Book Description
Illustrated by Paul Meisel. Cobi Jones is America's soccer star. The charismatic midfielder for both the U.S. National Team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, Cobi is known for his fiery speed and masterful assists, his forays into the media (he hosts Mega-Dose on MTV and appears regularly in magazines), and his passion to make soccer as popular in the United States as it is in the world. To that end, he's starting with the kids. Formatted like Kirby Puckett's Baseball Games, Cobi Jones Soccer Games is a combination of an illustrated book packaged with a size 4 regulation soccer ball. Featuring 30 games, drills, exercises, instruction, and professional tips from Cobi, Soccer Games is about learning and improving the fundamental skills needed to play soccer. There's the basic instep kick, with games like Kickoff, Hide and Kick, Touchdown, and 5V2 to improve accuracy and power. A chapter on dribbling, including how to dribble with both feet, the long-distance dribble, and how to shield the ball from a defender. All-important passing skills--the push pass, outside-of-the-foot pass, back heel pass, chip pass, and heading the ball. Plus how to trap, juggle, defend, and be a successful goalkeeper--all of which can be practiced immediately with the soccer ball. Just set up a goal and play! For kids ages 5-10. 55,000 copies in print. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

An outstanding tool for improving soccer skills!
Cobi Jones is the soccer player kids watch in the United States. He is their hero. This book will help the beginner through advanced increase their skills. The format of the book is very user friendly. First, thereader learns some valuable information about Cobi Jones, then he takes youstep by step through all of soccer's skills.Mr. Jones goes over the rulesof the game, then stresses the need for warming up and details someexercises to do just that.He also emphasizes fair play. Each chapter thendiscusses and demonstrates a soccer skill. Mr. Jones offers excellentgraphics appropriate for kids, and gives tips to enhance the skill. Tocomplete each chapter skill, the champion provides games for perfectpractice. This book is a very personalized approach to soccer instructionderived from a book. A great gift and "personal coach" for soccerenthusiasts! An autographed practice ball is included!

Educational and a perfect gift for kids this Christmas
I loved all the detailed soccer tipsI could share with my kids when I coach their AYSO teams.Cobi is their favorite professional athelete and his instruction really influences my kids in a positive light both on andoff the field. ... Read more

Book Description
This digital document is an article from Soccer Digest, published by Century Publishing on October 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1444 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Keeping Up With Jones.(Interview)
Author: John Philip Wyllie
Publication: Soccer Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2000
Publisher: Century Publishing
Volume: 23Issue: 4Page: 20

Article Type: Interview

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