Essential soccer skills: key tips and techniques to improve your game

Covers beginner basics to advanced techniques, featuring illustrated sequences on how to learn and master key skills, and tips on how to improve your overall form.;The basics: The rules -- Using set pieces -- The offside rule -- Fouls and infringements -- The officials -- Shirts, shorts, and socks -- Shoes -- Protective gear -- The ball -- The goal -- The field -- Player positions: Goalkeepers -- Defenders -- Midfielders -- Forwards -- Individual skills: Anatomy of a player -- Warming up -- Training -- Controlling the ball -- Passing -- Running with the ball -- Stepovers -- Spins and turns -- Fakes -- Shooting -- Volleying -- Heading -- Throw-ins and corners -- Free-kicks -- Penalties -- Goalkeeping -- Tackling -- Freestyle skills -- Injuries -- Teamwork: Teamwork key concepts -- Formations -- Defensive strategies -- Attacking strategies -- Set pieces -- Managers and coaches -- Anatomy of a club -- Index.