Product Description

Five million kids can't be wrong! Here's a kid-friendly book to help youngsters excel at their favourite sport. The Everything Kids' Soccer Book teaches kids: Rules of the game and field positions; How to dribble, trap, and head the ball; Defence and the art of goalkeeping; Winning techniques and why possession is everything; How to train for the game and much more

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133428 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

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.

Customer Reviews

Good but be careful with kids age
Bought this book for my entire girls U8 team.
Although they were excited this turned out to be difficult for them to read.
The youngest reading level would probably be 3rd grade unless your child is a particularly good reader.
Nonetheless, this book is very good.
Lots of games and pictures and easy to explain concepts.
Definitely what I was looking for, but something my girls weren't quite able to read.

A Great Book For Kids
I coach a team of 8 through 10 year old girls, and I bought the book hoping to find an explanation for offside that kids that age could understand.

While that element was only so-so, I found that the book is a great resource for kids in many areas of the game. Truth is, I personally learned some things (like the "Argentina" free kick play) from this book as well.

Some things I liked:
- Most of the book is written in simple terms (there are a couple areas that might confuse kids)
- Puzzles and games and such to keep kids' attention
- Many areas of the game covered from rules to technique

Some things I didn't like:
- While it is for kids, it is not clearly geared to any particular age group, so there are parts that are too complicated for younger kids and still other parts that would seem too "childish" to older kids (overall, I felt it would be most useful to the 8 and 9 year olds on my team).
- The puzzles and games don't do anything to reinforce the information learned in the book. They are just for entertainment.

Overall a very good book, and for 8 bucks, it's definitely worth a buy if soccer is your kid's thing.

The Everything Kids' Soccer Book
I enjoyed this book as it provided the information I needed to refresh my memory as I committed to coach a girl's soccer team, 8 & 9 year olds.

It provides a great breakdown of information for someone beginning their coaching career or as a refresher for someone who has coached in the past.