at Football Practice - Chapter 1 Being the best

Sep 29, 2026

The story opens on a Saturday at the first football practice of the season, where Max and Zoe feel excited and face their skills during early drills. Zoe jokes that Max is great at dribbling while she is “rubbish,” and the conversation turns into playful disagreement about how many cones Zoe actually knocked over. Their exchange sets a light, encouraging tone for the practice as they learn and improve together.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

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Pages40

Reading Time1 h 2 min

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Chapter 1 Being the best

at Football Practice | | 9 | c 1240 | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Please return this book on or before the date shown above.Torenew go to www.essex.gov.uk/libraries,ring 03456037628 orgo to any Essex library. Essex County Council # at Football Practice by Shelley Swanson Sateren illustrated by Mary Sullivan Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited,acompany incorporated in England and Wales having its registeredoffice at 264 Banbury Road,Oxford,OX27DY-Registeredcompany number:6695582 ☆ www.raintree.co.uk myorders@raintree.co.uk Text C Capstone Global Library Limited 2014This British English edition published in 2020The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproducedin any form or by any means(including photocopying or storing itin any medium by electronic means and whether or not transientlyor incidentally to some other use of this publication)without thewritten permission of the copyright owner,except in accordancewith the provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the CopyrightLicensing Agency,Saffron House,6-10 Kirby Street,LondonEC1N 8TS(www.cla.co.uk).Applications for the copyrightowner's written permission should be addressed to the publisher. Designed by Emily HarrisProduction by Katy LaVigne Originated by Capstone Global Library LtdPrinted and bound in India ISBN 9781474790642(hardback)ISBN 9781474790703(paperback) British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA full catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library. 订 # Chapter 1Being the best It was Saturday,and thefirst football practice of theseason had begun.Max andZoe were excited. "Wow,Max,"said Zoe.“You're so good at dribbling.I'm rubbish at it!" “You're not that bad,Zoe.You only knocked over fivecones,"Max said. Zoe frowned."There wereonly five cones to start with!" 6

FAQs

Where does the story begin?

It begins at the first football practice of the season on a Saturday, with Max and Zoe attending.

What skill does Zoe struggle with during practice?

Zoe says she is “rubbish” at dribbling compared to Max.

Why does Zoe argue about the cones?

Zoe insists there were only five cones to start with, so knocking over that number doesn’t reflect as badly on her as Max suggests.

Sep 29, 2026

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