While retaining all the detail of the Young Enthusiast series, the SUPERGUIDES titles for the 8-12 year olds are extended and feature new photography as well as up-to-the-minute coverage of all aspects of the sport and the headline-grabbing major tournaments.
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Published/Written by: Ian Bent, McIlroy, Kevin Mousley, Peter Walsh.
Football Confidential is a book which every football fan should read--if only to open their eyes to some of the real matters that continue to affect the game as we know it.
BBC Radio 5's On The Line documentary is famed for some of the shocking stories that it has unearthed in the world of sport, and this book contains the stunning findings of the team's forays into the dark side of football.
This book looks beyond the daily digest of glitz and glamour with which fans are constantly bombarded and delves into the grubby underbelly of the game.
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Way To Play Soccer for Girls is an instructi onal football book aimed specifically at women players that bring together in-depth analysis of the rules, detailed desc riptions of the techniques and expert advice on the tactics of the game.
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In On Football England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson delivers his thesis on how to win--and he doesn't mean sticking a big lad up front, keeping it tight and playing for the set-pieces. This is an exploration of the average footballer's least celebrated organ--the mind--and how to nurture it to improve sporting performance. In the company of sports psychologist, Willi Railo, Eriksson analyses his experience of building winning teams--in particular the 2000 Italian champions Lazio--and addresses the key psychological issues that have to be managed if individuals and groups are to fulfill their potential. Traditionally British football managers have struggled with this sort of thing--performance analysis swiftly reduced to shouting about giving 110 per cent--and for fans reared on the blood and thunder ethos of the Premiership, some of it is going to read like pretty revolutionary stuff.
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Published/Written by: Stephen Dobson, John Goddard.
This book presents the first detailed economic analysis of professional football at club level, using a combination of economic reasoning and statistical and econometric analysis. Most of the original empirical research reported in the book is based on English club football. A wide range of international comparisons help emphasise both the broader relevance as well as the unique characteristics of the English experience. Specific topics include: the links between football clubs' financial strength and competitive balance and uncertainty of outcome; the determinants of professional footballers' compensation; measuring the football manager's contribution to team performance, the determinants of managerial change, and its effects on team performance; patterns of spectator demand for attendance; predicting match results, betting on football, and the market in football clubs' company shares. The book concludes with an extended discussion of the major economic policy issues currently facing football's legislators and administrators worldwide.
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The Football Association's official coaching manual was written in conjunction with the production of 13 technical videos (in collaboration with the BBC) with the express purpose of helping players, teachers and coaches to understand better the finer technical points of the game. It is also intended as a structured aid to the development of techniques, skills and tactics for all levels of the game. The course includes systems of play, principles of coaching, creating space, passing and support, attacking, shooting, goalkeeping, defending and set plays, all illustrated in a series of 600 step-by-step photogrpahs and diagrams.
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This is an easy-to-understand reference for anyone who wants to learn more about America and American fo otball. It looks at: the language of the game; strategies an d subtleties of play; equipment and players; and associated cultural traditions.
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