won a National Championship in the U-18 age bracket and finished in third place in the Nation in his U-16 year. A winger with creative dribbling skills, he has represented the United States national team as a member of its youth squads. He was the only high school player to be named in the U.S. squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and was named the 200405 Gatorade National Boy Soccer Player of the Year. Nguyen turned down an offer from Major League Soccer, choosing instead to accept a scholarship to Indiana University. Despite doubts about his size and athleticism, Nguyen showed little trouble adjusting to the more physical nature of the college game. Soccer Times and Soccer America both named him their national Freshman of the Year on the strength of his five-goal, twelve-assist campaign in autumn of 2005. He played one year at Indiana before pursuing a professional contract overseas after his freshman year. Nguyen played for the U.S. at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, and was noticed by famed Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, then at PSV Eindhoven. Nguyen signed for P… More: |
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Extra Special $8.72 Boomer the kangaroo loves to play and have fun just like the other animals. He longs to join the group playing soccer in the park after school. But there’s just one problem: his big foot often causes him to fall over when he runs. Ashamed and hurt when the other animal kids tease him, Boomer tends to stay on the sidelines, reluctant to risk anything new. Fortunately, his mother lets him know how much she loves him and assures him that his difference is God’s way of making him “extra special.” Still, Boomer has a hard time knowing how to fit in with his peers.Then one day, Boomer and his mother see the group about to start a soccer game in the park. Before he can stop her, Boomer’s mother suggests he join in. What will happen when he finally takes a chance?Boomer discovers that, regardless of our challenges, all things are possible with God. If we are willing to make ourselves available and have faith in him, he will use us in his service and prove that our supposed problems can indeed make us extra special. |
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Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics: Student Workbook $2.49 “Flockhart’s books make math fun again. Teachers, students, and parents will love this program.”—Jeffrey R. Thomas, founder and CEO, SportsBuff.com;president, Fantasy Sports Trade AssociationThis workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents. The games and activities in Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics were created to get you excited about learning and practicing math, even if you are not a big sports fan.Here’s how it works. You will create a Fantasy Baseball team by picking real-life players, and then follow your players’ statistics and calculate your teams’ total points using one of the equations your teacher provides. In addition to the basic Fantasy Baseball game, your workbook contains reproducible worksheets for extra practice on 46 different math concepts.So join the winning math team with Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics!Also available in the Fantasy Sports and Mathematics series:Fantasy Basketball and MathematicsFantasy Football and MathematicsFantasy Soccer and Mathematics |
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Fantasy Soccer and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents, Grades 5 and Up $24.95 A great new way to getall kids excited about math!Fantasy sports are a hit worldwide, and now teachers and parents can take advantage of this phenomenon to give students a reason to look forward to doing math. The games and activities in Fantasy Soccer and Mathematics will get kids excited about learning and practicing math, even if they’re not big sports fans. With this fun-filled educational resource, you can teach one math concept or many, and plan lessons that can last for a week or a whole season.Here’s how it works. Students create fantasy teams by picking real-life professional soccer players, and then follow their players’ statistics and calculate their teams’ total points using algebraic or nonalgebraic methods specifically designed to complement the math skills they’re learning. The instructions are easy to follow and the dynamic hands-on games address all learning styles and abilities. The book includes more than 100 scoring systems that give you the flexibility to customize the content according to your students’ skill levels.In addition to the basic Fantasy Soccer game, the book contains easy-to-use lesson plans, reproducible worksheets for extra practice on 46 different math concepts, graphing activities, quizzes, a pre- and post- test, and an answer key. More than just a fun way to learn math, the book’s activities also support the NCTM Math Standards.”‘This is the greatest assignment ever!’ Hearing that from one of my students was more than enough to know that I had a great way to get them to enjoy learning mathematics. Thanks for putting this great program together. We LOVE IT!”—Jeff Thompson, math teacher,Walt Morey Middle School, Troutdale, Oregon”I have used Fantasy Sports and Mathematics for the past two years in my preservice math education classes. It is an outstanding curricular example of making learning meaningful and connected.”—Tim Van Soelen, education instructor,Dordt |
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Fernando Torres: Liverpool’s Number 9 $1.99 Updated to include the 2009 season, this fascinating and affectionate look at the phenomenon that is “El Nino” includes his secret wedding to girlfriend Olalla and the recent birth of his daughter Fernando Torres is already a soccer idol: his pacy runs and instinctive goal scoring has won the hearts and minds of millions of fans. This biography explores his rise from child prodigy to one of the greatest players on earth.  Fanatical about the great game from an early age, Fernando joined Atletico Madrid in 1995 at just 11 and three years later was voted best under-15 player in Europe. A few seasons on, and after many stunning goals, Torres was named Atletic’s youngest ever captain, going on to score 21 goals in 2003–4. Since signing to Liverpool, Torres has not looked back. Torres was the highest foreign goal-scorer in a debut season in Premier League history with 33 goals in 2007–8. To top it all off, he produced an incredible performance to lead Spain to victory at Euro 2008, scoring the winning goal in the final. |
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Football (Soccer) Television Series: Phoenix From the Flames, Football’s Next Star, Hurricanes, Whistle!, Fantasy Football League $20.12 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Phoenix From the Flames, Football’s Next Star, Hurricanes, Whistle!, Fantasy Football League, the Real Football Factories International, Fc Zulu, Mike Bassett: Manager, Renford Rejects, Son Amores, the World Game, Just for Kicks, David Beckham’s Soccer Usa, Jossy’s Giants, Football Focus, Premier Passions, Fox Football Fone-In, on the Ball, Fifa Futbol Mundial, Hero to Zero, World Cup Live, Fox Soccer Report, Presspass, Football Icon, Soccer Academy, Soccer Dreams, Soccer Made in Germany. Excerpt: Phoenix from the Flames was a regular feature on the BBC/ITV show Fantasy Football League, which involved presenters David Baddiel and Frank Skinner recreating a famous moment from footballing history with one of the people involved at the time. Up the last episode of the programme, on July 3, 2004, the number of recreations had reached 84. The Loveday-King sketch (No. 68) of Fantasy World Cup was broadcast in the final programme of that series. When Fantasy Euro 2004 started, the first sketch involving David Seaman had the caption “72″ on it, and all following sketches went on from that. It’s unclear whether more sketches were broadcast in the years before, or if the makers of the programme simply got their figures wrong. The following have all been the subject of Phoenixes but the numbers in what they appeared are not known by this author. A sketch in this made-for-video special involved a NASA astronaut entering David and Frank’s flat asking for fourteen Phoenix’s to make up part of a football time capsule to shoot into space to educate extraterrestrial life forms of the game. After finding only thirteen (numbers 1, 5, 9, 2, 14, 21, 3, 10, 6, 19, 11, 15 and 20, in that order) the astronaut revealed himself to be Dave Beasant – they then went o… More: |
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Game-Day Jitters (Kickers Series #4) $8.32 Filled with on-the-field soccer scenes, black-and-white artwork, and sports statistics throughout, this short novel—ideal for newly independent readers, athletes, and all sports fans—follows nine-year-old Ben and his fourth-grade team, the Bobcats, as they race to the Kickers League playoffs. Ben knows he’s one of the team’s strongest players, but he’s been struggling with the jitters. He’s just freezing up on the field. Can he pull through for his teammates now that they really need him? |
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Game-Day Jitters (Kickers Series #4) $12.99 Filled with on-the-field soccer scenes, black-and-white artwork, and sports statistics throughout, this short novel—ideal for newly independent readers, athletes, and all sports fans—follows nine-year-old Ben and his fourth-grade team, the Bobcats, as they race to the Kickers League playoffs. Ben knows he’s one of the team’s strongest players, but he’s been struggling with the jitters. He’s just freezing up on the field. Can he pull through for his teammates now that they really need him? |
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Game-Day Jitters (Kickers Series #4) $2.71 Filled with on-the-field soccer scenes, black-and-white artwork, and sports statistics throughout, this short novel—ideal for newly independent readers, athletes, and all sports fans—follows nine-year-old Ben and his fourth-grade team, the Bobcats, as they race to the Kickers League playoffs. Ben knows he’s one of the team’s strongest players, but he’s been struggling with the jitters. He’s just freezing up on the field. Can he pull through for his teammates now that they really need him? |
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Girls Can Too! $12.6 Kim and Michelle loved to play soccer. They loved passing. They loved juggling. They loved dribbling. But, they had a problem. The boys would never let them join the game because “Girls can’t play.” What will happen one day when one of the third grade classes goes on a trip? Will Kim and Michelle finally get a chance to play? Will they get to show the boys “Girls can too?” |
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Grammar For Grownups $11.95 Grammar for Grownups presents a quick-and-easy reference guide to common grammatical usage. Its small size makes it convenient to keep in a briefcase, purse, or even a jacket pocket. While the book takes grammar seriously, it maintains a light and breezy tone.Grammar for Grownups excludes much of the technical explanation that you learned in school, but subsequently forgot. In the book, the author gives grammatical “bullet points” to help refresh your memories and bring your speech back to a professional level. These “bullet points” address the trouble spots, the commonly made mistakes that the author observed while conducting interviews. Ms. Adubato has worked as a news reporter in various television markets around the country. Often, these mistakes would ruin a perfectly good sound-bite and lessen the credibility of the speaker.Ms. Adubato acknowledges in her introduction that “no one speaks perfectly all the time,” but eliminating these gaffes from your everyday speech will help you to make a good impression from the board room to a sales call, at your child’s soccer game or on that all-important job interview. |
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Hakoah Sport Clubs $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Jews in Sports, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.c., Hakoah Vienna, Sydney City Soccer Club, Melbourne Hakoah, New York Hakoah, Hakoah Tel Aviv F.c., Brooklyn Hakoah, Hakoah All-Stars, Hakoah, Jødisk Idrætsforening Hakoah, Fc Hakoah, New York Hakoahs, Club Náutico Hacoaj. Excerpt: Brooklyn Hakoah is a former United States soccer team club based in Brooklyn, New York that played in the American Soccer League .Brooklyn Hakoah I Originally formed by former players of SC Hakoah Wien , they played in the American Soccer League in 1929. They then merged with New York Hakoah of the ESL, to become Hakoah All-Stars .Year-by-year Brooklyn Hakoah II The name was revived during the 1948-49 ASL season when, after just one game, financial trouble caused the owners of the Brooklyn Wanderers to sell the club. New owners took over the team and renamed them the Brooklyn Hakoah. Just before the 1956-57 season, the club merged with the New York Americans to form a new New York Hakoah .Year-by-year A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Club Náutico Hacoaj is a Jewish sports club in Buenos Aires , Argentina . Initially it was created with the name Club Náutico Israelita on December 24, 1935. The club is called Náutico to underline its rowing activities.Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at FC Hakoah , is an association football club based in Zürich , Switzerland . It is a Jewish club.See also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Hakoah (Hebrew : ) means “The Strength” and may refer to any one of these Jewish sport organizations: begin{sloppypar item Hakoah Vienna (SC Hakoah Wien), an athletic club in Austria that is the origin of the Hakoah name item |
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How to Coach a Soccer Team: Professional Advice on Training Plans, Skill Drills, and Tactical Analysis $14.95 Tony Carr knows what it is to be a great coach—some of his students in London’s famed West Ham United Academy have gone on to earn international honors. Here are the secrets of his success, illustrated in detail and arranged to follow a full season, from the first session to the final game. Carr explains how to assess players and provides complete training sessions, including warm-ups and cool-downs. He devotes a full chapter to ball skills—a bedrock of the game—as well as to team play, goalkeeping, and problem-solving. There’s a section of set plays and one with small-sided games that includes suggested conditions for the players to follow and coaching points. No would-be coach can do without it.TONY CARR is a preeminent youth soccer coach, who has worked with many European soccer stars. He lives in England. |
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I’m Allergic to School!: Funny Poems and Songs about School $11.95 This book contains 18 hilarious poems and songs about the funnier-than-fiction misadventures that occur every day at school, such as ripping pants on the playground, stapling shirts to shoelaces in art class, having embarrassing “accidents” at the kindergarten concert, and scoring unlikely game-winning soccer goals. Pottle has performed these poems in schools from coast to coast, so it’s no surprise they passed Meadowbrook Press’s poetry panel testing with flying colors. The four-color illustrations by Mike and Carl Gordon that accompany each poem/song are equally entertaining and giggle-packed!Robert Pottle is one of the most prolific and popular “Giggle Poets” in North America. He is coauthor of Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot, and his poems are featured in five other Meadowbrook Press anthologies of humorous poetry. His 20 best poems and songs are now featured in his first solo poetry collection, I’m Allergic to School! It contains humorous depictions of everyday events only a former teacher could capture in print.Moonbeam Book Awards 2008 SILVER AWARD: Children’s Poetry |
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Ice Hockey Statistics $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Penalty, Tie, Goal, Plus-Minus, Shot on Goal, Point, Assist, Goals Against Average, Shot Quality, List of Top Goal Scorers in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, Save Percentage. Excerpt: In ice hockey , an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal , meaning that they were “assisting” in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal. The assists will be awarded in the order of play, with the last player to pass the puck to the goal scorer getting the primary assist and the player who passed it to the primary assister getting the secondary assist. If a player scores off of a rebound given up by a goaltender , assists are still awarded, as long as there is no re-possession by that goaltender, meaning he or she did not have complete control of the puck.If a player passes the puck to another player who then completes a give-and-go with a different player for a goal, the player who made the pass that set up the goal gets a primary assist, while the player who passed to the eventual goal scorer before the give-and-go took place gets the secondary assist.If a team has possession and then loses possession to a player who then scores, there are no assists on the goal and therefore the goal is counted as “unassisted”.Players who gain an assist will get one point added to their player statistics. Players’ assist totals and goal totals make up their point totals.See also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Goals against average (GAA ) is a statistic used in ice hockey , water polo , lacrosse , and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender . It is calculated by |
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If You’re Second You Are Nothing: Ferguson and Shankly $28.64 Bill Shankly was one of ten children from an Ayrshire mining village. Alex Ferguson was a shipyard worker’s son who went on to become a toolmaker’s shop steward. Both of them enjoyed distinguished but not outstanding playing careers. Both of them raged against the might of the rich in their early managerial days, and both of course will be remembered as two of the mightiest figures in the history of the English game. There is a rich seam that links the epic lives of Shankly and Ferguson, running between their enemy soccer strongholds in Liverpool and Manchester. It goes deeper than the myriad achievements of both men—three league titles for Shankly, eight championships and a European Cup for Ferguson. What binds them is their long love affairs with soccer, which were so consuming that a tragic form of rejection was almost inevitable. Shankly felt betrayed by the club he had built from the ground up in the 1960s, and when he died from a heart attack in 1981 the deep rift between him and Liverpool had not been healed. Equally, with Malcolm Glazer’s takeover, Ferguson looks more and more like a man out of his time, a man whose once absolute authority over his players may be slipping. In this riveting dual biography Oliver Holt takes two of soccer’s undisputed greats and shows what made both men tick. In part a celebration of two driven, charismatic and hard-nosed characters, If You’re Second You Are Nothing is also a poignant evocation of men not knowing how to let go of the game to which they have given so much. |
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If You’re Second You Are Nothing: Ferguson and Shankly $15.95 Bill Shankly was one of ten children from an Ayrshire mining village. Alex Ferguson was a shipyard worker’s son who went on to become a toolmaker’s shop steward. Both of them enjoyed distinguished but not outstanding playing careers. Both of them raged against the might of the rich in their early managerial days, and both of course will be remembered as two of the mightiest figures in the history of the English game. There is a rich seam that links the epic lives of Shankly and Ferguson, running between their enemy soccer strongholds in Liverpool and Manchester. It goes deeper than the myriad achievements of both men—three league titles for Shankly, eight championships and a European Cup for Ferguson. What binds them is their long love affairs with soccer, which were so consuming that a tragic form of rejection was almost inevitable. Shankly felt betrayed by the club he had built from the ground up in the 1960s, and when he died from a heart attack in 1981 the deep rift between him and Liverpool had not been healed. Equally, with Malcolm Glazer’s takeover, Ferguson looks more and more like a man out of his time, a man whose once absolute authority over his players may be slipping. In this riveting dual biography Oliver Holt takes two of soccer’s undisputed greats and shows what made both men tick. In part a celebration of two driven, charismatic and hard-nosed characters, If You’re Second You Are Nothing is also a poignant evocation of men not knowing how to let go of the game to which they have given so much. |
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Jelleyman’s Thrown a Wobbly: Saturday Afternoons in Front of the Telly $1.99 Jeff Stelling is a legend among soccer fans. To the millions unable to get to their teams’ games on Saturday afternoons, the next best thing is undoubtedly the pleasurable company of Jeff and the Sky Sports videprinter for a cozy marathon on the sofa. If someone’s got to reveal that your beloved team have just gone 3–0 down away from home and had a man sent off, it’s best if it’s consummate professional Jeff who breaks the news to you. Avid Hartlepool fan Jeff knows our pain and shares our joy . . . but mostly he knows our pain. The long-time host of SkySports’ iconic Soccer Saturday show has become a cult figure, universally admired for his encyclopedic knowledge of the game, his genuine and unlimited enthusiasm for ALL levels of soccer, and his wicked sense of humor which makes the six-hour long show simply whiz by. Jellyman’s Thrown a Wobbly is a deliciously chaotic, hugely entertaining, anecdote-ridden, humorous taste of life in the Soccer Saturday studio. Hear what Jeff has to say about some of the show’s legendary pundits over the years—ex-players such as George Best, Rodney Marsh, Chris Kamara, Charlie Nicholas ,and Matt Le Tissier. Be a fly on the wall of the hotel bar on Friday nights as Jeff and his guests gather for a natter and few drinks. Get the inside track on all those great one-liners: “Mansfield Town’s Gareth Jellyman has been shown the red card for dissent. Looks like Jellyman’s thrown a wobbly.” “Darlington’s equalizer has been scored by Guyain Ndumbu-Nsungu. Very much a case of local boy makes good.” “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight.” “James Brown’s grabbed a second for Hartlepool. I feelgood!” Jellyman’s Thrown a Wobbly goes a long way to demonstrate how a six-hour long, studio-based show with no live action pictures and featuring men gazing into TV monitors which the viewer can’t see, can hold a huge audience enthralled every Saturday afternoon between August |
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Jelleyman’s Thrown a Wobbly: Saturday Afternoons in Front of the Telly $8.99 Jeff Stelling is a legend among soccer fans. To the millions unable to get to their teams’ games on Saturday afternoons, the next best thing is undoubtedly the pleasurable company of Jeff and the Sky Sports videprinter for a cozy marathon on the sofa. If someone’s got to reveal that your beloved team have just gone 3–0 down away from home and had a man sent off, it’s best if it’s consummate professional Jeff who breaks the news to you. Avid Hartlepool fan Jeff knows our pain and shares our joy . . . but mostly he knows our pain. The long-time host of SkySports’ iconic Soccer Saturday show has become a cult figure, universally admired for his encyclopedic knowledge of the game, his genuine and unlimited enthusiasm for ALL levels of soccer, and his wicked sense of humor which makes the six-hour long show simply whiz by. Jellyman’s Thrown a Wobbly is a deliciously chaotic, hugely entertaining, anecdote-ridden, humorous taste of life in the Soccer Saturday studio. Hear what Jeff has to say about some of the show’s legendary pundits over the years—ex-players such as George Best, Rodney Marsh, Chris Kamara, Charlie Nicholas ,and Matt Le Tissier. Be a fly on the wall of the hotel bar on Friday nights as Jeff and his guests gather for a natter and few drinks. Get the inside track on all those great one-liners: “Mansfield Town’s Gareth Jellyman has been shown the red card for dissent. Looks like Jellyman’s thrown a wobbly.” “Darlington’s equalizer has been scored by Guyain Ndumbu-Nsungu. Very much a case of local boy makes good.” “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight.” “James Brown’s grabbed a second for Hartlepool. I feel good!” Jellyman’s Thrown a Wobbly goes a long way to demonstrate how a six-hour long, studio-based show with no live action pictures and featuring men gazing into TV monitors which the viewer can’t see, can hold a huge audience enthralled every Saturday afternoon between |
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Kickers #4: Game-Day Jitters $5.99 Filled with on-the-field soccer scenes, black-and-white artwork, and sports statistics throughout, this short novel—ideal for newly independent readers, athletes, and all sports fans—follows nine-year-old Ben and his fourth-grade team, the Bobcats, as they race to the Kickers League playoffs. Ben knows he’s one of the team’s strongest players, but he’s been struggling with the jitters. He’s just freezing up on the field. Can he pull through for his teammates now that they really need him?From the Hardcover edition. |
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Let There Be Pebble: A Middle-Handicapper’s Year in America’s Garden of Golf $24.95 It was “scary,” Jack Nicklaus said of Pebble Beach, and gave him nightmares so acute he famously woke his wife on the eve of his 1972 U.S. Open victory totally spooked. “It’s not a golf course,” sportswriter Jim Murray wrote, “it’s a hellship.” Golf writer Dan Jenkins once joked that the famed venue of the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am should be dubbed “Double Bogey-by-the-Sea.” A one-time failed Division One golf walk-on, Zachary Michael Jack opts to stare down an early midlife crisis by chronicling a U.S. Open year spent at Pebble Beach, object of his ailing father’s fantasies and site of the nation’s number one public course and its fairy-tale host town, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. There, along the blue Pacific, he traces the colorful, capricious, and comical world of golf on the Monterey Peninsula as never before via interviews with legends of the game Johnny Miller, Gary Player, and Tom Watson; with today’s brightest stars—Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson, and Bubba Watson; and with some of its most famous celebrity linksters—actor Bill Murray, Olympic soccer star Brandi Chastain, and billionaire entrepreneur Charles Schwab.Conducting more than one hundred interviews, Jack ranges far and wide to get the scoop, talking golfing haunts with bestselling golf novelist Michael Murphy; teeing up with members of a Carmel-based worldwide golfing society devoted to mystical play; learning to play Pebble at the knee of one of the Top 50 Golf Teachers in America and with a Carmel-based journeyman pro described as “a golf savant”; and raising a cup with a lifelong Pebble Beach resident and caddy who, unbeknownst to the hackers he shepherds, is a Hall of Fame golfer. By turns hilarious, haunting, and historic, Let There Be Pebble reveals the utter uniqueness—the people, the rich history, the unforgettable setting and sporting |
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Let There Be Pebble: A Middle-Handicapper’s Year in America’s Garden of Golf $8 It was “scary,” Jack Nicklaus said of Pebble Beach, and gave him nightmares so acute he famously woke his wife on the eve of his 1972 U.S. Open victory totally spooked. “It’s not a golf course,” sportswriter Jim Murray wrote, “it’s a hellship.” Golf writer Dan Jenkins once joked that the famed venue of the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am should be dubbed “Double Bogey-by-the-Sea.” A one-time failed Division One golf walk-on, Zachary Michael Jack opts to stare down an early midlife crisis by chronicling a U.S. Open year spent at Pebble Beach, object of his ailing father’s fantasies and site of the nation’s number one public course and its fairy-tale host town, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. There, along the blue Pacific, he traces the colorful, capricious, and comical world of golf on the Monterey Peninsula as never before via interviews with legends of the game Johnny Miller, Gary Player, and Tom Watson; with today’s brightest stars—Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson, and Bubba Watson; and with some of its most famous celebrity linksters—actor Bill Murray, Olympic soccer star Brandi Chastain, and billionaire entrepreneur Charles Schwab.Conducting more than one hundred interviews, Jack ranges far and wide to get the scoop, talking golfing haunts with bestselling golf novelist Michael Murphy; teeing up with members of a Carmel-based worldwide golfing society devoted to mystical play; learning to play Pebble at the knee of one of the Top 50 Golf Teachers in America and with a Carmel-based journeyman pro described as “a golf savant”; and raising a cup with a lifelong Pebble Beach resident and caddy who, unbeknownst to the hackers he shepherds, is a Hall of Fame golfer. By turns hilarious, haunting, and historic, Let There Be Pebble reveals the utter uniqueness—the people, the rich history, the unforgettable setting and sporting |
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Limerick F.c. Managers: Sam Allardyce, Pat Scully, Eoin Hand, Ewan Fenton, Kenny Clements, Billy Hamilton, Dave Connell $9.62 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Samuel “Sam” Allardyce (born 19 October 1954) is an English football manager and former professional player. He is the current manager of Blackburn Rovers of the Premier League. He was previously manager of Bolton Wanderers from 1999 to 2007 and Newcastle United from 2007 to 2008. He led Bolton to a League Cup final as well as guiding them to UEFA Cup qualification for the first time in their history. He is often referred to by the nickname “Big Sam”. Sam Allardyce grew up on Dudley’s Old Park Farm estate and was educated at Sycamore Green Primary School and later at Wren’s Nest Secondary School. He joined Bolton Wanderers as a centre-half in 1973 and is best remembered as a player for being part of the side which won the Second Division title in 197778 to secure promotion to the First Division. Allardyce was signed by Ken Knighton to play for Sunderland for whom he played 25 times during the 198081 season. He also played for Huddersfield Town, Coventry City, Millwall and Preston North End, whom he captained to promotion from the Fourth Division in 198687. He played in the United States in the nascent North American Soccer League for the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The football team shared facilities with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Allardyce applied many practices of American football (gridiron) towards soccer (with regards to training, player management and tactics). These innovative ideas helped him progress in football management. Sam Allardyce was named as assistant manager (player-coach) to Brian Talbot at West Bromwich Albion in February 1989ironic as he was a supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers, one of Albion’s fiercest rivals. On the playing side, Allardyce appeared in only one game for Albion, coming on as a substitute against Newcastle Unit… More: |
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Manchester United – Man and Babe $27.95 The rich history of Manchester United has never thrown up a more colorful character than Wilf McGuinness. There is virtually no emotion that he hasn’t experienced during a lifetime in the game. Wilf has: played for his beloved United and his country at every level; won a championship medal with the Red Devils; suffered a cruel injury which cut short his career at the chronically premature age of 22; succeeded Sir Matt Busby as manager of Manchester United—and been sacked by the club to which he was so passionately devoted; lost all his hair, probably as a result of the shock of his demoralizing dismissal; played a key role in England’s 1966 World Cup glory under Sir Alf Ramsey; and, coached at York, Hull and Bury, and in soccer outposts around the world—all without losing his exuberant outlook on life in general and football in particular. As Sir Alex Ferguson said: “There is never a dull moment with Wilf. There is no more cheerful man in football!” One of the original Busby Babes, Wilf grew up alongside the likes of Duncan Edwards and Bobby Charlton, and but for injury would have been aboard the plane which crashed at Munich, killing 23 people including eight of his team-mates and friends. Now for the first time he tells the full story of his incident-packed lifetime in the game, revealing the joy and the injustice, the sorrow and the controversy. Man and Babe is a moving tale of excitement, anguish, and redemption, with humor never very far from the surface. It includes more than 100 photographs from Wilf’s personal collection, including the pre-Munich crash Busby Babes and exclusive pictures of Posh & Becks at the party to celebrate United’s 1999 treble! |
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Marquette Golden Eagles Basketball: Marquette Golden Eagles Basketball Venues, Marquette Golden Eagles Men’s Basketball, U.S. Cellular Arena $9.05 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Marquette Golden Eagles Basketball Venues, Marquette Golden Eagles Men’s Basketball, U.s. Cellular Arena, Bradley Center, Marquette Gymnasium, Al Mcguire Center, List of All-Time Marquette Golden Eagles Men’s Basketball Leaders. Not illustrated. Excerpt: U.S. Cellular Arena – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It opened in 1950 and was one of the first to accommodate the needs of broadcast television. It was folded into the MECCA complex when it opened in 1974. It is also known for its former unique basketball court painted by Robert Indiana in 1978, with large rainbow ‘M’s taking up both half-courts representing Milwaukee. It was home to the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA from 1968-1988, and hosted the 1977 NBA All-Star Game before an audience of 10,938. The venue was also home to Marquette University’s men’s basketball team along with the International Hockey League Milwaukee Admirals. These teams all moved to the Bradley Center upon the newer arena’s opening in 1988. In 1994 the Wisconsin Center District (WCD), a state organization, was created in order to fund the Midwest Airlines Center, and, in 1995 the MECCA complex was folded into this, including the Arena (the Bradley Center is owned by a separate authority). Following a major overhaul in 1998, the arena is now home to the Milwaukee Panthers’ men’s college basketball team and the Milwaukee Wave of the Major Indoor Soccer League, and is the Milwaukee venue for Disney on Ice. It has also hosted professional wrestling events, including WCW SuperBrawl II in 1992, WWF King of the Ring 1996, WCW Clash of the Champions in 1997, WWF Over the Edge in 1998 and WCW Mayhem in 2000. It was at the forementioned King Of The Ring card where “Stone Cold” Steve Austin first uttered his now-famous “Austin 3… More: |
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Montreal Impact (A-League) Players: Mauro Biello, Nevio Pizzolitto, Paul Dougherty, Steve Trittschuh, Onandi Lowe, Nick de Santis, Pat Onstad $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mauro Biello, Nevio Pizzolitto, Paul Dougherty, Steve Trittschuh, Onandi Lowe, Nick de Santis, Pat Onstad, Jason de Vos, Tom Kouzmanis, Eddy Berdusco, Paulinho Criciúma, Hubert Busby, Jr., John Limniatis, Lyndon Hooper, Niall Thompson, Carl Fletcher, Kevin Holness, Dino Lopez, Rudy Doliscat, Lloyd Barker, Pat Harrington, Grant Needham, Patrick Diotte. Excerpt: Carl Fletcher Carl Tadeus Fletcher (born 26 December 1971) is a former professional Canadian soccer defender. Club career Fletcher played early in his career for the Toronto Blizzard of the Canadian Soccer League . He played for the Toronto Rockets in 1994, which was the club’s sole season of existence. He later signed for Hampton Roads Mariners of the USL First Division and played two years with the team 1999-2000. Fletcher then signed with the Montreal Impact in April 2001, after playing one season with the Impact signed with the Rochester Raging Rhinos in August 2001. In 2002 Fletcher was transferred to the Atlanta Silverbacks . In 2004 Fletcher took a season off to pursue a broadcast career with TSN. A year after Fletcher decided to return to soccer and signed with his hometown club the Toronto Lynx . After just playing a half a season with the Lynx, Fletcher was released from the club. International career Fletcher’s made his first steps on the international scene at the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship which were held in Canada. He played in all three games there. He made his senior debut for Canada in a July 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Jamaica and for a couple of years was the first choice defender for the Canadian national team. He went on to earn 40 caps, scoring twice. He represented Canada in 7 World Cup qualifiers . His last international game was on 1 June 2003 against Germany . |
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N-Gage Games $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Puzzle Bobble, Civilization, Red Faction, Tomb Raider, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Call of Duty, Spider-Man 2, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Fifa Football 2005, Pandemonium, X-Men Legends, Colin Mcrae Rally, List of N-Gage Games, Driv3r, X-Men Legends Ii: Rise of Apocalypse, Sonic Advance, Worms World Party, Puyo Puyo, the Elder Scrolls Travels, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, Super Monkey Ball, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Tiger Woods Pga Tour, Virtua Tennis, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm, Asphalt Urban Gt, the Sims Bustin’ Out, Sega Rally Championship, Virtua Cop, Rifts: Promise of Power, Mile High Pinball, Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, Snakes, Asphalt: Urban Gt 2, System Rush, Xanadu Next, Pocket Kingdom: Own the World, Operation Shadow, Ncaa Football 2004, Pathway to Glory, Ashen, Wwe Aftershock, One, Glimmerati, Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death, Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer. Excerpt: Ashen Ashen is a supernatural horror-themed FPS developed exclusively for the N-Gage platform by Torus Games and published by Nokia on May 25, 2004. Story When Seven River City is plunged into chaos, stricken by storms and overcome with supernatural phenomena, Jacob Ward is filled with dread and despair, like most others. Yet Ward knows more about this catastrophe than most, and as its citizens flee, he must return to Seven River City and work to save it. Somewhere in that half-ruined darkness is his sister, a woman Ward believes is responsible for this disaster; a woman who warned him this would happenFeatures References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Asphalt Urban GT 2 Asphalt: Urban GT 2 is racing game developed and published by Gameloft for the Nintendo DS , N-Gage and Playstation Portable . A 2.5D Java ME version |
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Paul Renkert $46.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Renkert is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League.Renkert graduated from Newport High School. In 1976, Renkert signed with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League. He spent the 1976 season on the reserve squad then played one game during the 1977 season. On March 30, 1979, Renkert joined the California Sunshine of the North American Soccer League. In the fall of 1980, he moved to the Denver Avalanche of the Major Indoor Soccer League. |
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People From Manatee County, Florida $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Maria Sharapova, Scott Kalitta, Tommie Frazier, Hal Mcrae, Erika Tymrak, Willie Taggart. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only.* Appearances (Goals) end{sloppypar Erika Tymrak is an American soccer player. She is a freshman midfielder for the University of Florida Gators soccer team . Her jersey number is #17. She is nicknamed Baby Samurai by some of her fans in Gainesville , Florida , home of the Florida Gators . She was also a member of the United States national soccer team that finished runner-up at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. College career As a true freshman for the Florida Gators in the 2009 season, Erika played in all 20 regular season games and started in 18 of them. In the Gators’ second game and the first home game of the season on August 28, 2009, Erika took a 20-yard shot in the 79th minute to score her first collegiate goal, helping her team to a 3-0 win over Florida International. She also had her first collegiate assist and drew her first penalty kick for the Florida Gators, resulting her team’s both goals in the 2-1 overtime win over Kentucky on September 25, 2009. On October 30, 2009, Erika’s 2 assists in the final regular season match against South Carolina brought the Florida Gators to a decisive 3-0 win and thus the 2009 SEC regular season title. She scored 5 goals (tied 4th in team) and had 7 assists with 17 points (team’s 2nd most) in the regular season. With her 7 assists, Erika became the Gators’ top leader and second in the SEC in assists. She was one of the only two unanimous selections in the 2009 SEC All-Freshman team. She was also named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Region third team and the Soccer America All-Freshman second team.. |
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People from Pontypool: David Phillips Jones, James Phillips Jones, Jack Jones, Hubert Day, Sean Moore, Luke Evans, Jennifer Daniel $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: David Phillips Jones more commonly known as ‘Ponty’ Jones (10 December 1881 9 January 1936) was a Welsh international rugby union wing player who played club rugby for several teams, most notably Pontypool and London Welsh. He won a single cap for Wales in 1907. Jones was a mining surveyor by profession, and was also a classically trained harpist. A keen sportsman, he also played soccer and once had a Welsh amateur trial. During the First World War he joined the British Army and served in the South Wales Borderers. He died of pneumonia in 1936. Jones was one of four rugby playing brothers; Jack and James were capped for Wales like David, while the youngest brother Edwin played for club team, Pontypool. As the brothers had the common surname of Jones, the brothers were separated by their nicknames. James was more often known as ‘Tuan’ and David as ‘Ponty’. Jones first played rugby for his home town of Pontymoile, before being selected for first-class rugby club, Newport. He played only 11 games for the Newport senior team before joining the newly reformed Pontypool club, making his debut for the club on 7 December 1901 in a match against Ebbw Vale RFC. Jones’ career at Pontypool was extremely succussful, becoming a leading scorer over several seasons including 172 tries over his entire career. Such was Jones’ scoring record, that the left wing corner pointing to Conway Road at Pontypool’s Recreation ground, was nicknamed ‘Ponty’s Corner’. In the 1904-05 season, Jones scored 49 tries, which included six in the same game against Talywain in April 1905; a club record that stood for 98 years. Jones was made captain of Pontypool for three consecutive seasons, from 1904 to 1907; and in 1907 he was awarded his one and only internat… More: |
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Playing with the Boys (Pretty Tough Series #2) $8.99 New girl Lucy is desperate for friends. She tries out for Beachwood High soccer, but despite her amazingly accurate kick, fails to make the team. When the Coach points out that varsity football is looking for a new kicker, Lucy is skeptical. Football? Isn’t that a boys’ game? But on the gridiron Lucy discovers that she feels strong—in control for the first time since her mother died. She loves football. She actually wants to play! (She also wants to hang out with super-cute quarterback Ryan Conner. But that’s just icing on the cake.) Too bad no one else wants her on the team. Not the boys’ coach, not her teammates, and especially not her overprotective dad. Will Lucy cave in to the pressure? Or will she prove she’s pretty tough after all? |
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Playing with the Boys (Pretty Tough Series #2) $8.99 New girl Lucy is desperate for friends. She tries out for Beachwood High soccer, but despite her amazingly accurate kick, fails to make the team. When the Coach points out that varsity football is looking for a new kicker, Lucy is skeptical. Football? Isn’t that a boys’ game? But on the gridiron Lucy discovers that she feels strong—in control for the first time since her mother died. She loves football. She actually wants to play! (She also wants to hang out with super-cute quarterback Ryan Conner. But that’s just icing on the cake.) Too bad no one else wants her on the team. Not the boys’ coach, not her teammates, and especially not her overprotective dad. Will Lucy cave in to the pressure? Or will she prove she’s pretty tough after all? |
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Premier Soccer $4 Master the essentials for winning soccer from one of the game's most successful coaches. In Premier Soccer, Michael Parker, the wins leader among active NCAA Division I men's soccer coaches, teaches every key technique and tactic, with accompanying drills and special tips for executing them when the match is on the line. Premier Soccer tackles the skills and traits necessary for each position on the field, both offensively and defensively, as well as systems, set plays, restarts, and practice drills. With an emphasis on player development, on-field awareness, conditioning, and team play, Parker reveals his proven approach to team and player success.Whether you are a player or coach, this is your guide to consistent and winning play at every level of competition. |
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Puerto Rico Islanders $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Puerto Rico Islanders, History of Puerto Rico Islanders Fc, Puerto Rico Islanders Statistics, Ponce de Leon Cup, Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Houston Force, Puerto Rico Islanders Managers, Puerto Rico Mls-Usl Challenge. Excerpt: This articles details the History of the Puerto Rico Islanders .USISL In 1995, a team called the Puerto Rico Islanders joined the USISL , now the United Soccer Leagues (USL), was founded by Joe Serralta and other Puerto Rican businessmen. The team played only 7 games and then Serralta decided to move the franchise to Houston, Texas on June 1, changing its name to the Houston Force , due to problems with the Puerto Rican Football Federation and bad attendance number. The Force folded after one game in Houston. Early Years (2003-2005) Eight year after Serralta’s first attempt at professional football, he gave it another go and together with a new group of Puerto Rican businessmen officially created the current incarnation of the Puerto Rico Islanders. The team played their first A-League season, now the USL First Division , in 2004. The original squad was composed of a large number of local Puerto Rican players and a contingency of foreign players composed of Americans , Brazilians , Salvadoran and Argentines completed this first squad, the team was coached by Brazilian Vitor Hugo Barros who was replaced several games into the season by Argentine Hugo Hernán Maradona , brother of the legendary Diego Armando Maradona . The team played its first league game in April 17, 2004 against the Toronto Lynx at the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium , the Islanders lost 1-0 in front of a reported 6,000 fans. The Islanders had their first victory on January 15, 2004 against the Charleston Battery with a score of 1-0 at the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium . |
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Reapers $6.99 In June, the World Cup means the arrival of soccer fans, team owners, sponsors, and world dignitaries in southern Africa, particularly Botswana. Meanwhile, fanatics are pushing forward a plan, based on faulty science, to “Orgonise Africa,” which they believe will purify the continent. To the north, Patriarche, a silverback mountain gorilla, must share his habitat with coltan miners led by one of the Congo’s bloody war lords. And Sanderson, Game Ranger in the Chobe National Park, finds a body. Tracking down the murderer leads to evidence of local bribery, smuggling, and finally to what could provoke an international incident. |
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Republic of Ireland Football Referees: Anthony Buttimer, Dermot Gallagher, Ian Stokes, David Ashworth, Billy Behan, Damien Hancock, Rob Rogers $8.87 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anthony Buttimer (known as the “Jersey Referee”) is an Irish FIFA-level soccer referee from Cork. An experienced League of Ireland official, he took charge of the 2008 FAI Cup Final in the RDS, Dublin. Buttimer earned his nickname after a number of colourful incidents preceding and during FAI eircom League matches involving various team kits, one incident of which led to legal threats by the kit supplier of Sligo Rovers. He is one of the most hated referees in Irish football and is widely regarded by many fans as incompetent and regularly has to be provided with additional security at games. He is currently rumoured to be under investigation by the FAI due to the number of complaints received in season 2009 from supporters,managers and the media and may be been cited as a result. Buttimer regularly referees matches in the League of Ireland where he has been accused of being “the main attraction of the night” by Sligo Rovers manager Paul Cook. In the past he has been dispatched to referee local derbies including the Connacht Derby contested between Sligo Rovers and Galway United in August 2007.. Buttimer is best known for having difficulties determining the colours of team kits and managerial suits. At Oriel Park on 23 September 2007, he almost postponed Dundalk’s league game against Shelbourne after taking issue with the colour of the goalkeeper’s jerseys. Buttimer was said to be “unsatisfied” with four colours provided by Dundalk – blue, black, yellow and grey all causing some unspecified problem or other. A Shelbourne director left the ground to search for an alternative kit in the local Lifestyle Sports, as managers John Gill and Dermot Keely told the referee they were on the verge of “going for a pint”. Buttimer suggested both goalkeepe… More: |
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Rugby In Kansai $9.16 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Japan Rugby Football Union, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers, Kintetsu Liners, Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, World Fighting Bull, National High School Rugby Tournament. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU; Japanese: , Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Kyo-kai) is the governing body for rugby union in Japan. It was formed November 30, 1926 and is currently one of only two federations from a “Tier 2″ country with a seat on the International Rugby Board executive council, the sport’s international governing body (the other is Rugby Canada). The IRB classifies the countries involved in the Northern Hemisphere Six Nations and the Southern Hemisphere Tri Nations competitions, plus Argentina, as “Tier 1″. The JRFU currently employs John Kirwan, the New Zealand-born former Italy coach, as the men’s coach, while former Japanese prime minister Yoshir Mori is the JRFU’s current president. Rugby game in Yokohama, 1874 with interested locals and Mount Fuji in the backgroundRugby union was first introduced to Japanese students at Keio University in Japan by Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke (who was born in Yokohama) and Tanaka Ginnosuke, both graduates of Cambridge University, in 1899. It had been played at the treaty ports (Kobe and Yokohama especially) before that, between teams of long-term foreign residents and visiting ships’ crews, garrisons etc. With Japan’s advantages of a superb infrastructure (stadiums, accommodation and transportation) and the experience of co-staging the Football (soccer) World Cup 2002 with Korea, the JRFU bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2011. The bid’s catchphrase or slogan was “Making Rugby a Truly Global Sport”. So far the Rugby World Cup has never been held outside the traditional rugby strongholds of t… More: |
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San Jose Earthquakes $22.16 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Philip Anschutz, Anschutz Entertainment Group, Buck Shaw Stadium, California Clasico, Spartan Stadium, Heritage Cup, John Shrader, 1906 Ultras, Lewis Wolff, Peter Bridgwater. Excerpt: The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer club is located in San Jose, California and participates in the top level soccer league in the United States and Canada, Major League Soccer (MLS). The Earthquakes participated in MLS from 1995 to 2005, and resumed operations in 2008. It is one of the original ten teams in the league, known as the San Jose Clash from 1995 to 1999. The Earthquakes defeated D.C. United 10 in the first game in MLS history. It is one of three teams from California to play in the league. The team won the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003 and the MLS Supporters’ Shield in 2005. Following the conclusion of the 2005 MLS season, the franchise was officially put on hiatus in December of that year while the players, head coach Dominic Kinnear and some of his coaching staff were moved to Houston, Texas where they now play as the Houston Dynamo. After a two-year absence, the San Jose Earthquakes resumed play for the 2008 season and currently plays home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. For more information see San Jose Earthquakes (19741988) and San Francisco Bay Blackhawks.The franchise’s roots trace back to 1974, when the North American Soccer League (NASL) awarded an expansion franchise to San Jose, named the Earthquakes. The NASL folded after the 1984 season, and the Earthquakes played in the Western Soccer League (WSL) from 198588, under the ownership of Peter Bridgwater. In 1988, Bridgwater sold the team. When the team folded later that year, the WSL awarded a franchise to Dan Van Voorhis, a local real estate lawyer. Van Voorhis… More: |
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Seeing Red $9.99 A Premier League and international referee with 26 years of combined experience, Graham Poll handled some of the toughest games in soccer history—in total more than 1,500 matches—before his retirement in 2007. In this brilliant, no-holds-barred autobiography, Poll reveals what really goes on between the players in the tunnel before a match and in the dressing room after, and unveils the true nature behind the nicest and the nastiest figures in the game. Poll also shares private conversations with the likes of Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Sepp Blatter, and Steve McClaren, and the inside story behind controversial incidents involving Roy Keane, David Beckham, Patrick Vieira, and current England captain John Terry, among others. The infamous 2006 World Cup match—during which he failed to send off a Croatian player after he earned three yellow cards—that brought Poll home early in disgrace and nearly ruined his career is covered as well. Honest and eye-opening, this is a gripping behind the scenes look from one of the beautiful game’s most noted figures. |
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Seeing Red $14.95 A Premier League and international referee with 26 years of combined experience, Graham Poll handled some of the toughest games in soccer history—in total more than 1,500 matches—before his retirement in 2007. In this brilliant, no-holds-barred autobiography, Poll reveals what really goes on between the players in the tunnel before a match and in the dressing room after, and unveils the true nature behind the nicest and the nastiest figures in the game. Poll also shares private conversations with the likes of Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Sepp Blatter, and Steve McClaren, and the inside story behind controversial incidents involving Roy Keane, David Beckham, Patrick Vieira, and current England captain John Terry, among others. The infamous 2006 World Cup match—during which he failed to send off a Croatian player after he earned three yellow cards—that brought Poll home early in disgrace and nearly ruined his career is covered as well. Honest and eye-opening, this is a gripping behind the scenes look from one of the beautiful game’s most noted figures. |
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Seeing Red $1.99 A Premier League and international referee with 26 years of combined experience, Graham Poll handled some of the toughest games in soccer history—in total more than 1,500 matches—before his retirement in 2007. In this brilliant, no-holds-barred autobiography, Poll reveals what really goes on between the players in the tunnel before a match and in the dressing room after, and unveils the true nature behind the nicest and the nastiest figures in the game. Poll also shares private conversations with the likes of Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Sepp Blatter, and Steve McClaren, and the inside story behind controversial incidents involving Roy Keane, David Beckham, Patrick Vieira, and current England captain John Terry, among others. The infamous 2006 World Cup match—during which he failed to send off a Croatian player after he earned three yellow cards—that brought Poll home early in disgrace and nearly ruined his career is covered as well. Honest and eye-opening, this is a gripping behind the scenes look from one of the beautiful game’s most noted figures. |
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Shadow Over The Back Court $2.99 Jeff is crazy about basketball, but his father is a research scientist and thinks sports are a waste of time. Jeff still wants to play, and so, without his father’s support, he tries out for the school team. And he makes second string. He’d mostly sit on the bench, but Jeff knows that he will get a chance to prove himself to the coach and the team—and his father. He also knows that his dream of playing varsity will take a lot of hard work, but he enjoys every minute of practicing and playing. After a frightening accident involving the team bus, Jeff’s father insists that he quit the team. Later, the school principal convinces Jeff’s father to change his mind, and eventually Jeff persuades his father to come see a game. In a dramatic season-ending playoff game Jeff gets a chance to prove that his dream is possible—and that sports can be a valuable part of growing up.- – - – - – - – - – - – MATT CHRISTOPHER has written and published more than one hundred twenty novels, making him the most prolific and bestselling sportswriter for children and young adults ever. From books on football and baseball to soccer and skateboarding. Matt Christopher’s work has spanned three generations of readers, and new fans are joining the ranks every year. |
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Shadow Over the Back Court $7.95 Jeff is crazy about basketball, but his father is a research scientist and thinks sports are a waste of time. Jeff still wants to play, and so, without his father’s support, he tries out for the school team. And he makes second string. He’d mostly sit on the bench, but Jeff knows that he will get a chance to prove himself to the coach and the team—and his father. He also knows that his dream of playing varsity will take a lot of hard work, but he enjoys every minute of practicing and playing.After a frightening accident involving the team bus, Jeff’s father insists that he quit the team. Later, the school principal convinces Jeff’s father to change his mind, and eventually Jeff persuades his father to come see a game.In a dramatic season-ending playoff game Jeff gets a chance to prove that his dream is possible—and that sports can be a valuable part of growing up.- – - – - – - – - – - – MATT CHRISTOPHER has written and published more than one hundred twenty novels, making him the most prolific and bestselling sportswriter for children and young adults ever. From books on football and baseball to soccer and skateboarding. Matt Christopher’s work has spanned three generations of readers, and new fans are joining the ranks every year. |
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Shoot-Out (Comeback Kids Series) $19.95 What happens when a star player ends up on the worst team? He either learns to lose or he stops playing the game he loves. These are the choices facing Jake, who has gone from champion to last place, testing his sportsmanship every time his soccer team gets waxed. It is his teammate Kevin who shows Jake that being a good captain means scoring and assisting off the field as much as being the star player on it.The latest in #1 bestseller Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids novels is a cheer-worthy ode to the one sport played by more kids across the country than any other—in the summer of the next World Cup. |
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Shoot-Out (Comeback Kids Series) $1.45 What happens when a star player ends up on the worst team? He either learns to lose or he stops playing the game he loves. These are the choices facing Jake, who has gone from champion to last place, testing his sportsmanship every time his soccer team gets waxed. It is his teammate Kevin who shows Jake that being a good captain means scoring and assisting off the field as much as being the star player on it.The latest in #1 bestseller Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids novels is a cheer-worthy ode to the one sport played by more kids across the country than any other—in the summer of the next World Cup. |
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Shoot-Out (Comeback Kids Series) $10.99 What happens when a star player ends up on the worst team? He either learns to lose or he stops playing the game he loves. These are the choices facing Jake, who has gone from champion to last place, testing his sportsmanship every time his soccer team gets waxed. It is his teammate Kevin who shows Jake that being a good captain means scoring and assisting off the field as much as being the star player on it.The latest in #1 bestseller Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids novels is a cheer-worthy ode to the one sport played by more kids across the country than any other—in the summer of the next World Cup. |
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Slide, Danny, Slide $2.99 A Matt Christopher Sports ClassicSlide, Danny,Slide! The exciting story of a boy’s devotion to baseball and how he helped build a ball park and put a Little League team together. Danny finds that even after organizing the Hornets, things do not run smoothly, and friendships are split—Danny and his friends on one side and Chigger and his friends on the other.Enjoy the hard-fought games and profit from the experiences of boys like Danny and his teammates. The inevitable outcome of the season’s championship game will thrill all readers.MATT CHRISTOPHER has written and published more than one hundred twenty novels, making him the most prolific and bestselling sportswriter for children and young adults ever. From books on football and baseball to soccer and skateboarding. His work has spanned three generations of readers, and new fans are joining the ranks every year. |
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Slide, Danny, Slide $9.95 A Matt Christopher Sports ClassicSlide, Danny,Slide! The exciting story of a boy’s devotion to baseball and how he helped build a ball park and put a Little League team together. Danny finds that even after organizing the Hornets, things do not run smoothly, and friendships are split—Danny and his friends on one side and Chigger and his friends on the other.Enjoy the hard-fought games and profit from the experiences of boys like Danny and his teammates. The inevitable outcome of the season’s championship game will thrill all readers.MATT CHRISTOPHER has written and published more than one hundred twenty novels, making him the most prolific and bestselling sportswriter for children and young adults ever. From books on football and baseball to soccer and skateboarding. His work has spanned three generations of readers, and new fans are joining the ranks every year. |
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Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World’s Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power $15.95 Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. For millions, it is a matter of life and death, an international lingua franca. Simon Kuper traveled to twenty-two countries to discover the sometimes bizarre effect soccer can have on politics and culture. At the same time, he tried to discover what makes different countries play a simple game so differently.Soccer Against the Enemy introduces the remarkable variety of fans Kuper encountered along the way, from the East Berliner persecuted by the Stasi for supporting his local team, to the Argentine general with his own views on tactics. It also illuminates the frightening intersection between soccer and politics, particularly in the wake of the attacks of 9-11, where soccer is obsessed over by the likes of Osama bin Laden. The result is one of the world’s most acclaimed books on the game, and an astonishing study of soccer and its place in the world.With a new introduction on 2010′s World Cup. |
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Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World’s Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power $15.95 Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. For millions, it is a matter of life and death, an international lingua franca. Simon Kuper traveled to twenty-two countries to discover the sometimes bizarre effect soccer can have on politics and culture. At the same time, he tried to discover what makes different countries play a simple game so differently.Soccer Against the Enemy introduces the remarkable variety of fans Kuper encountered along the way, from the East Berliner persecuted by the Stasi for supporting his local team, to the Argentine general with his own views on tactics. It also illuminates the frightening intersection between soccer and politics, particularly in the wake of the attacks of 9-11, where soccer is obsessed over by the likes of Osama bin Laden. The result is one of the world’s most acclaimed books on the game, and an astonishing study of soccer and its place in the world.With a new introduction on 2010′s World Cup. |
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Soccer Coaching Handbook $14.95 This manual contains of detailed ideas, theories and suggestions and should be of value to anyone actively coaching or interested in improving their standard of football coaching level.The author, who has coached European and English league teams, has created a training course concentrating on close control and ball movement. Included is a week-by-week fitness programme and structured training schedule. Clear diagrams accompany each game plan and are designed to be reproduced on the training field. Coaching exercises covered include: speeding up reaction times; one touch play; three-point defence systems; attacking runs from deep positions and improvising in set pieces. |
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Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France $45 “Laurent Dubois mines the history of French soccer for fascinating theories and riveting stories. His understanding of the relationship between the game and politics is subtle, leading readers deep into important discussions about race and national identity. For those of us who admired the poetics of Les Bleus this is essential reading.”–Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World”Laurent Dubois is historian, fan and graceful writer all in one. In soccer, he has found an innovative way to explore France and its empire. A serious book and an excellent read.”–Simon Kuper, author of Soccernomics”Beautifully lyrical and authoritative. We meet a host of players, colonized and colonizer, following them from their original playing fields–a vast lawn, a concrete lot–to their triumphs in national and international play.” –Alice Kaplan, author of The Interpreter”This book is a brilliant, beautifully written, and unique history of French colonialism and post-coloniality through the lens of football/soccer. Dubois weaves an eminently readable and engaging narrative that tracks tensions around race and national identity through the biographies of key football players and officials who became iconic of the aspirations of peripheral subjects of the French empire. More than a simple history of French football, the book amounts to a description of France’s imperial project and an incisive reflection on the race question in contemporary France. It will please both fans of the ‘beautiful game’ and those inclined to dismiss sports as but the opium of the masses.”–Paul Silverstein, author of Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race and Nation |
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Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France $9 “Laurent Dubois mines the history of French soccer for fascinating theories and riveting stories. His understanding of the relationship between the game and politics is subtle, leading readers deep into important discussions about race and national identity. For those of us who admired the poetics of Les Bleus this is essential reading.”–Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World”Laurent Dubois is historian, fan and graceful writer all in one. In soccer, he has found an innovative way to explore France and its empire. A serious book and an excellent read.”–Simon Kuper, author of Soccernomics”Beautifully lyrical and authoritative. We meet a host of players, colonized and colonizer, following them from their original playing fields–a vast lawn, a concrete lot–to their triumphs in national and international play.” –Alice Kaplan, author of The Interpreter”This book is a brilliant, beautifully written, and unique history of French colonialism and post-coloniality through the lens of football/soccer. Dubois weaves an eminently readable and engaging narrative that tracks tensions around race and national identity through the biographies of key football players and officials who became iconic of the aspirations of peripheral subjects of the French empire. More than a simple history of French football, the book amounts to a description of France’s imperial project and an incisive reflection on the race question in contemporary France. It will please both fans of the ‘beautiful game’ and those inclined to dismiss sports as but the opium of the masses.”–Paul Silverstein, author of Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race and Nation |
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Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France $18.95 “Laurent Dubois mines the history of French soccer for fascinating theories and riveting stories. His understanding of the relationship between the game and politics is subtle, leading readers deep into important discussions about race and national identity. For those of us who admired the poetics of Les Bleus this is essential reading.”–Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World”Laurent Dubois is historian, fan and graceful writer all in one. In soccer, he has found an innovative way to explore France and its empire. A serious book and an excellent read.”–Simon Kuper, author of Soccernomics”Beautifully lyrical and authoritative. We meet a host of players, colonized and colonizer, following them from their original playing fields–a vast lawn, a concrete lot–to their triumphs in national and international play.” –Alice Kaplan, author of The Interpreter”This book is a brilliant, beautifully written, and unique history of French colonialism and post-coloniality through the lens of football/soccer. Dubois weaves an eminently readable and engaging narrative that tracks tensions around race and national identity through the biographies of key football players and officials who became iconic of the aspirations of peripheral subjects of the French empire. More than a simple history of French football, the book amounts to a description of France’s imperial project and an incisive reflection on the race question in contemporary France. It will please both fans of the ‘beautiful game’ and those inclined to dismiss sports as but the opium of the masses.”–Paul Silverstein, author of Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race and Nation |
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Soccer Fitness 101 $1.99 Be a star on the field in no time!Get Fit For The Soccer Field In 10 Easy Steps!Discover the fitness secrets of the pros!Dear Friend,With soccer season looming just around the corner it’s never too early to start getting ready. Soccer is an intense game, and it’s going to take a lot of work on your part to make sure that you’re ready to stay ahead of your competition out on that field.The question is, do you know what it is you have to do to get yourself in fit, fighting form before soccer season starts? Or are you just aimlessly jogging around your block a couple of times a day hoping that it will provide your muscles with the conditioning they need to keep up with ninety minutes of fast paced, non-stop action once you hit that turf?If you are among the latter group there are two things you should know. One, that isn’t going to get you anywhere, and two, you’re in good company. Many people do not realize that training for a competitive sport such as soccer which requires you to have high levels of endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Plus the work rate required is much higher than the half hearted effort they make to get in shape every New Year, before eventually deciding to throw in the towel. If you are going to get serious about soccer, you need to get serious about your fitness.We Can Help Put you On The Right Path!Fortunately for you, the process of getting in shape top play soccer is not a well guarded secret. You simply have to know the guidelines that the professionals use to get and keep their bodies fit so that they are ready for anything every time they step off of the sidelines. There are no magic powders and potions, no special tricks or gimmicks. Anyone can do it, if they are willing to put in a little time and effort.If you’ve got the time and are determined enough to put forth the effort, we’ve got the |
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Soccer Players From North Carolina $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of June 29, 2007Mariel Margaret Garciaparra (born on March 17, 1972, in Selma, Alabama), best known as Mia Hamm, is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women’s national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female, in the history of soccer (158). She is the second most capped female player in history. Hamm was named the women’s FIFA World Player of the Year the first two times that award was given (in 2001 and 2002), and is listed as one of FIFA’s 125 best living players (as chosen by Pelé). Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon called Hamm, “Perhaps the most important athlete of the last 15 years.” She retired from the sport in 2004, when she played her last game in the 2004 Fan Celebration Tour to commemorate the U.S. women’s national team’s victory in the 2004 Olympics. In 2007, her first year of eligibility, she was selected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame by having 137 votes of the 141 ballots cast. Women’s Professional Soccer, a professional soccer league that launched in 2009, features Hamm’s silhouette in its logo. Hamm was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on March 11, 2008. Mia Hamm clashes with Germany 1998.She is the author of Go For the Goal: A Champion’s Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life. She appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. Hamm takes a corner kick. Hamm was born with a club foot, and had to wear corrective shoes as a toddler. Hamm spent her childhood on Air Force bases with her parents, Bill and Stephanie Hamm… More: |
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Soccer Rules Explained $12.95 Much more than a rules reference book, Soccer Rules Explained is an entertaining and enlightening in-depth appreciation of the world’s most popular sport. Internationally recognized soccer authority Stanley Lover expertly covers each of the rules with analysis, historical notes, anecdotes, tips on play, and commentary, while stripping away the dry-as-dust legal language to reveal the energy and beauty of the game. Approximately one hundred photos and illustrations help illuminate all the rules. The result is an engaging, essential primer that can be enjoyed by newcomers and seasoned players alike, and is a must for anyone who wants to better understand the game of soccer. |
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Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats $24.95 Arguably the world’s most popular sport, soccer has its own colorful lore, still little known in a nation only now beginning to give the game its due. This book offers the perfect opportunity to catch up on soccer’s rich history—and to discover some of the funniest, most ironic, outlandish, and tragic stories ever to come out of the world of sports. Taking readers as far afield as the Faeroe Islands, Thailand, Madagascar, Belarus, Bhutan, and the North Pole, the selections in Soccer Stories range from the strange (Brazilian players paid in cattle by their cash-strapped club) to the wild (the Mexican prison warden who threw open all the cell doors in celebration of a World Cup victory) to the comical (the referee who ejected himself). Here is the plane crash that wiped out the Italian team on the eve of its fifth straight national championship; the spiteful African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game; and the youngster who banked a shot into the goal off a passing seagull. As lively as it is informative, Soccer Stories will engage fans of all levels. |
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Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats $24.95 Arguably the world’s most popular sport, soccer has its own colorful lore, still little known in a nation only now beginning to give the game its due. This book offers the perfect opportunity to catch up on soccer’s rich history—and to discover some of the funniest, most ironic, outlandish, and tragic stories ever to come out of the world of sports. Taking readers as far afield as the Faeroe Islands, Thailand, Madagascar, Belarus, Bhutan, and the North Pole, the selections in Soccer Stories range from the strange (Brazilian players paid in cattle by their cash-strapped club) to the wild (the Mexican prison warden who threw open all the cell doors in celebration of a World Cup victory) to the comical (the referee who ejected himself). Here is the plane crash that wiped out the Italian team on the eve of its fifth straight national championship; the spiteful African club that scored 149 goals against itself in one game; and the youngster who banked a shot into the goal off a passing seagull. As lively as it is informative, Soccer Stories will engage fans of all levels. |
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Soccer Team Upset $5.95 Tyler’s hopes for an unbeatable season for the Cougars disappear when his friend Zack, the team’s hot-shot midfielder, and two more of their best players accept an offer to play for the Panthers, an elite travel team. Tyler has to admit he’s pleased when Coach Murray puts him in Zack’s midfielder position. But playing the middle is tough and Tyler’s spirits really sink when the Cougars loss their season opener in a close game—and the next game, too. Then an elderly English soccer fan tells Tyler about America’s 1-0 surprise upset of England—the world’s number one team—in the 1950 World Cup. Any game can be won or lost by a single play, Mr. Robertson insists. But will one play really be enough to beat the top-ranked Mustangs? Fred Bown offers an exciting story of a young athlete who must build up his confidence in order to build up his team’s—even if it means losing his best friend. The exciting play-by-play game action as well as the victories and upsets—on and off the field—will keep young readers on the edge of their seats. |
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Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game $21.95 This collection of incisive articles gives a leading team of international philosophers a free kick toward exploring the complex and often hidden contours of the world of soccer. What does it really mean to be a fan (and why should we count Aristotle as one)? Why do great players such as Cristiano Ronaldo count as great artists (up there alongside Picasso, one author argues)? From the ethics of refereeing to the metaphysics of bent (like Beckham) space-time, this book shows soccer fans and philosophy buffs alike new ways to appreciate and understand the world’s favorite sport. |
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Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game $21.95 This collection of incisive articles gives a leading team of international philosophers a free kick toward exploring the complex and often hidden contours of the world of soccer. What does it really mean to be a fan (and why should we count Aristotle as one)? Why do great players such as Cristiano Ronaldo count as great artists (up there alongside Picasso, one author argues)? From the ethics of refereeing to the metaphysics of bent (like Beckham) space-time, this book shows soccer fans and philosophy buffs alike new ways to appreciate and understand the world’s favorite sport. |
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Sports Data Mining $139 Data mining is the process of extracting hidden patterns from data, and it’s commonly used in business, bioinformatics, counter-terrorism, and, increasingly, in professional sports. First popularized in Michael Lewis’ best-selling Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game, it is has become an intrinsic part of all professional sports the world over, from baseball to cricket to soccer. While an industry has developed based on statistical analysis services for any given sport, or even for betting behavior analysis on these sports, no research-level book has considered the subject in any detail until now.Sports Data Mining brings together in one place the state of the art as it concerns an international array of sports: baseball, football, basketball, soccer, greyhound racing are all covered, and the authors (including Hsinchun Chen, one of the most esteemed and well-known experts in data mining in the world) present the latest research, developments, software available, and applications for each sport. They even examine the hidden patterns in gaming and wagering, along with the most common systems for wager analysis. A full draft TOC is attached.With combined (NFL; MLB; NBA; NHL) team values in the US running at more than $42 billion (NFL alone was at $33.3 billion in 2008!), and European soccer teams at over $10 billion, professional team sports worldwide is a massive business that is about to experience its first real contraction in over ten years. Combine that with the proven effectiveness — and growing use — of statistical analysis to produce winning teams (and thus higher revenues), and then consider the sharp growth in college programs in sports business: an eager market awaits this book in the sports business market alone. It will also appeal to researchers in data mining broadly; the sports statistics service industry that’s developed in the last ten years; and anyone studying any of the pari-mutuel |
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Sports Venues in San Francisco, California: Kezar Stadium, Harding Park Golf Club, War Memorial Gymnasium, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium $8.69 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kezar Stadium, Harding Park Golf Club, War Memorial Gymnasium, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Kezar Pavilion, Boxer Stadium, Rams Stadium. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Kezar Stadium – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1922, the San Francisco Park Commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate of Mary Kezar. The gift was intended to build a memorial in honor of Kezar’s mother and uncles who were pioneers in the area. After the City and County of San Francisco appropriated an additional $200,000 the stadium was built in a year. Dedication ceremonies were held on May 2, 1925, and featured a two-mile footrace between Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi of Finland, who were two of the greatest runners of their day. The stadium had many uses in the 1930s. In addition to track and field competitions, Kezar Stadium also hosted motorcycle racing, auto racing, rugby, lacrosse, soccer, baseball, boxing, cricket and football. The stadium was also the home field of several local schools such as Santa Clara University, University of San Francisco, St. Mary’s College of California and the now defunct San Francisco Polytechnic High School. In 1926 the Stadium also became the home of the East-West Shrine Game. In the 1928 city championship game between San Francisco Polytechnic and Lowell High School a crowd of over 50,000 people saw the matchup between the bitter cross-town rivals. That game still holds attendance records for a high school football game in Northern California. Stanford University played four of its home football games at Kezar, one in 1928 and three in 1942. Kezar Stadium was also the home to two different professional football teams. The San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders both began their existence at the stadium. The Raiders played a… More: |
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Sports in Fort Worth, Texas: Fort Worth Cats $10.66 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Fort Worth Cats, Armed Forces Bowl, Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Fort Worth Texans, Fort Worth Flyers, Vkt United, Texas Brahmas, Fort Worth Cats, Fort Worth United Soccer Club, North Texas Fresh, Fort Worth Fire, Fort Worth Sixers, National Cutting Horse Association. Excerpt: The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is an annual postseason college football bowl game that was inaugurated in 2003 as the Fort Worth Bowl under corporate sponsorship of PlainsCapital Bank . In 2005, the game was without corporate sponsorship. In 2006, Fort Worth based Bell Helicopter Textron took over sponsorship. The contest is one of six bowls produced by ESPN Regional Television (a/k/a ESPN Plus ) and has been televised annually on ESPN since its inception.The game is played in the 44,008-seat Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas , featuring a team from Mountain West Conference . The bowl’s partnership with the Big 12 Conference ended with the 2005 season; in 2006, the game featured a team from Conference USA against a team from the MWC, with C-USA returning in 2008. The Pac-10 would send its 6th place team to play the MWC in 2007 pending the team’s bowl eligibility . The Pac-10 tie-in was also in effect in 2009; however, no eligible teams were available, Houston again played the Air Fiorce Academy.Game results MVPs Most appearances Air Force Falcons quarterback Shea Smith in the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl 2007.See also (online edition) Notes begin{sloppypar item 1. item 2. Received a bid because the Big 12 did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all of … |
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Still Kicking: My Dramatic Journey As the First Woman to Play Division One College Football $10.99 It took just 1.28 seconds to make history.On August 30, 2003, Katie Hnida became the first woman ever to play and score in NCAA Division I football. The struggle to get to that groundbreaking moment took eight long years, a journey filled with dogged commitment, horrifying setbacks, and finally, remarkable triumph.Fate came knocking for the 14-year-old Hnida in the unlikely form of a torn thigh muscle — an injury that would drive her off the soccer field in search of another outlet for her athletic talent. She found football and with it gender-defying success. The same day Hnida’s high school classmates voted her homecoming queen, she donned her helmet and pads and kicked six extra points in the homecoming game.When she is recruited to play for the University of Colorado Buffaloes, her great dream is realized, and she seems set for glory on a much larger stage. But upon arriving in Boulder, she begins a tour of hell inside the University of Colorado’s football program, a hell that culminates in Hnida being raped by a teammate. It is here that the story truly begins.Katie is physically and emotionally devastated. She leaves the university and begins climbing her way back to who she was and what she wanted. She learns to speak about what happened to her and to push through harrowing flashbacks of violence. The very thing that drew her into the darkest days of her life will ultimately save her: football.She sends 80 kicking tapes to 80 Division I schools and is invited to visit several top football programs. But it is the blue-collar, no-nonsense team that wins her trust: the University of New Mexico Lobos. Underhead coach Rocky Long, Hnida continues her long road to recovery through hard work and the will to never give up. She is not only accepted by her teammates, she also finds herself part of a team that’s a family.In Albuquerque, Hnida is reunited with her dream. Under a true |
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The ABC’s of Kissing Boys $8.99 Parker Stanhope has played soccer practically since she could walk. And now that she’s a high school junior, everything she’s worked for is finally coming together. She’s paid her dues on the field, and as an upperclassman, she’s a shoo-in for the varsity team. But that’s not what happens.This year, Coach Hartley moved up every JV player but two—and one of those two was Parker. Now, she’s stuck with the freshmen, her friends are cutting her loose, and her love of the game is seriously beginning to fail. But Parker is determined to get her life back. She has to get on the varsity team, and she has the perfect plan. All she needs now is the right kind of coach.Tina Ferraro lives in southern California. You can visit her online at www.tinaferraro.com.From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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The ABC’s of Kissing Boys $8.99 Parker Stanhope has played soccer practically since she could walk. And now that she’s a high school junior, everything she’s worked for is finally coming together. She’s paid her dues on the field, and as an upperclassman, she’s a shoo-in for the varsity team. But that’s not what happens.This year, Coach Hartley moved up every JV player but two—and one of those two was Parker. Now, she’s stuck with the freshmen, her friends are cutting her loose, and her love of the game is seriously beginning to fail. But Parker is determined to get her life back. She has to get on the varsity team, and she has the perfect plan. All she needs now is the right kind of coach.Tina Ferraro lives in southern California. You can visit her online at www.tinaferraro.com.From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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The Baffled Parents Guide to Great Soccer Drills (Baffled Parent’s Guides Series) $0.65 “One of the most useful soccer books I’ve seen.”—Dr. John McKeon, executive director (retired), National Soccer Coaches Association of America”Young soccer players should be trained in an environment that is safe, fun, and has direct implications for the game. This book has 125 ways to do just that. I strongly recommend it to all parents and coaches.”—Bob Gansler, head coach, Kansas City Wizards (2000 MLS Champions)Did we say “drills”? Sorry, we meant games. That’s right. Games that teach them more effectively than the tedious drills you endured as a kid. Games that challenge but do not frustrate them. Games that build rather than undermine a child’s confidence and sense of involvement.Great Soccer Drills contains 125 dynamic games and activities designed to keep your players moving, thinking, and most of all, having fun. The “games approach” to team practices allows you to teach soccer basics like ball control, movement, passing, and shooting while enhancing team communication and decision-making skills. You’ll even learn a thing or two about coaching style, and how to make improvement—rather than winning or losing—the goal of your season.Learn creative activities that develop skills quickly and painlessly Use the Troubleshooting Chart to pinpoint problems Develop coordination, cooperation, and camaraderie among your players Design effective practices using the sample practices Create a positive attitude, build team spirit, and get along with parents Make practices fun and rewarding Match practices to age and ability “Since my retirement, I have been coaching youth teams and have found the games approach presented in this book the only way to coach. A must for every youth soccer coach.”—Andy Caruso, founder and former president, Kwik Goal”Already regarded as national authorities on youth coaching and player development, Ron and Tom recently received |
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The Boy in the Dress $12.99 Everybody needs friends? especially a boy in a dress! Dennis? life is boring and lonely. His mother left two years ago, his truck driver father is depressed, his brother is a bully and, worst of all, “no hugging” is one of their household rules. But one thing Dennis does have is soccer-he’s the leading scorer on his team. Oh, and did we mention his secret passion for fashion? When Dennis? friend Lisa discovers his stash of Vogue magazines, she convinces him to vamp it up and wear a dress to school. But in class, his hilarious hijinks as “Denise’ are brought to a screeching halt when the headmaster discovers his secret and delivers the worst punishment of all-Dennis is expelled from school and therefore forbidden to play in the soccer Final Cup! Can the team win the most important game of the year without their star player? And, more importantly, will Dennis gain the love and respect of his friends and family, even in a dress? |
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The Boy in the Dress $6.99 Everybody needs friends? especially a boy in a dress! Dennis? life is boring and lonely. His mother left two years ago, his truck driver father is depressed, his brother is a bully and, worst of all, “no hugging” is one of their household rules. But one thing Dennis does have is soccer-he’s the leading scorer on his team. Oh, and did we mention his secret passion for fashion? When Dennis? friend Lisa discovers his stash of Vogue magazines, she convinces him to vamp it up and wear a dress to school. But in class, his hilarious hijinks as “Denise’ are brought to a screeching halt when the headmaster discovers his secret and delivers the worst punishment of all-Dennis is expelled from school and therefore forbidden to play in the soccer Final Cup! Can the team win the most important game of the year without their star player? And, more importantly, will Dennis gain the love and respect of his friends and family, even in a dress? |
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The Boy in the Dress $15.99 Everybody needs friends? especially a boy in a dress! Dennis? life is boring and lonely. His mother left two years ago, his truck driver father is depressed, his brother is a bully and, worst of all, “no hugging” is one of their household rules. But one thing Dennis does have is soccer-he’s the leading scorer on his team. Oh, and did we mention his secret passion for fashion? When Dennis? friend Lisa discovers his stash of Vogue magazines, she convinces him to vamp it up and wear a dress to school. But in class, his hilarious hijinks as “Denise’ are brought to a screeching halt when the headmaster discovers his secret and delivers the worst punishment of all-Dennis is expelled from school and therefore forbidden to play in the soccer Final Cup! Can the team win the most important game of the year without their star player? And, more importantly, will Dennis gain the love and respect of his friends and family, even in a dress? |
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The Boys from Little Mexico: A Season Chasing the American Dream $0.99 For nineteen straight years, the all-Hispanic boys’ soccer team from Oregon’s Woodburn High has made the playoffs. As they prepare to make it twenty, one thing will become clear: Los Perros play the beautiful game with heart, pride, and their lives on the line. Their spirited drive gives a rare sense of hope and unity to a blue-collar farming community that has been transformed by waves of immigrants over recent decades, a town locals call “Little Mexico.” Watched over by a south Texas transplant—a surrogate father to half the squad—this band of brothers must learn to come together on the field and look after each other off it.   More than just riveting sports writing, The Boys from Little Mexico is about the fight for the future of the next generation—and a hard, true look at boys dismissed as gang-bangers, told to “go home” by lily-white sideline crowds. The wins and losses they notch along the way spin a striking tale about what it takes to capture the American Dream.   |
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The Boys from Little Mexico: A Season Chasing the American Dream $9 For nineteen straight years, the all-Hispanic boys’ soccer team from Oregon’s Woodburn High has made the playoffs. As they prepare to make it twenty, one thing will become clear: Los Perros play the beautiful game with heart, pride, and their lives on the line. Their spirited drive gives a rare sense of hope and unity to a blue-collar farming community that has been transformed by waves of immigrants over recent decades, a town locals call “Little Mexico.” Watched over by a south Texas transplant—a surrogate father to half the squad—this band of brothers must learn to come together on the field and look after each other off it.   More than just riveting sports writing, The Boys from Little Mexico is about the fight for the future of the next generation—and a hard, true look at boys dismissed as gang-bangers, told to “go home” by lily-white sideline crowds. The wins and losses they notch along the way spin a striking tale about what it takes to capture the American Dream.   |
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Soccer Basics $12.99 The ultimate resource for getting on the ball. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Soccer Basics explains anything and everything a parent or new coach needs to know to understand the game and make the most of a child’s soccer experience. From the rules of the game to playing techniques, this is a one-volume course for parents and children to score winning goals.• Since 1974, total individual participation in U.S. soccer programs has grown from 100,000 to more than 3 million, primarily young players between the ages of 6 and 14• Most parents of today’s youth soccer players didn’t play soccer themselves growing up, and will welcome this reference book• Includes game strategies and practice techniques for every player position |
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Soccer Basics $0.37 The ultimate resource for getting on the ball. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Soccer Basics explains anything and everything a parent or new coach needs to know to understand the game and make the most of a child’s soccer experience. From the rules of the game to playing techniques, this is a one-volume course for parents and children to score winning goals.• Since 1974, total individual participation in U.S. soccer programs has grown from 100,000 to more than 3 million, primarily young players between the ages of 6 and 14• Most parents of today’s youth soccer players didn’t play soccer themselves growing up, and will welcome this reference book• Includes game strategies and practice techniques for every player position |
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The Global Game: Writers on Soccer $2.85 The world’s most popular sport, soccer, is also one of the planet’s prevalent cultural expressions, celebrated and debated as an art form, observed with ritual and passion. Thus it has inspired literary efforts of every sort, from every corner of the globe, by women and men. The writings gathered in this volume reflect the universal and infinitely varied ways in which soccer connects with human experience. Poetry and prose from Ted Hughes, Charles Simic, Eduardo Galeano, Gunter Grass, Giovanna Pollarolo, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Elvis Costello—to name but a few—take us to a dizzying array of cultures and climes. From a patch of ground in Missoula, Montana, to a clearing in a Kosovo forest, from the stadiums of Burma and Iran to the northern lights over Greenland to remotest Sierra Leone, these writers show us soccer’s stars and fans, politics and rituals, as well as the game’s power to encourage resistance, inspire faith, and build community. |
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The Heir Chronicles Box Set $24.99 Three boys, three talismans, one destiny. In this page-turning trilogy, Cinda Williams Chima explores what it means to be different, what’s worth fighting for, and what’s worth dying for…THE WARRIOR HEIR Jack lives an unremarkable life in Trinity, Ohio. Only his daily medicine and the thick scar above his heart set him apart from other teenagers at his high school. Until one day, Jack skips his medicine and finds himself stronger, fiercer, and more confident than ever before. He feels incredible – until he nearly kills another player on the soccer field.Soon, Jack learns the startling truth: he is Weirlind, part of a magical underground society of wizards, warriors, and enchantors. Weir’s mighty, feuding houses of the Red Rose and the White Rose determine power through The Game, a modern-day gladiator battle in which warriors from each house fight to the death. The winning house rules the Weir. But Jack finds out that he’s not just another member of Weirlind—he’s one of the last warriors—and both houses are scouting for a player.THE WIZARD HEIRSixteen-year-old Seph McCauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of one exclusive private school after another. Unfortunately it’s not his attitude that’s the problem. It’s the trail of magical accidents—lately, disasters—that follow in his wake. Seph is a wizard, orphaned and untrained—and now that the only person who could protect him has died, his powers are escalating out of control. At the Havens, a secluded boys’ school in Maine, Seph meets headmaster Gregory Leicester, who promises to initiate him into his order of wizards. But Seph soon learns that training comes at a steep cost, and that Leicester plans to use his students’ powers to serve his own malicious agenda. This wizard war is one that Seph may not have the strength to survive.THE |
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The Physics Of Soccer $22.95 Whether it’s called soccer, football, or the world’s game, soccer is fun and has been deemed the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is about motion. Physics is about the laws of motion, and it can be applied to ball games. Combining soccer and physics is one way to appreciate the high-speed aspects of the sport. In The Physics of Soccer, author Deji Badiru introduces basic mathematics and science concepts in an interesting, useful, and engaging way to enhance how the game is played.The Physics of Soccer teaches both players and coaches how to look at soccer in a new way-beyond the physical undertaking it represents-to understand the marvels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that give soccer its life, power, and thrills.With a background as both a scientist and soccer coach, Badiru also examines the science behind game scenarios, field-based decisions, the geometry of field play, and strategies for assessing the implications of directional motions of opponents and teammates on the field. The Physics of Soccer is an essential resource for any team looking for an advantage that can make the difference between just playing, and winning. |
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The Physics Of Soccer $32.95 Whether it’s called soccer, football, or the world’s game, soccer is fun and has been deemed the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is about motion. Physics is about the laws of motion, and it can be applied to ball games. Combining soccer and physics is one way to appreciate the high-speed aspects of the sport. In The Physics of Soccer, author Deji Badiru introduces basic mathematics and science concepts in an interesting, useful, and engaging way to enhance how the game is played.The Physics of Soccer teaches both players and coaches how to look at soccer in a new way-beyond the physical undertaking it represents-to understand the marvels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that give soccer its life, power, and thrills.With a background as both a scientist and soccer coach, Badiru also examines the science behind game scenarios, field-based decisions, the geometry of field play, and strategies for assessing the implications of directional motions of opponents and teammates on the field. The Physics of Soccer is an essential resource for any team looking for an advantage that can make the difference between just playing, and winning. |
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The Soccer Coaching Handbook $9.95 This manual contains of detailed ideas, theories and suggestions and should be of value to anyone actively coaching or interested in improving their standard of football coaching level.The author, who has coached European and English league teams, has created a training course concentrating on close control and ball movement. Included is a week-by-week fitness programme and structured training schedule. Clear diagrams accompany each game plan and are designed to be reproduced on the training field. Coaching exercises covered include: speeding up reaction times; one touch play; three-point defence systems; attacking runs from deep positions and improvising in set pieces. |
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The Ultimate Goal $14.95 Jason is a handsome, precocious, 10 year old with two major problems in life: one, the fact that he is mute and the other is the lack of a father. He loves soccer and that is his outlet for communicating to the world. Jason’s Mom, a lovely young woman, is overwhelmed with the burden brought on by single parenthood, as well as Jason’s problems, and being a soccer Mom. Daniel is a rather indifferent former pro-soccer player, who even at this point in his life is searching for meaning. He, by a strange occurrence meets Jason. Living in a suburb of Ft. Worth, Texas, Dan, Jason, and other children, go through one adventure after another, from the soccer fields, chasing a mystery, and competing in the game of their lives. |
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Toledo Pride Players: Jimmy McGeough, JR., Cliff Brown, David Masur, Carlos Salguero, Lesh Shkreli, Mike Garrett $8.59 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only.* Appearances (Goals) Jim McGeough is a retired Irish-American soccer defender. His career spanned over a dozen teams in seven leagues including the American Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League, Major Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League. McGeough, son of Belfast-born footballer Jimmy McGeough, moved to the United States at the age of fourteen when his father was hired to coach the New York Apollo. He graduated from Hicksville Senior High School on Long Island, New York. He attended SUNY Farmingdale. In 1985, he signed with the Columbus Capitals in the American Indoor Soccer Association. In 1986, he moved to the Toledo Pride, but the team lasted only the 1986-1987 season before folding. McGeough then moved to the Jacksonville Generals for the 1987-1988 AISA season. He then joined the Dayton Dynamo in December 1988 and played one season there. He had a trial with Derby County F.C., but broke his clavicle and returned to the United States. In 1989, McGeough returned to outdoor soccer with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the third American Soccer League. That season the Strikers won the league championship which put them into national championship game pitting the ASL champs with the Western Soccer League champions. The Strikers won the game, 3-1, over the San Diego Nomads. McGeough was an ASL All Star. He continued with the Strikers in 1990. In August 1990, he signed with the Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League for the 1990-1991 season. In 1991, he began the summer outdoor season with the Miami Freedom. When the Freedom failed to pay its players due to financial difficulties, McGeough moved to the Albany Capitals… More: |
