Soccer for Juniors: A Guide for Players, Parents, and Coaches

Author: Robert Pollock Merchant: ChristianBook Manufacturer: Wiley ISBN: 0028627776 Price: $2.95    ($3.50 S&H + 5.0% tax in MA)

Description

If you think 'pitch' means a baseball throw rather than a playing field, this helpful guide is definitely for you! This comprehensive, illustrated guide provides players, parents, and coaches with everything they need to know about the U.S. variation of the sport of soccer.

Beginning with an introduction to the game and how to watch it, this edition of Soccer for Juniors explains how young athletes can test their soccer skills and determine their potential. It outlines practice drills in trapping, passing, heading, dribbling, and kicking that prepare the beginning player for more advanced skills such as the chip shot. The back-heel kick, and the volley. All are explained through photographs and diagrams that demonstrate both the right and wrong way of performing these moves

Soccer for Juniors is also an invaluable source of information about the tactics that make youth soccer one of the most exciting sports to watch, the best way to set up drills for tryouts and practices, the right equipment and diet for young players and much more. This 180-page softcover book is recommended for ages 12 and up.