num_pages: 128
description: How to Speak Soccer covers all of the terms and definitions that fly around the field and includes fascinating bits of trivia.Soccer, the world's most popular sport, has a growing fan base with millions of enthusiasts. Whether you're a newcomer to this exciting sport or a longtime fan, in How to Speak Soccer authors Sally Cook and Ross MacDonald share the definitions to over 150 terms, plus a range of amusing trivia. Learn about the history of the World Cup, where red and yellow cards come from, and much more!-Diving When a player dives horizontally to head a ball at knee-height-Rainbow A trick kick that is done by flicking the ball with the back of the heel and over one's head. It is usually employed to avoid a sliding tackle.- A shot that is struck with immense power.
language: English
title: How to Speak Soccer: From Assist to Woodwork: an Illustrated Guide to Pitch-Perfect Jargon
publisher: Flatiron Books