Training Secrets of the World's Greatest Footballers

Author: James Witts
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472948467
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 557

Book Description
'Incredibly well-researched and loaded with modern-day, high-tech football insights' – Tony Strudwick, Head of Performance, Wales national football team Professional football is more demanding than ever. Top internationals reach speeds of 36km/hr, run 12km each match and play up to 60 games each season. Sports scientists are now key figures at every top club, applying cutting-edge techniques to boost fitness, accelerate recovery and forge lean, mean, winning machines. This illuminating book uncovers the training and fuelling secrets of today's greatest footballers, drawing on access to the world's best clubs, including Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and many more. Why does Cristiano Ronaldo have his own cryotherapy chamber? Why does Paul Pogba wear custom-made compression socks? Why does Sergio Agüero altitude-train when returning from injury? From virtual-reality units to the omnipresence of GPS vests, taking in brain-training, innovative gear and performance nutrition along the way, you'll discover what it takes to reach the top of the game – and how to apply this knowledge to your own training.

Training Secrets of the World's Greatest Footballers

Author: James Witts
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472948475
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 242

How to Be a Better Footballer

Author: Andrew Henderson
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 9781789293258
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
'Passion, positivity and precision ... and always be willing to learn something new.' Athlete Andrew Henderson was just sixteen years old when a horrific rugby injury put paid to his career in the game. So he turned his attention to football - more specifically, freestyling football skills - and never looked back. Now a five-time World Freestyling Champion and the UK Freestyle football champion for eight years running, in this unique manual Andrew brings together all his expertise and advice to help make you a better footballer. Packed with step-by-step skill tutorials, tricks, tips and guidance, Andrew also reveals how hard work, dedication and flair allowed him to become a master on the football pitch and beyond. Having worked with Cristiano Ronaldo, impressed the likes of David Beckham and Neymar, to performing at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and various World Cups around the world, he is now sharing all his secrets and famous freestyling skills to help you improve your football techniques and take them onto the pitch. Interspersed with the jaw-dropping tricks, guidance on tackling, fundamental skills and tips on advancing your expertise, Andrew's passionate advice about following a dream and overcoming adversity prove that both enthusiasm and patience play a major part in any sporting arena. This isn't only about teaching the physical elements but learning from a master about how to focus your mentality to bring flair, passion and precision to your game.

The Story of the World Cup

Author: Brian Glanville
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571271278
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
The dramatic and controversial history of the world's leading tournament. Brian Glanville's classic account is a celebration of the great players and matches from Uruguay in 1930 to Germany in 2006 - and a bold attack on all those who have mismanaged the 'beautiful game'.

I Am The Secret Footballer

Author: Anon
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
ISBN: 1783350032
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
This updated edition of the bestselling and wildly popular I Am the Secret Footballer features a new introduction and an additional chapter. The anonymous writer of The Guardian's "Secret Footballer" column gives Premiere League fans an insider's look into the unseen world of professional football. It is often said that 95% of what happens in football takes place behind closed doors. Many of these stories I shouldn't be telling you. But I will. Who is The Secret Footballer? Only a few people know the true identity of the man inside the game. Whoever he is-and whatever team he plays for-TSF is always honest, fearless and opinionated. Here he takes readers past the locker-room door and reveals the inner-workings of a professional club, the exhilarating highs and crushing lows and what it's really like to do the job most of us can only dream of doing. TSF chronicles the exploits of his Premiership colleagues with a gimlet eye and frank humour. Managers, agents and players are not spared from his observations-their mindsets, their relationships with those outside the sport, their behaviour good and bad. In his inimitable style, TSF recounts entertaining and eyebrow-raising vignettes, naming names and dropping colourful details along the way.

The Gold Mine Effect

Author: Rasmus Ankersen
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 184831423X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
'A great read and a fascinating insight into performance.' Sir Clive Woodward We all want to discover our hidden talents and make an impact with them. But how? Rasmus Ankersen, an ex-footballer and performance specialist, quit his job and for six intense months lived with the world's best athletes in an attempt to answer this question. Why have the best middle distance runners grown up in the same Ethiopian village? Why are the leading female golfers from South Korea? How did one athletic club in Kingston, Jamaica, succeed in producing so many world-class sprinters? Ankersen presents his surprising conclusions in seven lessons on how anyone - or any business, organisation or team - can defy the many misconceptions of high performance and learn to build their own gold mine of real talent.

How to Build the Footballer Body

Author: M. Laurence
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781545295885
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
Do you want to improve your football game? Do you want to improve your football body?� Fact: Soccer is arguably the most popular sport in the world today!� Fact: Despite this, many football players still follow out-dated athletic conditioning programs� Fact: Natural talent is great but if you want to be the best in your position, to be a professional player you need to properly train for it. Football is a global sport from India to England to Kazakhstan the game is played the world over. There are new powerhouses now emerging such as China who now compete with Europe's elite teams for the best players. Top players command unprecedented wages. But these top players have two qualities that separate them from the rest. 1) The Desire to be the best2) The Desire to train to be the best My book is dedicated to anyone who wants to take their game to the next level. This will include fitness, strength, stamina, flexibility and ball skills. All designed to create the football body. This book includes 10 ultimate Workouts and Pre and Post workout high Protein shakes. I personally really enjoy training for football, and the more knowledge I have gained, the more research I have learnt, combined with my dietary investigation - led me to pairing down exercises I believe cause the most growth and therefore the most improvement. This led me to compiling this go-to guide. I certainly didn't want to write a mammoth 300 book that drones on and on for hours. Who has time to read that? There are enough of those about. I wanted to give you a fast 'go-to' guide to 6 weeks' worth of training - the type of book you can throw in your gym bag or have on your phone. Plus I wanted to include a whole selection of easy-to-make snacks and smoothies - pre and post workout nourishment. The type of food and drink that you can make before you go to the gym and when you get back when you're knackered. Fast and simple with a high protein hit to begin the recovery phase as soon as possible.

Dutch Soccer Secrets

Author: Peter Hyballa
Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Verlag
ISBN: 1841263273
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Learn how a nation of about 16 million inhabitants can regularly produce world-class players or coaches like Johan Cruyff, Arjen Robben or Dick Advocaat and Louis van Gaal.

Football's Secret Trade

Author: Alex Duff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119145449
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
A no-holds-barred exposé on the financial transactions of the world's favourite sport The transfer fees clubs pay to sign top players now top €4 billion a year but much of the money has been flowing out of the game. A small group of wealthy investors including Russian oligarchs, English racehorse owners and a former billionaire gold miner have seized the opportunity to enter this booming market. Some have moved in on the territory of banks and lent money to clubs in exchange for a share in fees generated by Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and dozens more of today's stars. Others have acquired obscure teams to get a piece of the pie. Even as the global financial crisis sent fortunes tumbling this select group found a profitable place to park their money. The size of the transfer market has continued to rise –- it increased seven-fold in value the last two decades, more than the FTSE share index. Between them, these wealthy investors have amassed hundreds of millions of euros in profits. At the same time, they have managed to stay out of the spotlight the world’s most popular sport brings. Football’s Secret Trade follows the money along a trail very few know about, from nondescript offices in the U.K. and ramshackle stadiums of South American clubs you have probably never heard of to offshore bank accounts in the Caribbean. Warning – you won’t see a major transfer deal in the same light again.

A Football Compendium

Author: Peter J. Seddon
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 842

Book Description
This bibliography is an entertaining and knowledgeable tribute to the beautiful game. The second edition features over 2000 new entries - including greatly increased coverage of football films and music - making over 7000 references to books and other items in total.