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\nhttps://archive.org/details/soccer0000wark  \nBasics for Beginners  \nWritten by Laurie WarkIllustrated by Scot Ritchie  \nKids Can Press  \nWith much appreciation and many thanks toDuncan Wilde,Director,Premier Soccer Academy,for his professional advice and for sharing hisknowledge of the sport and his experience inteaching the game to children.  \nText copyright ◎1994 by Laurie Warkllustrations copyright ◎1994 by Scot Ritchie  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system or transmitted,in anyform or by any means,without the prior written permission ofKids Can Press Ltd.or,in case of photocopying or otherreprographic copying,a license from CANCOPY(CanadianReprography Collective),1 Yonge Street,Suite 1900,Toronto,ON,M5E 1E5.  \nPublished in Canada by:Kids Can Press Ltd.29 Birch AvenueToronto,ON M4V1E2  \nPublished in the U.S.by:Kids Can Press Ltd.  \n85 River Rock Drive,Suite 202Buffalo,NY 14207  \nKids Can Press is a Nelvana company  \nEdited by Debbie RogosinDesigned by Rob McPhail  \nTypeset by McPhail &Hemsworth Associates  \nPrinted in Hong Kong by Sheck Wah Tong Printing PressLimited  \nCM 94098765432  \n# Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data\n\nWark,Laurie  \nSoccer  \n(Basics for beginners)ISBN 1-55074-188-8  \n1.Soccer-Juvenile literature.2.Soccer-Rules-Juvenileliterature.I.Ritchie,Scot.II.Title.III.Series.  \nGV943.25.W371994j796.334C94-930249-X  \nPeople all around the world play soccer.In somecountries the game is called football.Whatever youcall it,soccer is an exciting and fast-moving sport.Players run back and forth across the field kickingand passing the ball to each other and trying to shootit into the other team's goal.Anyone can play—ifyou like to run and you like being part of a team,you'll have a ball playing soccer.  \n1.  \n(14  \nIs everyone in uniform andready to warm up?-5认a60e1/  \n高  \n·(  5  \n41  \n.N!lm  \nJ  \n1M  \n1,1.儿  \nYou don't need much equipment to play soccer.Grab a 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