Soccer for Everyone

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Summary: Advice on how to play the worldwide famous sport of soccer
Review: Soccer For Everyone by recreational soccer expert and coach Rudy Yakzan is a simple, practical introduction, primer, and resource of valuable advice on how to play the worldwide famous sport of soccer. Individual chapters offer tips, tricks, and techniques for better goalkeeping, defense, tactics, maintaining fitness, specific roles of the soccer team positions, and much more. Black-and-white photographs highlight this guide, which gives its practical instructions in simple terms easily accessible to soccer players of all experience levels. Covering every and all aspects of play including goalkeeping, defense, midfield strategies, team tactics, advanced skills, physically fitness, and coaching tips, Soccer For Everyone is an ideal text for Physical Education soccer programs.

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Summary: Great help!
Review: This book helped me understand soccer much better so I can help my kids! Real easy to understand all the concepts!

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Summary: Great help!
Review: This is an excellent book. I bought it to learn a little more about the sport of soccer. I have been watching soccer on TV for the past couple of years along with playing in occasional pick up games. I felt that I needed more information to truly get the most enjoyment out of my activity. This book delivered for me. It breaks everything down to the basics and then builds from there. The first chapter starts with such fundamentals as passing, kicking, dribbling, and heading. The next chapter leads you into the different positions on the field. Various strategies, styles, and training techniques are discussed for each specific position and subcategory of that position. Real world examples are given to show that there is more than one style or body type that can play, say outside midfield or central defense. The next chapter examines the different kicks, throw-ins, and defensive tactics along with team play philosophies. These first three chapters were the reason that I purchased the book. I found myself reading into the late hours of the night. The author writes with a great deal of respect for the sport of soccer. This combined with the many pictures and diagrams made for a real page-turner. The last half of the book delves into more advanced skills and techniques. It also discusses coaching advice, fitness, and practice drills. I will have to do a few rereads to get the most out of these chapters. I surely got my money's worth and would recommend it to any one looking to gain more knowledge about the many intricacies of this great sport.

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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: This is definitely not a very technical work, but the author is pretty good at explaining everything real simply. It is an excellent introduction to the sport, and the author is obviously well versed in all aspects of soccer.