Soccer skills

Gr 3-5-An overview of tactics and moves for beginning soccer players by a well-known expert in the field. After an initial chapter on referees and rules, Gifford goes on to ball control, various passing techniques, and shooting and tacking skills. Four pages are devoted to goaltending. The text consists of brief paragraphs of information placed around the illustrations rather than a flowing narrative. The thumbnail pictures are tiny and fail to elucidate the text. While colorful, they consist of stiff, wooden or garish mannequins resembling computer- or video-generated images. There are a few action photos of both professional players. The three books listed for further reading lack publication dates and two of them are by this author.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.