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History and Instruction, March 1, 2008
This review is from: Soccer skills & tactics (Hardcover)
I owned this book as a kid when if first came out (1976). I lost it over the decades, and have finally found it thanks to Amazon.
The best thing about this book is NOT the instruction, but the history. Each area of instruction (like Corner Kicks, Dribbling, Passing, Defending, etc) is introduced with some history of the players who were exceptional in that area, and real game situations that illustrate why and how it was important. After that, they give some suggestions about how to improve in that area.
This was the only book I had on soccer that was any good to me as a kid, and learning some of the history really deepened my obsession with the World's game.
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