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Readers will never see soccer in the same way after reading this volume. The opening chapter provides a high-level overview, including soccer's origins, popularity around the world, possible controversies, and recent hot topics. Further chapters ease into the scientific principles and concepts relevant to soccer. Readers will learn about the biomechanics and physiology related to play, and relevant elements of related sports medicine. Readers will also learn about exercise, training, warm-ups, motor control and muscle fatigue, respiration and cardiovascular efficiency, diet and nutrition, and drugs.

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Review: Soccer In a field crowded with offerings, this title is for readers who are writing reports or need background information for a science project. --School Library Journal, March 2012

Review: Soccer In a field crowded with offerings, this title is for readers who are writing reports or need background information for a science project.--School Library Journal, March 2012

"Review: Soccer ""In a field crowded with offerings, this title is for readers who are writing reports or need background information for a science project.""--School Library Journal, March 2012"

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