Football is a hugely popular sport with boys and girls of all ages.
It can form the basis of a wide range of cross-curricular activities
and lessons, and has lots of opportunities to teach PE, History,
Geography, Maths, Literacy, Music, Science, D&T, Art and other
curriculum areas. The contents of this book are as follows:
1. History of football; 2. Kit, badges, mascots; 3. Football grounds
(structure, pitch, locations); 4. Who's who at a football ground
(from Groundsman to chairman of the board); 5. The game (positions
of players, referee, assistant referees (linesmen), different
formations); 6. Being a player (different types of skills, diet
training regime, top ten injuries); 7. How is the team doing? (lots
of calculations based on wins, draws, defeats, line graphs,
promotion, playoffs and relegation); 8. Football around the world
(Spread of football, famous clubs and locations); 9. Cup competitions
(national, international, world cup medals, caps, cups)
This is Book 39 in the Hot Topics Series. See all Hot Topics books here.
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