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It's a Numbers Game! Soccer - by James Buckley Jr (Hardcover)

It's a Numbers Game! Soccer - by  James Buckley Jr (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Information about soccer and soccer players incorporating math into the game, for children"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Whether you call it soccer or football, the beautiful game wouldn't be the popular game it is without numbers. From the clock counting up the seconds to positioning your feet at the right angle for the perfect dribble, this book reveals the ways digits and math are part of the game. Read about soccer greats from all over the world racking up points, championships, and even Olympic medals. Learn how goalies use geometry to guard the net and check out cool graphics that show the probability that a goalie will be able to stop a penalty kick. Soccer fans everywhere will get a kick out of this number-focused look at the game, jam-packed with sports trivia, awesome photos, and fun activities at the end of every chapter.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>JAMES BUCKLEY, JR. is the author of more than 100 books for young readers on basketball, baseball, football, soccer, and more. A former editor at <i>Sports Illustrated</i> and NFL Publishing, he is also the author of the top-selling annual <i>Scholastic Year in Sports.</i> In the non-sports world, he has written a dozen titles in the <i>New York Times</i> best-selling Who Was...? biography series. Buckley lives in Santa Barbara where he runs the Shoreline Publishing Group, a leading producer of nonfiction for kids.

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