Soccer Game!

Soccer Game!
Author: Grace Maccarone
Publisher: Hello Reader! Level 1 (Preboun
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780785739180

Brief rhyming text follows a group of children through some exciting plays during a soccer game

My First Soccer Game

My First Soccer Game
Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2016-06-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1481461885

Simple text and photographs help young readers learn all about playing soccer in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read. It’s the first day of soccer practice, and it’s going to be great! In this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, beginning readers will learn that soccer players wear cleats, do warm ups, and try to kick the ball into the goal. Score! The best part about soccer is being on a team and making new friends. Young readers getting ready to hit the field will love seeing photographs of kids their age playing soccer in this adorable introduction to the sport! Includes a special section of step-by-step instructions for basic soccer moves—to be done with a parent or guardian’s supervision!

Finding the Game

Finding the Game
Author: Gwendolyn Oxenham
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1250010888

Across two dozen countries—from back alleys to remote beaches to the roofs of skyscrapers—an eye-opening journey into the heart of soccer Every country has a different term for it: In the United States it's "pickup." In Trinidad it's "taking a sweat." In Brazil it's "pelada" (literally "naked"). It's the other side of soccer, those spontaneous matches played away from the bright lights and manicured fields—the game for anyone, anywhere. At sixteen, Gwendolyn Oxenham was the youngest Division I athlete in NCAA history, a starter and leading goal-scorer for Duke. At twenty, she graduated, the women's professional soccer league folded, and her career was over. In Finding the Game, Oxenham, along with her boyfriend and two friends, chases the part of the game that outlasts a career. They bribe their way into a Bolivian prison, bet shillings on a game with moonshine brewers in Kenya, play with women in hijab on a court in Tehran—and discover what the world looks like when you wander down side streets, holding on to a ball. An entertaining, heartfelt look at the soul of a sport and a thrilling travel narrative, this book is proof that on the field and in life, some things need no translation.

The Numbers Game

The Numbers Game
Author: Chris Anderson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2013-07-30
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1101628871

Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding—and winning—the most popular sport on the planet. Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers—a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions—How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player’s value be judged?—they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.

The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars

The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
Author: Sebastian Abbot
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0393292215

“An exhilarating, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately unforgettable journey that lays bare the true human stakes of the world’s most popular game.”—Warren St. John, best-selling author of Outcasts United Searching for soccer’s next superstars, an audacious program called Football Dreams held tryouts for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africa. In The Away Game, Sebastian Abbot follows several of the boys as they chase their dreams in a dizzying world of rich Arab sheikhs, money-hungry agents, and soccer-mad European fans.

The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game
Author: John Andrews
Publisher: Aurum Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781781315842

Through stunning infographics and high-quality illustrations, the world of soccer is brought to life. Full of facts and stats, players and personalities, this is the beautiful game as you have never seen it before. Whether it is uncovering the most goals scored in an international tournament, or comparing the left-foot of the world's best players, the intriguing and often surprising truths of soccer are uncovered. From the legend-makers Brazil and their world cup wins, the tallest and shortest players to have graced the game, to pitting the top players against each others, these striking and fun infographics put the game's most intriguing questions to the test. Who has scored more from the penalty spot, Ronaldo or Messi? Which goalie has the safest hands? Who has received the most red cards?

The Soccer Game

The Soccer Game
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2006
Genre:
ISBN: 1416907963

Sportacus and his friends must figure out how to stop a soccer-playing robot run amuck.

Soccer

Soccer
Author: Dan Herbst
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1999
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780789303387

The official playing and coaching manual for youth soccer of the United States Soccer Federation. The definitive playing and coaching manual for youth soccer. Compiled by the coaching, educational and technical staff of U.S. Soccer, this book offers extensive information on all aspects of the game, technique, tactics, laws, prevention and care of injury, coaching preparation, organizational structure, model training sessions, and more than 100 practice games suitable for developing aspects of every player's game. Features numerous games for developing dribbling * passing * finishing * heading * defending * goalkeeping, as well as games specifically for young beginners * games to teach tactics * overall soccer decision-making. Extensive technique section offers detailed pointers on dribbling and turning moves * shielding * passing * receiving * drives * chips, bending the ball and volleys * heading * marking * tackling * goalkeeping catches * dives and saves. Tactical chapters offer detailed information on fundamental attacking tactics * defensive principles * restart tactics for defensive and offensive success. Model training sections construct excellent practice sessions, from warmup through cool down exercises * useful for all coaches as a guide to improving performance * efficiency * enjoyment of training.

Get in the Game

Get in the Game
Author: Keir Radnedge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2018
Genre: Soccer
ISBN: 9781338227055

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the most awesome sport on the planet.

Handbook of Soccer Match Analysis

Handbook of Soccer Match Analysis
Author: Christopher Carling
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2007-01-24
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1134302010

Appealing to a wide audience, this ground-breaking handbook takes an in-depth look at soccer match analysis, highlighting the latest in match analysis research and the innovative technologies now being used by professional soccer clubs around the world. Bridging the gap between research, theory and practice, these methods can be used by coaches, sport scientists and fitness coaches to assess and improve: styles of play, technical ability and physical fitness objective performance feedback to players the development of specific training routines use of available notation software, video analysis and manual systems understanding of current academic research in soccer notational analysis. This is the first book to focus exclusively on football, and is based on the authors' extensive experience in academic and professional match analysis.