Soccer

Master all the fundamentals that matter on the pitch with Soccer Skills & Drills. This comprehensive instructional guide for players and coaches alike teaches the techniques necessary for success as well as games and drills to hone your skills to perfection.

Learn to dribble, receive, pass, shoot, head, tackle, and guard the goal with guidance from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the top coaches' organization in the United States. Then use the 80 progressively arranged games and drills to practice those skills in competitive situations and small-sided games. The insightful teaching points and effective practice activities will reinforce your execution of the fundamentals and expand your repertoire of techniques and tactics.

Dozens of photographs and diagrams are provided to help you visualize the technical instruction, while the application of each skill is described from both tactical and positional perspectives. More than a drill book, Soccer Skills & Drills is the information-packed resource that will elevate any player's game!

Fundamental skills, offensive and defensive strategy, team offense and defense, conditioning and motivational techniques--every conceivable aspect of the game is discussed in this official coaching handbook from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Never before has so much information by so many renowned soccer authorities been collected in one volume. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America wa formed in 1941 and its mission today is the same one set forth by its founding members in New York: to promote the sport of soccer in the United States, while at the same time providing an educational environment for individuals at all levels of the game to improve their coaching skills. It is their belief that better coaching will improve the play of the sport in this country. The NSCAA membership has grown to more than 11,000 coaches nationwide, male and female, from the youth level to the collegiate ranks.

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Once considered to be a solely European sport, soccer has now surpassed baseball in popularity among American schoolchildren. Geared toward kids aged seven to twelve, this easy-to-understand book includes such topics as the history of the game, the basics of how to play, suggestions on how to become a better player, and fun soccer trivia.

This digital document is an article from Soccer Digest, published by Century Publishing on August 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1783 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rhythm and blues: after a long road to the top, Shannon MacMillan is drumming up support for the fictitious title of World's Greatest Female Soccer Player.
Author: John Philip Wyllie
Publication: Soccer Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2002
Publisher: Century Publishing
Volume: 25 Issue: 3 Page: 50(5)

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Title: Colts wrap up MWL title.(Soccer)(Thurston wins its first league boys soccer title since 1987)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: October 25, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: D29

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on October 24, 2008. The length of the article is 490 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lions clinch Sky-Em League title.(Soccer Prep Boys)(Antwone Mootz's second half goal gives Cottage Grove a 1-0 victory over Marist)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: October 24, 2008
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: C17

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Master each key skill on the soccer field with Soccer, Third Edition: Steps to Success. This comprehensive guide contains progressive instruction for optimal learning of individual techniques and team tactics.

Improve your skills in dribbling, passing, receiving, shooting, defending, tackling, heading, and goalkeeping with the help of clear, detailed descriptions and accompanying illustrations of all fundamental techniques and variations. Then learn how and when to apply those skills in game situations, such as winning one-on-one matchups or attacking and defending individually or as part of a team. More than 155 drills hone your skills and gauge your readiness to move on to the next step through a clear, easy-to-follow scoring system.

Become a complete player able to perform a variety of skills and execute basic tactics consistently and successfully. Soccer, Third Edition: Steps to Success has helped more than 80,000 players like you take their game to a much higher level.

See all the titles available in the Steps to Success Series.

"Wetherell is a passionate writer who has a sharp, fresh eye."—The New York Times

Writing with the same descriptive flair that has won his novels so much praise, W. D. Wetherell tells the true story of his high-school-age son's winning soccer season. Soccer Dad is simultaneously the candid reflections of a devoted father and the enthusiastic observations of a diehard soccer fan.

When Matt enters his senior year of high school, it is not without myriad parenting concerns on the part of his father, author W. D. Wetherell. What is his role in shaping his son's future? What will life be like when Matt is away at college? And what of Matt's soccer season?—Is Matt's success in soccer just setting him up for disappointment later in life? With the pensive eye of an artist, Wetherell follows his son's team from field to field and win to win and ruminates on topics ranging from soccer's esoteric appeal in America to the conflicting emotions of a parent sending his youngest child out into the world. Reflecting on his own experiences both as a participant and a spectator, Wetherell offers a paean to the sport of soccer and the joys of parenthood.

Getting a yellow card at age eight...snubbing an internationally reknown goalkeeper and having the only bicycle kick he's ever scored called back are just a few of the many hilarious true stories in this collection of short stories, poems and pictures from a lifetime in soccer by Mark Vincent Lincir. He is also the author of THE GIFT OF STOPPAGE TIME and THE WORLD NEEDS MORE BELLY RUBS.

This digital document is an article from Soccer Digest, published by Century Publishing on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1992 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Forward March: with the league's best defense and the return of Kelly Smith, Philadelphia may charge to the Founders Cup title. (2003 WUSA Preview).
Author: John Philip Wyllie
Publication: Soccer Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Century Publishing
Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Page: 46(6)

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