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Chapters 1-7, Pgs. 1-81
Mia Hamm is one of the best soccer players in the world in men and womens soccer. She plays for the women's national team and grew up playing soccer with boys. She has 6 siblings one of which died to bone marrow problems. Her college coach Anson Dorrance was a second father to her. She doesn't believe she is the best and has many role models on her team, She believes the game is as much mental as physical. She talks about trapping skills. 323 -
Chapters 7, Pages 81-106
Mia's book is about how to make yourself a better player. Chapter 7 focuses on the skills involved in passing and how it is passing that gets you up the field. She highlights the keys of passing: locked ankle, planted foot aimed at the target, following through, use inside and outside of your foot, and make sure to make your teammates look good and give it to her in the spot that will be easiest for her to get control if she's under pressure. 348 -
Chapter 8, Pgs 107-136
Next she talks about dribbling and how it is a very mental skill in soccer because you need the confidence to take someone on and the physical ability to beat them. She highlights the keys to dribbling which are: keeping your head up, keeping the ball under control, and using different surfaces of your foot to keep the ball under control. 377 -
Chapter 9, Pgs 136-160
The next chapter focuses on shooting and she emphasizes that you shouldn't be afraid to shoot and you need confidence. The keys to being a good shooter are: keeping your toe down, ankle locked, follow through to the target, strike solidly, relax, and shoot on frame. During this chapters she goes through stories of past games in the Olympics, World Cups, and other games. 401 -
Chapters 10-14 Pgs. 160-202
Chapter 10 is about heading and to be successful you need to: keep your eyes open, mouth closed, use your hands for balance, contact the ball with your forehead, bend at the waist and snap tp the ball, follow through and attack the ball. Next she talks about the importance of goalkeeping and how the deserve mad respect. The next two chapters are about consistant playing and being a winner. 443 -
Chapters 14-15 Pgs 202-254
Chapter 14 is about being a champion and how women's soccer became known to the nation in the 1999 World Cup after USA won it all. Mia talks about the emotional, physical, and mental tasks they had to go through to pull of that win, with 75,000 fans filling stadiums to watch these women reclaim the World Cup. After the World Cup women's soccer was on the map and finally accepted. She says to never let your emotions come over you during a game or you'll for sure lose. 495