Winning Soccer Author:Al Miller, Norm Wingert Soccer, long a popular sport in the rest of the world, now inspires enthusiasm in the United States, too. And well it should, since no other game requires the player to call on strength, endurance, and agility to quite the same degree while providing such a good show for the spectator. — Winning Soccer, by top North American coach Al Miller, is a... more » comprehensive and fully illustrated guide -- for both player and spectator -- to this exciting sport. The book starts with a description of the playing field and equipment required for the game -- what the beginning player must have and what can be improvised -- and goes on to describe the skills and physical abilities that are essential for soccer to be played successfully. Then, after introductory chapters on technique and ball control, each technique -- dribbling, passing, heading, shooting, and kicking -- is given thorough treatment in a separate chapter. Tricks of the game are detailed in a chapter on strategy, and the goalkeeper's position is also discussed. Every explanation is dynamically illustrated with action photographs.
Players, spectators, and coaches will all find the information they need in Winning Soccer.« less