Download or read book Score with Soccer Math written by Stuart A. P. Murray and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refresh your reader's math skills with this book. Readers will learn how to find out the perimeter of the penalty box on a soccer field, how to figure out statistics, and how many penalty shots a goalie saves on average. They will also learn about the history of the sport and math problem-solving tips.
Download or read book Soccer written by Tom Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how math skills are used in soccer.
Download or read book It s a Numbers Game Soccer written by James Buckley Jr and published by It's a Numbers Game!. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Information about soccer and soccer players incorporating math into the game, for children"--
Download or read book Soccermatics written by David Sumpter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analyst Football – the most mathematical of sports. From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy, the modern game is filled with numbers, patterns and shapes. How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in biology, physics and economics. Soccermatics brings football and mathematics together in a mind-bending synthesis, using numbers to help reveal the inner workings of the beautiful game. This new and expanded edition analyses the current big-name players and teams using mathematics, and meets the professionals working inside football who use numbers and statistics to boost performance. Welcome to the world of mathematical modelling, expressed brilliantly by David Sumpter through the prism of football. No matter who you follow – from your local non-league side to the big boys of the Premiership, La Liga, the Bundesliga, Serie A or the MLS – you'll be amazed at what mathematics has to teach us about the world's favourite sport.
Download or read book Soccer written by K. C. Kelley and published by Sports Stem. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The soccer player smacks the ball with the inside of their foot, spending it spinning toward its target. It curves around the goalie and into the top corner of the net. Goal! Any good soccer player needs skill, practice, and a little bit of STEM. Explore the science, technology, engineering, and math behind the game of soccer. Sports and STEM? Score!
Download or read book Match Analysis and Game Preparation written by Henry Kormelink and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Happy Like Soccer written by Maribeth Boelts and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unexpected emotional depth. . . . A thought-provoking read-aloud." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Nothing makes Sierra happy like soccer. Her shoes have flames as she spins the ball down the spread-out sea of grass. But nothing makes her sad like soccer, too, because the restaurant where her auntie works is busy on game days and she can’t take time off to watch Sierra play. With honesty and subtlety, author Maribeth Boelts and illustrator Lauren Castillo portray an endearing character in a moving, uplifting story that touches on the divides children navigate every day — and remind us that everyone needs someone to cheer them on from the sidelines.
Download or read book The Numbers Game written by Chris Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding—and winning—the most popular sport on the planet. Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers—a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions—How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player’s value be judged?—they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.
Download or read book The Math of NASCAR written by Ian F. Mahaney and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASCAR is one of the most popular sports in the nation. To the untrained eye, it may look like there is nothing more to NASCAR than driving in an oval. However, readers will learn about distance, speed, the math behind pit stops, and so much more through the interesting text and bright design of this book. Readers who want to stretch their brains can try the Figure It Out! boxed insert challenges as well.
Download or read book Score with Soccer Math written by Stuart A. P. Murray and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refresh your reader's math skills with this book. Readers will learn how to find out the perimeter of the penalty box on a soccer field, how to figure out statistics, and how many penalty shots a goalie saves on average. They will also learn about the history of the sport and math problem-solving tips.
Download or read book Optimal Sports Math Statistics and Fantasy written by Robert Kissell and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimal Sports Math, Statistics, and Fantasy provides the sports community—students, professionals, and casual sports fans—with the essential mathematics and statistics required to objectively analyze sports teams, evaluate player performance, and predict game outcomes. These techniques can also be applied to fantasy sports competitions. Readers will learn how to: - Accurately rank sports teams - Compute winning probability - Calculate expected victory margin - Determine the set of factors that are most predictive of team and player performance Optimal Sports Math, Statistics, and Fantasy also illustrates modeling techniques that can be used to decode and demystify the mysterious computer ranking schemes that are often employed by post-season tournament selection committees in college and professional sports. These methods offer readers a verifiable and unbiased approach to evaluate and rank teams, and the proper statistical procedures to test and evaluate the accuracy of different models. Optimal Sports Math, Statistics, and Fantasy delivers a proven best-in-class quantitative modeling framework with numerous applications throughout the sports world. - Statistical approaches to predict winning team, probabilities, and victory margin - Procedures to evaluate the accuracy of different models - Detailed analysis of how mathematics and statistics are used in a variety of different sports - Advanced mathematical applications that can be applied to fantasy sports, player evaluation, salary negotiation, team selection, and Hall of Fame determination
Download or read book Handbook of Soccer Match Analysis written by Christopher Carling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appealing to a wide audience, this ground-breaking handbook takes an in-depth look at soccer match analysis, highlighting the latest in match analysis research and the innovative technologies now being used by professional soccer clubs around the world. Bridging the gap between research, theory and practice, these methods can be used by coaches, sport scientists and fitness coaches to assess and improve: styles of play, technical ability and physical fitness objective performance feedback to players the development of specific training routines use of available notation software, video analysis and manual systems understanding of current academic research in soccer notational analysis. This is the first book to focus exclusively on football, and is based on the authors' extensive experience in academic and professional match analysis.
Download or read book Handbook of Soccer Match Analysis written by Christopher Carling and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides professionals and academics working in football with a better understanding of match analysis systems, and combines cutting edge football analysis theory with practical guidance.
Download or read book The Soccer Math Book written by Adrian Lobley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soccer Math Book is for children aged 4-7 years who are keen soccer fans. The book is a fun way for childrento improve both their math skills and their soccer knowledge.They will learn about player positions, formations, cup competitions, penalty shoot-outs, own goals, hat-tricks and many more soccer terms.At the same time they will be counting, adding, subtracting, halving, doubling and learning odds and evens.
Download or read book My First Book of Soccer written by Sports Illustrated Kids and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated with today's superstars! The ref blows the whistle, the striker approaches for kickoff, feet fly— a soccer match is underway! With a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text, a full glossary of terms, and awesome graphics, My First Book of Soccer introduces readers to the world's favorite game. Kids (and probably a few adults, too) will learn how the clock counts "up" and never stops, what an offside means, what's up with those yellow cards, and how kicks become a gooooaaaallll! Illustrated "rookie" characters appears on every page, guiding the reader moment by moment, and helping to make My First Book of Soccer an ideal shared reading experience between parents and their little rookies before, during, and after the game.
Download or read book My First Soccer Game written by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and photographs help young readers learn all about playing soccer in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read. It’s the first day of soccer practice, and it’s going to be great! In this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, beginning readers will learn that soccer players wear cleats, do warm ups, and try to kick the ball into the goal. Score! The best part about soccer is being on a team and making new friends. Young readers getting ready to hit the field will love seeing photographs of kids their age playing soccer in this adorable introduction to the sport! Includes a special section of step-by-step instructions for basic soccer moves—to be done with a parent or guardian’s supervision!
Download or read book Essential Soccer Skills written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Soccer Skills progresses from beginner basics to advanced techniques, featuring illustrated sequences on how to learn and master key skills, and tips on how to improve your overall form. Essential Soccer Skills covers everything from the basics and rules of the game to the types of players--goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, attackers--to skills and team tactics like stepovers, heading, and volleying. Essential Soccer Skills is the go-to guide for anyone interested in learning more about soccer and becoming a better player.
