Hawkins, Ed
Summary: From South America and Africa, kids as young as 13 are leaving poverty-stricken families for a new life in Europe, having been sold the vision of untold riches and the trappings of professional football. This is football's slave trade - the beautiful game turned ugly. Talent-spotted by scouts, these kids are told they could be 'the next big thing'. But the reality is very different. Having...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 HAWSummary: Walking away from her loveless marriage and taking a job in a derelict, financially devastated town, sixty-three-year-old Britt-Marie uses her fierce organizational skills to become a local soccer coach to a group of lost children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cohen Media Group 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BrFaga, Josh
Summary: "The Real Giants of Soccer Coaching is a collection of the curated thoughts of nearly 30 top soccer coaches from around the globe."--Page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Meyer & Meyer Sport 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 FAGSummary: Sigi Schmid, one of the sport's top coaches, reveals the key defensive concepts that all winning teams must have to stop an attack, win possession, and begin the counterattack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 SIGSummary: "Provides some of the most creative individualized offensive skills of the game, including basic and advanced footwork drills for shaking defenders, as well as developing ball control, which will lead to more scoring opportunities in games" -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Youth Sports Club 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 SOCSummary: Coach Lou Fratello presents drills for youth level soccer, with more than fifty creative backyard drills for the youth soccer athlete. Technical skills covered include fast footwork drills, shooting drills, passing drills, volley drills, goalie drills, and heading techniques. All these skills and more can now be practiced in the comfort of the backyard, making soccer challenging and fun for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Youth Sports Club 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 BACLauffer, Robert.
Summary: Teaches the skills of soccer playing, and includes drills for control, dribbling, and attack; shielding and passing; defending and tackling; heading and shooting on the goal; and goalkeeping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 LAUSummary: Follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen, hoping he will turn the world's worst soccer team around in this humorous and heartfelt underdog story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NEXCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NEXLuxbacher, Joe.
Summary: Soccer's top practice games book returns bigger and better than ever! Engage your players and make each practice more challenging, productive and fun with 175 games!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 LUXBackman, Fredrik
Summary: From the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, a heartwarming and hilarious story of a reluctant outsider who transforms a tiny village and a woman who finds love and second chances in the unlikeliest of places.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BACDiCicco, Tony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.334 DICArmas, Elena
Summary: "Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team's mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team's owner-who happens to be her father-sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARMBrown, Marc Tolon.
Summary: When Arthur's soccer team gets a new coach who gives them brand new uniforms and lots of ice cream, it takes them a while to realize that he doesn't know how to coach soccer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY 2001