The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, techniques, and more about your favorite sport! (Everything Kids Series) [Paperback]

Deborah W Crisfield (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Everything Kids Series

It?s a goal! Whether kids play defense, goalie, or offense, they?ll have hours of fun with this book. Coach Deborah W. Crisfield gives kids tips and strategies for passing, heading, defending, and more in this fun guide. Kids also learn:

• How to stretch before a big game
  
• Proper throw-in technique
  
• Rules of the game
  
• Dribbling drills
  
• Effective on-field communication
  

Most important, this guide shows kids the importance of teamwork and motivates them to stay active and healthy. This book will be a hit with kids and parents alike!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Deborah W. Crisfield (Summit, NJ) is a soccer coach and author of twenty-eight books, including four other soccer books and many other sports and reference books. She played soccer in high school, college, and in women?s leagues in both NY and NJ. She will be coaching her twenty-seventh season of youth soccer this fall.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media; 2 edition (April 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160550162X
• ISBN-13: 978-1605501628
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > Children's Books > Sports & Games > Sports > Soccer

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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.