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Scientific review of history and current settings
The book is a thoroughly written book about baseball and soccer. It provides a lot of background and details to the extent that I sometimes thought that this is too much. You can't possibly memorize all those names and details.
Home run analysis of sports economics
Soccer and baseball enjoy fervent followings and generate wads of cash, so this study of the two games' economics and culture is as welcome as a towering home run (or a nifty goal). Economists Stefan Szymanski and Andrew Zimbalist compare and contrast the two sports' business models in a way that will fascinate anyone who is interested in athletics or international business. The authors offer a fascinating history of these sports, complete with plenty of telling anecdotes that are sure to enlighten even devoted fans. The only gripe is that the writers sometimes bog down in scholarly phrasing when the reader might prefer more active prose. Still, we recommend this intriguing study to anyone who specializes in sports business - or even just buys a ticket to a game now and then.

How good was this?
This book was absolutely amazing. I loved it, an easy read through and through. Szymanski and Zimbalist as economists explain wonderfully why soccer is so much more popular than baseball, and you can understand everything, there was not a weak point. I would strongly reccommend this book to anyone, an amazing read ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Baseball - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Cross-cultural studies    6. Economic aspects    7. Industries - General    8. Professional sports    9. Soccer    10. Sociology of Sports    11. Sports & Recreation    12. United States    13. Soccer (Association football)    14. Sport & leisure industries    15. USA   

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Excellent for a beginning or intermediate coach
This book is a great stepping stone for a beginning coach to advance to next level.It explains soccer tactics in a succinct logical fashion and demonstrates how the coach can teach these tactics to his/her playersthrough drills that graduate in difficulty.There are also excellentsections on soccer technique which are taught in the same fashion astactics.This book will enhance the coach and his players' enyoyment ofthe sport by focusing in on what's important.Other books that I highlyrecommend include Coaching Soccer Successfully (this book is more advanced)and Soccer Skills and Strategies (more basic).These three books tend tocomplement each other very well and should make worthy additions to anysoccer coach's library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Coaching    2. Coaching - Soccer    3. Soccer    4. Sports    5. Sports & Recreation    6. Soccer (Association football)   

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Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. History    3. Soccer    4. Sociology Of Sports    5. Sports    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Anthropology    8. Immigration & emigration    9. Soccer (Association football)    10. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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Advance Soccer Progress
This is a fairly academic look at the world of soccer. Covering everything from psychology, physiology and diet. For those coaches out there who need that extra edge this is highly recommended. However it would not be ideal for those coaches just starting out, or with a youth squad.
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Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Sports sciences    5. Science: General Issues    6. Soccer (Association football)    7. Sports & Recreation / Soccer    8. Sports coaching   

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Great insight to the world's most well-known athelete
The life of David Beckham is often splashed across the tabloids and may or may not be the truth.In this honest autobiography, Mr Beckham details beginning as a boy with a passion for soccer, meeting the girl of his dreams, his role as proud father, and his triumphs and defeats playing for Manchester United and now for Real Madrid. Readers not avid fans of soccer will also find this memoir inspiring.

Beckham, Both Feet on the Ground
Are you looking for a great book to read? Then the book for you is Beckham Both Feet on the Ground. This is a fantastic autobiography by one of the greatest living soccer players of all time. You're probably thinking yuck soccer. That's boring.Well you couldn't be any more wrong. This book not only talks about his incredible soccer career, but he also talks about his fantastic stories of his childhood and his wonderful wife and children. This book goes through his whole life story from when he was a little boy in London to his new home in Real Madrid. He is said to be the next big soccer prodigy the world has ever seen. Is it true? He tells many stories of his glories victories to his upsetting losses. This book is an emotional roller coaster. From getting a red card in the world cup to winning the FA Primer league with his beloved club team Manchester United. This book is the number one international best seller. It was easy to understand. It was a lengthy book but don't be intimidated. It was so intriguing that you wont want to put it down. There are also a variety of pictures to help better understand what he is saying. To read more about the wonderful life of David Beckham pick this book up were ever books are sold.

King Of Marketing!
It has been many years since this guy stopped worrying about playing soccer, and focused solely in his obligations with sponsors, in posing for photos, etc. He has won absolutely nothing in Real Madrid, a team so engulfed by its millionaire stars that no coach can make it work as an efficient soccer team.
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Subjects:  1. 1975-    2. Beckham, David,    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Celebrities    8. England    9. Soccer    10. Soccer players    11. Sports - General    12. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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For a month every four years, millions around the world turn their attention to the World Cup, where the most skillful soccer players proudly represent their countries. Brian Glanville, a sports journalist and soccer commentator, brings his wit and detailed knowledge of the game to Read more

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GOOD.
Objectivity is absent at times in this very thorough history. He inflates the importance and success of British Footballers. But, since England has never won the European Cup and last won the World Cup in 1966 I guess few readers will find his bias surprising. However, he does have a computer chip Knowledge of the "World's Most Popular Sport." He gives the most detailed accounts of the World Cups of the 1930's and 50's that I have ever come across. In depth analysis , vivid portraits of great players and games are in abundance. The true fan will feel like you have just been at the stadium having viewed a classic match.

Smooth, incisive history
Glanville brings wit, humor and a critical eye to his history of the World Cup. More than simply a dry rehash of scores and stats, this book almost has a literary flavor, painting pungent, vivid and memorable portraits of the players and their times. The World Cup Gospel According to Brian
Finally, a literary and creative man writing about soccer! Mr. Glanville's encyclopaedic knowledge of the game and his plethora of behind-the-scene anecdotes make this book deliciously enjoyable. Each World Cup is peppered with authentic style making the reader feel like he is smelling chalupas inside Azteca Stadium or bratwurst in Munich's Olympiastadion. The poetic narrative of legendary games such as 1970's Italy vs West Germany or 1982's West Germany vs France is almost Nobel Prize material.Read more

Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation   

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Mia Hamm, star of the U.S. National Soccer Team, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Cup champion, and five-time National Player of the Year, has a simple take on her talents that also explains her success: "Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be." That's what's so appealing about Hamm as a role model, and it's the inspirational message at the heart of her autobiography. But Read more

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Best book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This book is great for anyone who likes soccer and Mia Hamm. It has training tips, drills, and it tells a lot about Mia Hamm. I can't put the book down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you love women's soccer, this is the book for you.
i love women's soccer and mia hamm takes the cake. this book makes you feel like you're part of the game. the narrative is good and mia has put some personal and important photos in the book that you'll cherish as well.
super
super.
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Subjects:  1. 1972-    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. General    4. Hamm, Mia,    5. Motivational & Inspirational    6. Psychological aspects    7. Soccer    8. Sports    9. Sports & Recreation    10. Sports - General    11. Success    12. Training    13. Hamm, Mia    14. Soccer (Association football)    15. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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This is what you need!
This book is what every soccer player needs.
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Subjects:  1. Athletic Training And Conditioning    2. Soccer    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Training    6. Soccer (Association football)   

Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Sports Psychology    5. Training    6. Soccer (Association football)   

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King Kenny will never leave the hearts of Liverpool Fans!
This book is one of the best I have ever read. It gives you more information about him, more then the newspapers could give you in 5 years. He tells you about all the good times he had at Liverpool being both manager and player. Explaining some of the arguments as well. My dad has met Kenny in the late 70's. He went to go and watch Liverpool play and on the way home he got on the bus with the full squad. My dad also stayed with them and in the morning Kevin Keegan asked him to nip down to the chemist for him. So the helpful man my dad is he zoomed off to the chemist but only forgot the money!!! So he had to run all the way back for the money. Now back to Kenny Dalglish. The greatest footballer Liverpool have ever had. This book is one of a kind. I would reccommend anyone to buy this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Biography: sport    5. Dalglish, Kenny    6. Soccer (Association football)   

Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Training   

Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. England    5. First World War, 1914-1918    6. History of specific subjects    7. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    8. Soccer (Association football)    9. Sports & Recreation / Soccer    10. c 1900 - c 1914   

Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. Soccer (Association football)    3. Sporting events & tours   

Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports & Recreation    3. Soccer (Association football)    4. Sporting events & tours    5. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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