 | The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
By: W. W. Norton & Company Price: $ 24.95 $ 12.74 Reviews: 264 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... |
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 | Mind Gym : An Athletes Guide to Inner Excellence
By: Mcgraw-hill Price: $ 16.95 $ 9.43 Reviews: 35 Average Rating: 4.5
Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." These 40 accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes will help you gain the "head edge" over the competition. |
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 | Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the Worlds Most Popular Sport
By: Nation Books Price: $ 14.95 $ 8.60 Reviews: 17 Average Rating: 4.5
Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn’t America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style?These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them.Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about soccer. An essential guide for the 2010 World Cup,... |
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 | Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Womans Quest to Make a Difference
By: Spiegel & Grau Price: $ 15.00 $ 8.37 Reviews: 82 Average Rating: 4.5
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American townClarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world’s war zones—from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan. Suddenly Clarkston’s streets were filled with women wearing the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colors playing soccer in any open space they could find. The... |
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 | The Baffled Parents Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer
By: International Marine/ragged Mountain Press Price: $ 16.95 $ 6.74 Reviews: 26 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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 | How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
By: Harper Perennial Price: $ 13.99 $ 6.65 Reviews: 92 Average Rating: 3.5
Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross–currents of todays world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide–ranging work of reportage, Franklin Foer takes us on a surprising tour through the world of soccer, shining a spotlight on the clash of civilizations, the international economy, and just about everything in between. How Soccer Explains the World is an utterly original book that makes sense of our troubled times. |
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 | Great Soccer Drills : The Baffled Parents Guide
By: International Marine/ragged Mountain Press Price: $ 16.95 $ 5.75 Reviews: 23 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 coaching, it... |
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 | Football For Dummies
By: For Dummies Price: $ 19.99 $ 10.72 Reviews: 53 Average Rating: 4.0
The ultimate fans guide to Americas most popular sport Since the last edition of Football For Dummies, new stadiums have been built, new stars have ascended, and records have been broken. This new edition has been revised to reflect todays game, giving football fans up-to-the-minute information on all the rules and regulations, positions, plays, and penalties. Featuring coverage of the newest stadium technologies, revised greatest players and legends, and pro-football must-do experiences, it also includes expert... |
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 | Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
By: Orion Price: $ 14.95 $ 8.31 Reviews: 12 Average Rating: 5.0
Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study traces the world history of tactics, from modern pioneers right back to the beginning, where chaos reigned. Along the way, author Jonathan Wilson, an erudite and detailed writer who never loses a sense of the grand narrative sweep, takes a look at the lives of the great players and thinkers who shaped the game, and discovers why the English in particular have proved themselves so “unwilling to grapple with the abstract.” This is a modern... |
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 | The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
By: Riverhead Trade Price: $ 24.00 $ 13.97 Reviews: 7 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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