In Soccer Goalkeeper Training the authors explain and show through detailed photos and coaching points the physical and technical skills required for novice goalkeepers to improve their current level with easy to follow progressions
World Club Football Records is a net-bulging collection of standout football records, stats and trivia from around the globe. The triumphs and outstanding achievements from the Premier League, FA Cup, Spain's LaLiga, Germany's Bundesliga, the Champions League and Copa Libertadores, together with many other leading competitions worldwide, are ......
Develop an Elite Coaching Methodology With Applied Coaching Science
This book brings together the most fundamental components of football science and performance coaching through modern, integrated coaching science methods implemented by leading practitioners and researchers. A must-have for coaches and trainers seeking to augment their own understanding of what is required to enhance player development.
The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States
Rediscovering soccer's long history in the U.S. Across North America, native peoples and colonists alike played a variety of kicking games long before soccer's emergence in the late 1800s. Brian D. Bunk examines the development and social impact of these sports through the rise of professional soccer after World War I. As he shows, the various ......
John Gwynne's lifelong love of Manchester City is interspersed with stories about his broadcasting career and memorable evenings on the dinner circuit. 'Soccer Satisfied' is a nostalgic and warm journey through different eras. John meets many of the game's greats, from Trautmann to Ferguson. His distinctive voice emanates from every page.
A Study on the Geopolitical Area's Tribal, Imaginal, and Contextual Poli
This book elucidates the socio-political and symbolic-cultural aspects of football as a "different form of politics" in Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe, drawing on both contemporary and historical aspects and including insights from different disciplines.
Molineux is known throughout the World as the home of the Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, the most famous place in Wolverhampton, and this is the story not just of the stadium but the hotel and pleasure gardens which came before, and the private house built in 1720 which lent its name to a City institution.
The World Cup as World History uses football's premier event to analyze modern sports and world history. Bowman traces the history of a tournament that has become a global phenomenon that generates intense political, economic, and cultural interest and profound discussions about racial, ethnic, and gender identity in the contemporary era.