Book description
Learn to:
- Get a handle on soccer rules and regulations
- Grasp the basic moves and plays
- Improve dribbling, passing, and other skills
- Appreciate this popular pastime
Learn the basics, improve your game knowledge, and reach your soccer
playing goals
Do you get a kick out of soccer? Whether you're a youth league
player, a soccer parent, or a World Cup fan, here at last is the book
you've been waiting for. Now updated with the latest history, stats,
and rules of this popular sport, Soccer For Dummies is the
ultimate guide to the greatest and most popular sport on the planet.
- Kick off Â- get a beginner's history of soccer, from its early
days in China to the modern game that's showcased in stadiums and
played on soccer fields all across the globe
- Get to the nitty-gritty Â- discover the rules of the game, what
each player on the field is expected to do, the tactics they
employ, and the skills they need to play
- The biggest sport in the world Â- explore everything about the
professional game of soccer, from the biggest show on earth Â- the
FIFA World Cup Â- to other international tournaments such as the
European Championships, Copa America, and the CONCACAF Gold Cup
- For fans Â- find out what you can expect at a professional
soccer game, as well as the lowdown on where you can find soccer
on television, online, in newspapers, magazines, books, movies,
and on DVDs
Open the book and find:
- How soccer is played (and scored)
- Tips on coaching, how to keep fit, and how to play "the
beautiful game"
- An in-depth look at women's soccer
- How club soccer is organized across the world
- Important international and club teams
- Fun soccer facts and interesting tidbits
- A look at the game's most fascinating players
Tom Dunmore is the author of Historical Dictionary of Soccer,
and the editor of several soccer websites and blogs including XI
Quarterly. He is an avid Chicago Fire fan. Scott Murray is a soccer
writer for The Guardian and FourFourTwo.
