The Best Coaching Books 2025

1. KickerBall Soccer Ball, Trick Ball that Curves and Swerves, Orange, As Seen on TV

Bring World Cup action to your backyard with The KickerBall®! The KickerBall® by Swerve is not your average soccer ball/football. Inspired by the world's greatest athletes, our special patent-pending product design combines unique paneling and aerodynamic materials that together channel air differently than your standard soccer ball/football, giving you the ability to SWERVE, BEND, and CURVE with ease! Created for kids, adults, or ANYONE who wants to learn cool tricks; the KickerBall® will be your next favorite toy. How does our ball work? The KickerBall® channels air differently than your standard soccer ball/football. This special design matched with our unique aerodynamic materials is what gives our ball the ability to SWERVE, BEND, and CURVE with ease. Check out the instructions on the box to learn 3 epic shots – visit TheKickerBall.com for more information. Unleash the INSANE whippage of KickerBall®– Play like a Pro! *Warning: May cause serious frustration for goalkeepers.* (Please Note: The KickerBall® is not a FIFA, NFHS or NCAA certified soccer ball; it is a TOY and should be used as such. Results may vary depending on your unique skill level.)

Kickerball by Swerve Ball, The Soccer Ball that Curves and Swerves when Kicked, As Seen on TV

2. The Away Game, (Hardcover)

Over the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africa looking for soccer's next superstars. Led by the Spanish scout who helped launch Lionel Messi's career at Barcelona and funded by the desert kingdom of Qatar, the program has chosen a handful of boys each year to train to become professionals--a process over a thousand times more selective than getting into Harvard. In The Away Game, reporter Sebastian Abbot follows a small group of the boys as they are discovered on dirt fields across Africa, join the glittering academy in Doha where they train, and compete for the chance to gain fame and fortune at Europe's top clubs. We meet Diawandou, a skilled Senegalese defender whose composure makes him a natural leader on the field; Hamza, a midfielder from Ghana with great talent but a mercurial personality to match; Ibrahima, a towering striker who scores goals by the bucketload; Serigne Mbaye, who glides by players effortlessly but happens to be deaf; and Bernard, often the smallest kid on the field but a sublime playmaker who invites constant comparison to Messi. Abbot masterfully weaves together the dramatic story of the boys' journey with an exploration of the art and science of trying to spot talent at such a young age. As in so many other sports, data analytics in soccer have expanded in the wake of Moneyball, with scouts employing more sophisticated metrics like "expected goals" and tracking data to judge players. But, as The Away Game chronicles, soccer genius depends more on intangible qualities like "game intelligence" than on easily quantifiable ones. Richly reported and deeply moving, The Away Game is set against the geopolitical backdrop of Qatar's rise from an impoverished patch of desert to an immensely rich nation determined to buy a place on the international stage. It is an unforgettable story of the joy and pain these talented African boys experience as they chase their dreams in a dizzying world of rich Arab sheikhs, money-hungry agents, and soccer-mad European fans.

The Away Game, (Hardcover) Author: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393292206 Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 2018-03-06 Page Count: 304