Football For Teens

Winners. Losers. Lovers. There’s only one more football game, and it’s time to go big or go home. A district championship is in reach for the Creekridge Wildcats, but no one is thinking about football. The Creekridge Quarterback, Dan Spencer, tries to forget the passion of a former lover when a new female in his life bestows her affection on him. Two weeks after his car mysteriously caught on fire; Creekridge Halfback, Wayne Myers, discovers his step-mother is willing to forget her knowledge of the incident if Wayne is willing to accept an unusual offer for her silence. Across the ...

The World Cup is international soccer's championship tournament, and it rules the global sports stage. Award-winning author Matt Doeden explores the history of international soccer and covers the World Cup's greatest moments, from the Save of the Century to Diego Maradona's Hand of God goal to the United States Women's National Team's dominance. The most shocking goals, the greatest upsets, and the fun and fanfare of soccer's biggest event are all here.

Sixteen-year-old Jeremiah Thomas, all-star football player and MVP, had helped lead the Parkview Pacers to their first state title in twenty-one years. Now a new season of football is about to start, and his training has made him the strongest guy at Parkview. Jeremiah's life revolves around faith, family, and football. He's handsome, strong, witty, a captain of the football team, and owner of a state championship ring.

In Aaron Donald, you’ll learn how Aaron overcame tough beginnings in his youth and working-class neighborhood to become an even tougher college football star. Before he was a pro player, Aaron was beating up kids at the playground and throwing around equals on the Pitt University gridiron. Always a gifted athlete and focused student, Aaron knew early on that football would be his ticket out of a tough background, and you can read all about it in this must-have book. A rare combination of speed, strength, and athleticism has made Aaron Donald the dominant force of his generation. But ...

From the day Princeton played the first intercollegiate game in 1869, these major schools of the northeast - Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale - shaped football as we now know it. In this rich history, Bernstein shows that much of the culture that surrounds American football, both good and bad, has its roots in the Ivy League.

In 2015, when Ohio State took on the University of Oregon in the first College Football Playoff championship game, millions of sports fans tuned in. But back in 1869, when Rutgers University and Princeton University played the first-ever college football game, no one predicted the national spectacle that a college football championship game would become.

Mack is hot, popular, and used to getting exactly what he wants … until he sets his sights on the new exchange student from New Zealand. He’s never been one for love at first sight, but this chick has him feeling things he never knew existed within him, and in spite of her feisty rejections, he’s determined to get to know her.

Join Lioness Leah Williamson, Arsenal and England women’s football player, as she shows girls that they can be a leader at any age, and that huge things can happen when they believe in themselves!

Indie Blackwood is a popular cheerleader with a football-star boyfriend. On the surface, her life looks perfect. But when a guy dies right before her eyes and an ancient family Bible is stolen, Indie's world spirals into darkness. Turns out, Indie has a destiny. And it involves much more than pom-poms and parties. If she doesn't get the Bible back, every witch on the planet will die. And that's seriously bad news for Indie, because according to Bishop, the hot warlock who has an uncanny knowledge of everything that matters, she's a witch, too.

Few people know what it’s like to have the immense pressure of high expectations. Even fewer of them know how to live up to those expectations. Trevor Lawrence has been living up to expectations his whole life. From his time as a Freshman starter in high school, all the way to trying to lead Clemson to a repeat National Championship, Trevor Lawrence understands what pressure is and how to respond to it. We take you on the path Trevor took to become the highest quarterback prospect in a generation and show you how he deals with this pressure.

When newcomer Hadley is assigned to cover the football team for the school newspaper, she gets way more than she bargained for. After one of the players is mysteriously poisoned, she starts to receive strange emails from an anonymous source, warning her to stay away from the team. Soon, a second player is killed, and the town’s well-kept secrets start to unravel... Now she must find answers and stop the killer...or risk becoming their next target.

How does an undrafted free agent and two-sport college walk-on end up in a Chicago White Sox uniform? With a college football career derailed by mononucleosis and a college baseball career shattered by rotator cuff surgery, Brian Kent's narrative will motivate any athlete. Follow the journey from high school to college(s); from the dojo to the independent leagues; and from personal training to a White Sox contract.

The National Football League (NFL) is the most popular sports league in the United States, and the Super Bowl is its grandest stage. The incredible runs, the gutsy defensive stands, and the game-winning touchdown throws are all here. Award-winning sports author Matt Doeden explores the history of the Super Bowl and covers the championship game's greatest moments, from Vince Lombardi leading the Green Bay Packers to victory in Super Bowl I to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots coming from 25 points behind to win Super Bowl LI.

The U15 Soccer Coaching Guide serves as an essential tool for coaches aiming to positively influence the development of U15 soccer players across all genders. This all-encompassing manual spans the gamut of coaching necessities, from grasping the distinctive traits and developmental stages of U15 athletes to the application of impactful coaching ideologies and methods of communication. Initiating with an examination of the cognitive, physical, and emotional evolution typical of U15 players, the guide underscores the necessity of crafting an engaging and welcoming atmosphere conducive to ...

An inspiring memoir of the star running back for the Alabama Crimson Tide and Pittsburgh Steelers, Najee Harris, this book tells the story of how he overcame adversity and realized his untold potential. Few players have ever been able to do what Najee Harris has done and lived up to the hype. He is simply a unique running back, one who can make any run look easy, from a 10-yard sweep to a 60-yard touchdown. In this inspirational memoir Harris tells readers about his journey—from Antioch, California, to being one of the most highly recruited RB’s in the country and eventually committed ...

Dagmar Bittner und Max Hoffmann lassen zwei Schicksale in dieser prickelnd-süßen Sportsromance zusammentreffen und sorgen für wohligen Herzensurlaub. Ein Footballspieler, eine Krankenschwester und ein Geheimnis, das vieles verändert. Das begehrte Sportstipendium ist für Lawrence die Chance, den ärmlichen Verhältnissen in New York zu entkommen und sich in Florida als Footballspieler seinen Traum zu erfüllen. Als er sich schwer verletzt, steht seine Karriere vor dem Aus. Nur die junge Krankenschwester Gwen erhellt seine düsteren Tage auf der Krankenstation.

15 Of The Most Inspirational Soccer Stories From Modern Soccer Greats To Help Inspire & Motivate The Young Athlete In Your Life! Do you have a young athlete in your life you want to inspire? Do they need a dose of inspiration from the greatest athletes to have ever played? Do you want to help fire them up & get them more motivated than ever while teaching them valuable life lessons? Well you are in the right place! Inside we have 15 Inspiring Stories from Modern Soccer Greats. Not only that, each story will take the young athlete in your life on a journey from how the great of the game went...

Viola and Jack do not get along. Popular Jack Orsino is the worst Student Body President Viola Reyes has ever seen, and his lackadaisical attitude is just one more thing on Vi’s long list of things to be annoyed about. Her only escape? The online role-playing game Twelfth Knight – where she creates a masculine alter-ego in order to be taken seriously in the gaming world. When a football injury leads Jack to start playing Twelfth Knight too, their two worlds are set to collide.

Barney and Hattie Frank are 12-year-old twins who play football together on the school team. The team is trying to win the County Cup. Hattie is the better player but Barney thinks he can see where the school team is going wrong. So, when a TV talent show is looking for a new manager to help a failing Premiership team to start scoring again, Barney's sure he knows the answer. Maybe, to demonstrate his skills, he could train Hattie to be a top goal scorer.

No player has taken the Premier League by storm like Eden Hazard. From an early age Hazard was evident as a special player who had the potential to go on and be one of the elite players. A child prodigy who became a man in his early 20's, Hazard continues to astound fans, pundits and his teammates with his immense talent. Eden Hazard is the inside story of a footballing genius and rising global superstar. From his beginnings as a young player in Belgium to his first steps at Chelsea, each chapter of this beautiful book reveals a different, revealing aspect of Eden's personality.