Coach Pedro & Susan Adam Rita
In this fifth book of, The Magic Soccer Ball series, Rone explains to his readers how he is learning with his coaches how to trap the ball and how his first real soccer game goes.
As well as the first four books of the series “The Magic Soccer Ball”, the beautiful game of soccer is shown in attractive and detailed illustrations that help teach the young players exactly how to trap the ball. Rone, the main character, also shares the fun of spending time with family and friends. Soccer is a great and beautiful sport, and anybody at ay age can play, just check out what Rone has to say.
Amarildo Pedro Rita was born in 1962 and has been playing high level soccer in Brazil and has being coaching youth soccer players in the United States since 1999. Currently he is the Director of Developmental Soccer Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan and author of The Magic Soccer Ball series plus The Boy and His Dream, A Great Soccer Tournament, Bending a Soccer Ball and 20 Easy Ways to Help Save the Earth.
Coach Pedro holds a bachelor degree in physical education and USSF “A” License.
www.coachpedro.com
Susan Adam-Rita was born in a small city in Brazil where she lived for twenty-seven years. A psychologist in her home country, she continued to pursue her studies and currently is a PHD candidate in the counselor education program at Wayne State University. Susan lives with her husband, Pedro, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
When the second half started, we did exactly what our coach said. We scored two more goals. This time, Raphael scored one goal (because Carlos played goalie during the second half) and I scored one more goal, as well. Our parents were very loud cheering for us and I could see the smiles on my Mom’s face with the great game we had.
Now our game is over. We won our first game by scoring six goals.
Nice!! Great!! Yes, we won but, more importantly, we learned a lot while playing our game.
We lined up on the middle of the field and shook hands with the players from the other team. Then we drove home to eat and rest after this full and exciting day of soccer.
