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001 2008014301
003 DLC
005 20090831130112.0
008 080328s2008 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2008014301
020 $a9781594630477 (alk. paper)
020 $a159463047X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn219569089
035 $a(OCoLC)219569089
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBAKER$dBUR$dYDXCP$dDLC
050 00 $aGV943.2$b.B53 2008
082 00 $a796.334$222
100 1 $aBlack, Alan.
245 10 $aKick the balls :$ban offensive suburban odyssey /$cAlan Black.
260 $aNew York :$bHudson Street Press,$cc2008.
300 $axiii, 255 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aOne man's attempt to coach a peewee soccer team. When author Black was growing up in Glasgow, soccer was the be-all and end-all. His experience was not the little league, boys-of-summer stuff of modern America. For him, it was life and death. Now middle-aged and living in California, Alan finds himself coaching a team of eight-year-olds in his beloved sport--and nothing is going right. For a start, the kids are no good at soccer. Second, they're pampered. Black's coaching methods are a far cry from the "winning isn't everything" mentality his little leaguers have been reared with; and players and parents alike are shocked as Black attempts to transform the losing team through drills and bombast. Told with Black's uproarious Scottish sensibility, this book follows the abrasive, irreverent coach as he contends with a team that winds up with a zero-win record.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aSoccer$vHumor.
600 10 $aBlack, Alan.
650 0 $aSoccer for children$xCoaching.
650 0 $aSuburbanites$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008014301.html