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Skills: Soccer - goalkeeping
Series: Know the Game
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Ideal for budding footballers and young goalkeepers looking to develop foundational skills with practical advice and easy-to-follow drills.
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Description
The Know the Game series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player.
Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills of the game they need to start enjoying the sport by providing plenty of simple practice drills and illustrating how the star players do it.
Skills: Soccer - Goalkeeping aims to teach the basic skills needed to become a great goalkeeper. It instructs young players on how to:
- Control the area and narrow angles
- Handle the ball
- Block shots
- Clear the ball by punching or kicking
- Come off the goal line
- Set up counter attacks
Clearly illustrated and written by a professional coach, this book will provide every player with all the skills and confidence they need to enjoy football, from the playground kickabout to competitive matches.
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The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports and games. For 50 years they have been the first step into a new sport or game for many people, children and adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format with a modern design—making the best even better....PaperbackSold Out -
Skills: Soccer - goalkeeping
The Know the Game series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills of the game they need to start enjoying the sport by providing plenty of simple practice drills and illustrating how the star players do it. Skills: Soccer - Goalkeeping aims to teach the basic...PaperbackSold Out
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781472968258
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 January 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Sport
Illustration: Colour photography and illustrations
Audience: General / adult, Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 124.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 73g
Pages: 32
About the Author
All the Football books in the Know the Game Skills series are written by a fully qualified FA coach who has many years' experience teaching children at all levels.
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