 | How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
By: Harper Perennial Price: $ 13.95 $ 5.25 Reviews: 77 Average Rating: 3.5
The global power of soccer might be a little hard for Americans, living in a country that views the game with the same skepticism used for the metric system and the threat of killer bees, to grasp fully. But in Europe, South America, and elsewhere, soccer is not merely a pastime but often an expression of the social, economic, political, and racial composition of the communities that host both the teams and their throngs of enthusiastic fans. New Republic editor Franklin Foer, a lifelong devotee of soccer dating from his own inept youth playing... |
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 | Fever Pitch
By: Riverhead Trade Price: $ 14.00 $ 5.59 Reviews: 121 Average Rating: 4.5
In the States, Nick Hornby is best know as the author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, two wickedly funny novels about being thirtysomething and going nowhere fast. In Britain he is revered for his status as a fanatical football writer (sorry, fanatical soccer writer), owing to Fever Pitch--which is both an autobiography and a footballing Bible rolled into one. Hornby pinpoints 1968 as his formative year--the year he turned 11, the year his parents separated, and the year his father first took him to watch Arsenal play.... |
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 | Football For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))
By: For Dummies Price: $ 19.99 $ 10.75 Reviews: 39 Average Rating: 4.0
At last, the Dummies series is tackling football. Former Raider all-pro defensive end and current Fox TV analyst Howie Long calls the signals, and if he doesnt always go deep--hes got a lot of ground to cover--at least he connects. With all its Xs and Os, football is a complicated sport, and Long works hard to smooth the way: "Once you break through that initial fear of being overwhelmed by football and what you dont understand," he counsels, "I know everything else about the game, like dominoes, will fall into place." In his role as... |
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 | The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
By: Riverhead Trade Price: $ 24.00 $ 11.67 Reviews: 4 Average Rating: 4.5
The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccers rise from chaotic folk ritual to the worlds most popular sport-now... |
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 | Among the Thugs
By: Vintage Price: $ 15.00 $ 8.46 Reviews: 63 Average Rating: 4.0
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and Englands soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and... |
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 | Skills and Strategies for Coaching Soccer
By: Human Kinetics Publishers Price: $ 19.95 $ 11.10 Reviews: 15 Average Rating: 5.0
With Skills and Strategies for Coaching Soccer, you have access to 120 drills for teaching skills to players at all levels--from beginning to intermediate to advanced. And for each skill, youll find drills for players at different levels of development. Some of the basic skills presented include collecting and controlling, passing, dribbling, kicking, heading, goalkeeping, and the throw in. Youll also find • offensive moves and countering defensive moves; • 120 drills for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players; ... |
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 | The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
By: W. W. Norton Price: $ 24.95 $ 3.85 Reviews: 136 Average Rating: 4.5
By the author of the bestselling Moneyball: in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play.The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school—such as, say, how to read or... |
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 | The Baffled Parents Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer
By: International Marine/ragged Mountain Press Price: $ 15.95 $ 7.89 Reviews: 23 Average Rating: 5.0
Written by soccer great and championship Stanford coach Bobby Clark, COACHING YOUTH SOCCER: THE BAFFLED PARENTS 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 watch kids learn and grow in an experience theyll treasure for a lifetime.) |
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 | Great Soccer Drills : The Baffled Parents Guide
By: International Marine/ragged Mountain Press Price: $ 15.95 $ 7.94 Reviews: 17 Average Rating: 5.0
A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A games-based alternative to tedious rote exercises, guaranteed to keep practices fun, engaging, and productive Great Soccer Drills provides soccer coaches with a great way to make every soccer practice active, fun, and productive. Coaches get 125 games guaranteed to keep kids moving and excited while teaching them basic skills, sharpening their reflexes, and building their confidence and decision-making ability. Written by two of North Americas foremost names in youth soccer... |
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 | Soccer for Dummies
By: For Dummies Price: $ 10.00 Reviews: 7 Average Rating: 3.5
“Entertaining, very informative, and essential for parents, fans, and players.” —Tony DiCicco, Head Coach, 1999 Women’s Cup Champions “Two thumbs up.... This book will broaden your knowledge of the game.” —Ron Newman, all-time winningest American Soccer Coach “This book will help people to understand why soccer is the world’s sport and why we love it so much.” —Tiffeny Milbrett, Forward, U.S. Women’s National Team ... |
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