# Introduction

## Welcome

If you're here then you're interested in becoming a better soccer player.  Maybe you just got "turnstiled" by an elite player, launched your thousandth shot over the goal or are on the losing end of tryouts. Maybe you're tired of sitting on the bench.  Perhaps you're a Coach or a parent looking for answers, or trying to figure out what missing from his or her game.

You've come to the right place. \
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This book is designed to help players of all calibers improve their game, to get into the *what, why and how* of soccer. If you're a beginning player, or coaching beginners, it will \[introduce topics and knowledge designed to jump over those most basic of hurdles.]  If you've been playing a while and are interested in learning what separates superior players from others on the field, we'll show you how they do it.  We will delve into topics that great players learn from good coaching or through hard knocks. We will also provide insight into the skills and techniques which provide that magical edge to the truly elite players, ones you can add to your own game.
