The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, Techniques, and More About Your Favorite Sport! [Paperback]

Deborah Crisfield (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Everything Kids'

Are you among the millions of kids who live to play soccer? If you are, you'll love The Everything Kids' Soccer Book! Inside this exciting book, you'll find out how to excel at this hugely popular sport, with professional instruction on:
The complete rules of the game
Techniques for dribbling, trapping, and heading the ball
The arts of defense and goaltending
Winning techniques and drills
Tips on how to maintain possession of the ball

Soccer player and coach Deborah W. Crisfield gives you lots of advice on stretching, endurance building, and strength training. Along the way, she includes some amazing facts on the World Cup and American soccer stars, such as Landon Donovan and Mia Hamm, and offers dozens of puzzles and games. The Everything Kids' Soccer Book is definitely a GOAL!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Deborah W. Crisfield is a soccer coach and author of Winning Soccer for Girls and The Mom's Guide to Sports. She played soccer in high school, college, and currently plays in a woman's league. She lives in New Jersey.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580626424
• ISBN-13: 978-1580626422
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #870,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > Children's Books > Sports & Games > Sports > Soccer

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for the beginning soccer player, February 23, 2005

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Busy Bee (Switzerland & United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, Techniques, and More About Your Favorite Sport! (Paperback)

This is a great book for the beginning soccer player, so let that be around seven years old. My son was able to read by himself at that age and loved the games and the information he found in the book.
Children older than that as stated on the back cover will not profit from the information found in this book.

42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK for Beginners, November 17, 2004

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Terry A. Simpson (Naples, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, Techniques, and More About Your Favorite Sport! (Paperback)

I will keep this brief because I mostly want to warn people that while this book is stated to be suitable for ages 9-12 that pre-supposes that the readers are beginner soccer players.

My nine year old son, who has played soccer for a few years laughed at the simplicity and found the book not at all useful. This was of course disappointing to me. I relied on the rating, made an assumption that I should not have made and had the book sent to him without having read it.

In summary, a good book for BEGINNERS aged 9-12. Live and learn!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for 8-11 year olds, April 4, 2006

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Brian in Boston (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, Techniques, and More About Your Favorite Sport! (Paperback)

I think this book has a good amount of information in it for kids in the 8 - 11 year old age bracket. They introduce skills and strategies that many novice coaches may not be providing. I wish that some of the skills were illustrated in more detail. For example, just mentioning that you should keep your toe pointed down for an instep kick is not sufficient; it is critical to have the heel locked down. A better illustration would help emphasize points like this. Overall I would very much recommend this book.