Freestyle Football Tricks

Freestyle Football Tricks

by SeanD'Arcy (Author)

Synopsis

Playgrounds and sports fields are filled with children and teenagers trying to impress their friends and team mates with their football freestyle juggling skills, attempting to copy their professional football heroes like Ronaldo or Ronaldinho. Sean D'Arcy, a world renowned football juggler, takes you step by step through the most popular and impressive football tricks. Includes: how to juggle; juggling drills to help you improve; impressive catches; the most popular juggling tricks. Freestyle Football Tricks is illustrated with hundreds of colour photos of Sean demonstrating the skills. From youngsters kicking a ball for the first time to keen amateurs looking for a competitive edge (or just wanting to show off) Freestyle Football Tricks shows you how to perform the skills and tricks that every keen footballer wants to master. If you've ever wondered how to do 'Around the World' or how Pele managed the Fantastic Five, this is the book for you! Aimed at children from 8-16 years.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 12 Oct 2007

ISBN 10: 071368139X
ISBN 13: 9780713681390
Book Overview: Colour, step by step photos take you through the skills Football juggling/freestyling is very popular with children and teenagers, but there isn't a book on the market dealing with this alone (other books take in football skills in general - shooting, defending etc). Nike run a popular football freestyling competition and football related adverts capitalise on the showmanship of football skills and tricks, featuring popular professional footballers like Beckham, Henry, Ronaldo. All the major skills are here - balancing a ball on the back of the neck, the step over/Around the World, Fantastic Five, the Glory...

Media Reviews
'D'Arcy's enthusiasm is infectious and half an hour in the back garden practising his easy-to-follow routines was rewarded by a small but discernible difference' Independent on Sunday (November 07)
Author Bio
Sean D'Arcy is an experienced freestyle juggler who regularly does half time shows at competitive matches. He was an official entertainer at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.