Hi everybody,

Here I’ve compiled for you a list of some top soccer books which you may be interested in giving or receiving this Christmas. Don’t worry about postage and them arriving in time, though, because three of them are eBooks! That’s right, three out of the five books are ebooks by the authors of some very well established soccer websites so you can be sure of reliable, well researched and inspiring information. Here’s the list: Merry Christmas!

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1) Total Soccer Fitness: Complete Guide to Soccer Conditioning

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Format: eBook

Author: Phil Davies

Topic: Soccer conditioning

Source: From Total Soccer Fitness which is in the top 1% of all websites!

Buy This Book to Improve Your Fitness and Performance

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2) The Ultimate Guide to Soccer Positions

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Format: eBook

Author: Mirsad Hasic

Topic: Soccer positions

Source: From Soccer-Training-Guide which is in the top 1% of all websites!

Buy This Book to Fully Understand all the Soccer Positions

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3) 250 Award Winning Soccer Drills Software

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Format: Package (Software + PDF + eBook bonus)

Author: Soccer Tutor

Topics: Soccer drills

Source: Soccer Tutor which is in the top 1% of all websites!

Buy This Package to Access Numerous Soccer Drills

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4) Michael Owen’s Soccer Skills

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Format: Paperback

Author: Michael Owen

Topics: Soccer Skills

Source: Michael Owen

Buy This Book to Improve Your Soccer Skills

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5) Keeper

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Format: Paperback (fiction)

Author: Mal Peet

Topics: Goalkeeping and Pyschology

Source: Mal Peet

Buy This Book to Dramatically Improve Your Goalkeeping and Soccer Mentality

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I’m sure these books will be really useful to you for Christmas. Have fun and have a great new year!

Soccer Geek

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P.S:  Click here to visit the #1 book on my list…

Team Snap Review

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Hi everybody,

Today I thought I’d share some info with you about a great service called Team Snap which helps you to manage your soccer team online by giving you a club website and admin tools. Hopefully you’ll find their service useful, and may wish to take advantage of their free plan or the 21 day free trial on the main plan, so today I’ll summarize their offering so you can decide whether it’s one for you. Ready? Here we go…

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How Does it Work?

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You sign up to Team Snap and they give you a website which comes ready made with all the tools you need to manage your soccer team online. These tools include an internal messaging system to contact the other players and the ability to track which players are playing in which games. You can also make some great customisations like adding your own club logo and colours.

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Some of the Key Features of Team Snap…

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• In depth player profiles
• On board photo and file sharing
• Fixture schedules with dates and match locations
• View and track team points online
• Manage player payments internally

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Don’t Take My Word For it- See What Others Say:

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It’s interesting that Mashable, the ultimate social media guide, ranks Team Snap as the No. 1 website of its kind. It’s also praised by Youth Soccer Insider and TimeOut Chicago. Furthermore, Tech Crunch stress how well designed and useful Team Snap’s service is. It is praised from all quarters, not just here!

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You Get a Discount!

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As a reader of how2playsoccer.com, you are entitled to a 10% discount off the price of Team Snap. If, after visiting their website, you decide their service can help you manage a soccer team then enter the following promo code when you sign up: thesoccergeek Make sure you type it just as it’s written, and you’ll get the discount!

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I hope you find it a useful service. Until next time,

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Have fun,

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Soccer Geek

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P.S: Don’t forget to enter the promo code thesoccergeek for your 10% discount off of Team Snap.

SBI! Review

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Hi everybody,

So many people now have their own blog or website- it’s almost rare not to have one! In case you haven’t created one yet, and are looking for a way to fuel your passion for soccer, today I’m going to show you just how to create a soccer website : a static website that works. Hopefully I’ll be able to give you some very helpful, practical tips in this area, some useful resources and a fair review of a service I have used a lot myself. Many people have websites, but it is very hard to make them work. Before moving on, be sure that you really want to create your own soccer website.

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Hi everyone,

Having recently been part of a Q&A session with tennis legend Boris Becker, I have a very special post for you today to share some of the greatest secrets behind his success. These top tips for achievement are not just about tennis. Indeed, their relevance here is that they can help you improve your soccer performance and help you more generally in life too! After all Boris is a massive football enthusiast as well as an incredinly succesful tennis star, so everything here can be applied to soccer to the benefit of beginners and advanced players alike. I hope you find this article exciting and helpful. I was certainly inspired just listening to him. If you do feel this way, please feel free to leave your comments below and share it with others you think it would be helpful to.  Firstly there’s a short sporting bio of Boris, followed by his top tips and mixed with some quotes from him during the event. Let’s get going….

Boris Becker

Boris, at just 17 years old, became the youngest player ever to win the Wimbledon tennis championship. He then followed this up with another victory in this tournament aged 18!  Even at 9 years old he was already considered the best German tennis player in his age group. But it wasn’t just tennis he was great at, for he’s also been involved with various other sports including golf and skiing. What’s more, he’s a life long soccer enthusiast and has been on the advisory board for Bayern Munich for over a decade. His tennis tips are applicable to all sports
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Hi everyone,

It’s long been known that one of people’s main motivating passions in life is the desire for money… and this is no different in the game of soccer. When most people think of money in soccer, they’ll think of the massive salaries that top players command and the huge sponsorship deals they get paid for. Thierry Henry, for example, has been paid the big bucks by Gilette and Renault amongst other companies. David Beckham, another, has recently fronted a marketing campaign by Sharpie and Wayne Rooney is on Nike’s books.

But you don’t have to be a professional player to make money! That’s why I’ve compiled this list today, to show you 10 alternative ways to get rich through soccer. If you like soccer, but don’t believe you’ll get to being a top pro, then maybe some of the following options may interest you for your livelihood. They show you some different routes into soccer without you having to become an actual player. Maybe these will even inspire your future career or just give you something to think about, but either way let’s not waste any more time! Here’s how you can make money with the game we all love….

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Hi everyone,

Recently I’ve published a few Arsenal related posts because I love the club and think that their philosophy can help players to improve and fans to be inspired. Unfortunately I cannot always devote this entire blog to Arsenal though! That’s why today I’ve made a list of 25 Arsenal blogs for you to follow as well. If you read around just a handful of these blogs, I’m sure you’ll be able to immerse yourself in the Arsenal culture and be inspired to learn from their style of play. So give some of these blogs a try and always pay attention to Arsenal…not that I show any bias or anything! Please note that this is a list of 25 usefulwebsites rather than the top 25 websites and they therefore appear in no paritcular order…

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Hi everyone,

Recently I went on a tour of what could be London’s greatest soccer stadium,Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, and brought a load of new photos of the Emirates Stadium back to show you. Of course I have been to see matches there before, but it was great to access the aeas I haven’t seen before and to learn lots of random things about how the club is run. So with each relevant photo, I’ll try to share a few of these nuggets of info with you.

Previously I had been on a tour of the old Highbury stadium, now turned into nice appartments, and this had far more history obviously. But in terms of its spectacular appearence and state of the art facilities, the Emirates in unmatched. It holds a capacity crowd of just over 60,000 people which, although a good size, is less than other top stadiums- so the club has gone for quality over quantity. So sit back and enjoy these bits of info and of course the new photos of the Emirates Stadium…

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Hi everyone,

This is the second in my series of posts about Arsenal: the greatest club in the universe! Here I’ve made a dream team of eleven of the most famous peopke who support Arsenal. This is just for fun clearly, but take note of these celebrities and give the same support! Obviously I haven’t researched the actual positions of these people, primarily because they probably don’t (all) play soccer themselves, so here goes my own lineup (note that the numbers refer to their squad number…now that’s geeky):

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Hi everyone,

Today I’ve decided to write about the team I support: Arsenal. But it’s not just some piece of pointless bias to promote my favourite club, there are some terrific reasons for following Arsenal and many of them could lead you to IMPROVE YOUR OWN SOCCER PERFORMANCE! So I now encourage you to sit back and see just why watching and learning about Arsenal could be so valuable to you. You don’t have to support them like I do, I’m sure you have your own team to do that with based on your passion or locality, but just taking an interest in them could really pay off.

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Hi everybody,

If you’re still reading this then there’s a fair chance you use Twitter or that you would like to join. Twitter is the thing of the moment and soccer is the theme of this website, so it follows that I’d make a post of some great Twitter users to follow for soccer. You’ll notice that I haven’t included myself (the Soccer Geek) on this list for the sake of impartiality, but if you would like to follow me to join over 1600 people doing the same thing, then here’s my page: http://www.twitter.com/thesoccergeek. Here I give updates on the new content on my blog, news from how2playsoccer.com and occasionally just some general soccer opinions!

Anyway… on with this list. (Just remember that the stats below are correct at the time of writing only)

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