Female Soccer Player 101: A Professional Soccer Player Reveals Her Insider Secrets to Preparing, Training, and Achieving Your Dreams of Becoming a Successful Soccer Player as a Woman From A to Z
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In these pages, you'll find 101 secrets from someone who was in your place. Who went through the journey of becoming a Professional Soccer Player and made it. Now, she wants to give back to the game, by giving back to the girls. With this guide, you have everything you need to know and a few funny anecdotal stories from a girl who’s done it all before.
Although each one of our journeys is different, you will be able to take something from her words and make them your own. If not just drawing some inspiration from her story as she tells about making her way onto two national teams, two Division I University teams, and three professional teams—with more to come. Through her struggles that every player meets at some point, sitting on the bench and feeling discouraged to battling against negative female player stereotypes to problems she hopes no one has to go through, like hip surgery, she hopes that within these pages you can give yourself the best chance of making it as a professional soccer player in a world where they encourage anything but.
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Female Soccer Player 101
A Professional Soccer Player Reveals Her Insider Secrets to Preparing, Training, and Achieving Your Dreams of Becoming a Successful Soccer Player as a Woman From A to Z
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
Chapter 1: My Story
University
National Team
Professional Teams
Chapter Review
Chapter 2: Getting On A University Team
Start Early
Recruitment Process
Making the Decision
Chapter Review
Chapter 3 Getting On A National Team
Passports and Eligibility
Tryouts
Benefits
Chapter Review
Chapter 4: Getting On A Professional Team
Agents
On Your Own
Behind the Scenes
Chapter Review
Chapter 5: Preparation
Nutrition
Fitness
Strength Training
Chapter Review
Chapter 6: Soccer-Specifics
Tactic and Positioning
Coordination and Agility
Using Film to Improve
Chapter Review
Chapter 7: Road to Recovery
Dealing With an Injury
After Surgery
Going Back to the Game
Chapter Review
Chapter 8: Going After It
About the Expert
Recommended Resources
Introduction
In this book, through each chapter, you'll find one of the top ten questions that most young girls have when trying to reach their dreams of becoming a professional female soccer player.
Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Adriana Rodrigues. Although I don't consider myself as an expert
in any area—I don’t have a Ph.D, I don’t have a certification allowing me to teach others, and I definitely don’t have a World Cup under my belt—(that one still hurts a bit) I do want to take another look at the definition of expert
.
In the dictionary, an expert
is:
a person who is very knowledgeable about or skillful in a particular area.
synonyms:specialist, authority, pundit, oracle, resource person; having or involving a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area.
If we do take a look at my track—soccer—record, I do have what it takes to be an expert in the field, even if I don’t have a piece of paper to prove it. However, if I were to have to argue my case—I think I would win it.
I have played soccer all my life, from the time I first began to walk until today, despite injuries and setbacks that I’ve experienced. I’ve reached (arguably) the highest level of soccer, having played on national team levels for two different countries—representing team Brazil and team Portugal in international competition. I’ve played on two Division 1 university soccer teams, and received my Bachelor’s degree in Journalism on a full-ride, without having any debt coming out of the four years of higher level education. I’ve gone on to play for three different professional soccer teams in Europe, growing and learning different languages and cultures from every one of my experiences. I’ve coached at the youth level and have been employed as a personal trainer, helping others achieve the best of their abilities. Finally, I have a passion for helping people—which, if I do say so myself, is one of my more formidable qualities—regardless of if it’s not the most popular attribute—but it leads to me help write this book. To help you achieve your dreams of becoming a professional soccer player.
So, bottom line, let’s just say, for argument’s sake—I am an expert—and this also isn't my first book. Although the other two, Protect These Streets and