Collins Gem – Michael Owen’s Soccer Skills - Softcover

Owen, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0002189364 ISBN 13: 9780002189361

Publisher: Willow, 2000

Synopsis

Liverpool and England ace Michael Owen demonstrates how to become the complete all-round footballer in his very own action-packed soccer skills pocket book.

A fresh and dynamic approach to all the basic skills required to improve your game, with easy-to-follow practical routines as demonstrated by Michael and a group of teenagers from the Brazilian Football Academy in Leeds.

Let Michael show you how to put what you learn in the park into practice in a live-match situation.

Featuring more than a dozen skills including:

Getting to know the ball · Shooting for goal · Volleying · Heading · Penalties · Defending · Tackling · Ball control

along with a personal profile of his own career to date plus his recuperation from his hamstring injury.

With more than 200 colour action photographs, many exclusive to this book, Michael Owen’s Soccer Skills Gem will be an important tutorial to all those who love playing the game.

About this title

Review:

Colourful, informative and easily accessible to even the most novice of players, Michael Owen's Soccer Skills (subtitled How to Become the Complete Footballer) may not have you basking in the glory of international acclaim by the time you're 18, but it will certainly help you improve your game.

Colour photographs, illustrations and step-by-step pointers on all the basic skills give you the grounding to get out on the pitch and get going.

From kicking, passing, shooting, dribbling and volleying to more surprising inclusions such as a chapter on defending (Michael admits this is the biggest lesson he had to learn--defending from the front), this is the complete manual for the players and coaches of young teams.

Action-packed photographs of Michael in action for both his club and his country, and sections on his extraordinary career so far, ensure this is aimed fairly and squarely at the young Owen follower. However, there is plenty in there for anyone merely wishing to improve their game and the discerning can skip the idol worship for good, hard facts on how to do exactly that. --Lucie Naylor

Review:

‘Michael Owen excites me more than any other English player... he has the potential to become a true great’
PELE

About this edition

• Publisher: Willow
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0002189364
• ISBN 13: 9780002189361
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192