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Save Like a Keeper
Series: Football Skills
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Learn how to TACKLE, SCORE and SAVE like your favourite players in this new football series by bestselling author, Ben Lyttleton! Learn how to DIVE, BLOCK and SAVE like your favourite players in this new football series by bestselling author, Ben Lyttleton! Saving goals sounds simple,...
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Learn how to TACKLE, SCORE and SAVE like your favourite players in this new football series by bestselling author, Ben Lyttleton!
Learn how to DIVE, BLOCK and SAVE like your favourite players in this new football series by bestselling author, Ben Lyttleton!
Saving goals sounds simple, right? Watch the ball as it flies towards you and stop it from getting over the line. Then fall to your knees in relief knowing you've just saved another epic goal! Easy.
The truth is, saving goals is not easy. Not easy at all. So how do your favourite goalkeepers like Alisson, Hampton and Courtois do it?
There are LOTS of ways to make a save - whether you're going to make a fingertip save from a powerful shot or an unbelievable dive to stop a penalty kick - this book will give you the skills, techniques, tactics and mindsets needed to be a top keeper and improve every aspect of your game.
So stick on your gloves, get out on the pitch and let's save some goals!
Series: Football Skills
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Score Like a Striker
Learn how to TACKLE, SCORE and SAVE like your favourite players in this new football series by bestselling author, Ben Lyttleton! Scoring goals sounds simple, right? Get the ball and put it in the back of the net. Then do a celebratory dance! Easy. The truth is, scoring goals is not easy. Not easy at all. So how do your...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Save Like a Keeper
Learn how to TACKLE, SCORE and SAVE like your favourite players in this new football series by bestselling author, Ben Lyttleton! Learn how to DIVE, BLOCK and SAVE like your favourite players in this new football series by bestselling author, Ben Lyttleton! Saving goals sounds simple, right? Watch the ball as it flies towards you and stop it from getting...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241765715
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Puffin
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Ben Lyttleton is a European football writer and broadcaster whose work has been syndicated in more than twenty countries. He is also a director of Soccernomics, the football consultancy.
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