Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the crosscurrents of today's world, with all of its joys and sorrows. Soccer clubs don't represent geographic areas; they stand for social classes and political ideologies, and often command more faith than religion. Unlike baseball or tennis, soccer is freighted ...
For eight years - the years of riots on Channel ferries, street-fighting outside Britain's football grounds, and the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters - Bill Buford, an American, travelled with football hooligans up and down Britain, and to Italy, Turkey, Greece and Germany. He attended a National Front disco and witnessed the robbing of a pub. He ...
Elegantly and simply written, "The Abstinence Teacher" illuminates the powerful emotions that run beneath the placid surface of modern family life, and explores the complicated spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people.
Memories of war, political crackdowns, revolutions, and ethnic cleansing are part of life in Clarkston, Georgia, turned into a refugee center by the federal government. This fast-paced account follows the story of Luma Mufleh, a bright-burning advocate, who started the Fugees soccer team and transformed the town.
It is Boxing Day, 1962. A frozen pitch at Roker Park and the painful premature end to a career as one of football's most deadly marksmen. At twenty-eight, he made 251 league goals in 274 appearances. For Sunderland and Middlesbrough. How is a man to make a living? How is a man to live? It is Yorkshire, 1974. Leeds United hate Brian Clough. Brian ...
The "greatest women's soccer player on the planet ("Sports Illustrated for Women") reveals the secrets of her success on and off the field--now updated with the inside story of the 1999 Women's World Cup victory. of color photos. 30 b&w photos.
"A Home on the Field" is the triumphant true story of a team of Latino high school students and their coach who fought against the prejudices of their school and small Southern town to win the North Carolina state soccer championship.
Jabber Morris loves playing soccer, but friends and family members are pressuring him to abandon soccer for football. Will Jabber give up the sport he loves to please others? This beginning-chapter book is illustrated with b&w drawings.
The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea in their own image, the Dutch have often been dazzlingly original and ...
Soccer: Steps to Success is an excellent course text or self-instruction guide. Either way, this unique progression of skills will help players get started quickly, make steady progress, and proceed at their own pace. In this book, 13 steps (chapters) explain why each concept or skill, is important, identify keys to correct technique, help players ...
This book, chronicled from the perspective of a fanatical ten-year-old soccer fan, through disillusioned adolescence, to an adult "who should know better", examines the absurdities, idiosyncrasies and traumas of everyday life and football. While Chelsea were undoubtedly the football team at the heart of fashionable London in the late 1960s, it ...
The history of Manchester United is one of the most incredible sporting stories. In 1878, the club's forerunner, Newton Heath, was founded by the dining room committee of the carriage and waggon works of a local railway company. Now, 130 years later, it is the world's favourite football team with a fanbase of 139 million. This fascinating ...
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the world's most devoted sports fans, a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee explores the vibrant landscape of English soccer with piercing wit and penetrating insight.
Steven Gerrard is a hero to millions, not only as the inspirational captain of Liverpool FC, but as a key member of the England team. Here, for the first time, he tells the story of his lifelong obsession with football, in an honest and revealing book which captures the extraordinary camaraderie, the soul-destroying tensions and the high-octane ...
Written by soccer great and championship Stanford coach Bobby Clark, "Coaching Youth Soccer: A Baffled Parent's Guide" tells you how, starting at point zero, an uninitiated coach can meld kids into a team and help them enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences of their youth. (In the end, you may be the one who reaps the biggest reward, as you ...
'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 ...
Brother and Sister Bear love to play soccer, and their own Papa Bear is the coach of their team. But, during one tough game, they learn important lessons about fair play and sportsmanship for young and old, alike.
Take your game to the next level with the revolutionary program used by pro soccer teams worldwide. The soccer player in full flight, maneuvering, turning and twisting, dribbling, swerving, leaping into the air, holding the position for a fraction of a second then heading a cross, with perfect timing, into the goal. You think only the genetically ...
The second edition of "Skills and Strategies for Coaching Soccer" is fully updated and revised, bringing the book right up-to-date with current coaching trends and practices. Building on the success of the first edition Alan Hargreaves together with Dick Bate have produced a resource that is truly relevant to every coach irrespective of individual ...
A comprehensive look at modern zone formations through the eyes fo the author and ten high level professional Italian coaches. Arrigo Sacchi (Milan, Italian National Team), Marcello Lippi (Napoli, Inter, Juventus), Walter Novellino (Venezia, Napoli, Piacenza), Carlo Ancelotti (Parma, Juventus), and Renzo Ulivieri (Parma) are among the impressive ...
Writer and fan Joe McGinniss spends a year in Italy with a world-class soccer team in this book that is part travelogue and part sports book. McGinniss surrenders the objective stance of the reporter as he becomes engaged with the everyday lives of the players and townspeople.
This work is an international guide to building a style of play around the strengths of the team's players. Two coaches of the Danish national team teach soccer's four primary systems of play and then break down the different strategies, tactics and styles of play that can be used to counter every kind of opponent. Coaches can choose from ...
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