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Complete Athlete: Women's Soccer

Mia Hamm, Walid Khoury, Ziad Khoury

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Complete Athlete provides a content-centered app with a global community of athletes, coaches, parents, followers and fans - all focused on achieving the highest levels of performance through a 360 degree approach that balances attitude, preparation, fitness, technique, and lifestyle.In Complete Women's Soccer , get tips from the pros like Mia Hamm and 11-time NYT Bestseller Don Yaeger . This book highlights the idea that success is not determined solely by one's natural ability; it is also influenced by attitude and behavior, as well as how an athlete treats herself and others, both on and off the field of play.As an athlete progresses through each of the five levels outlined here, from elementary school to the pros, she will learn how a Complete Athlete must achieve the highest levels in five different ATTITUDE, PREPARATION, FITNESS, TECHNIQUE, and LIFESTYLE. Complete Athlete is a guidebook for athletes, parents, and coaches alike who believe true success is about so much more than just athletic skill."The thing about the advice in this book is that it has come from people who have created player-development environments that have inspired players to the top of the world. Not only do they understand the critical soccer principles, but they understand the character principles as well. Read this and you will understand winning." - Anson Dorrance , Head Coach, Women's Soccer, University of North Carolina, 22-Time NCAA National Champion, and World Cup ChampionCheck out the other books in the Complete Athlete series in the Complete Athlete Complete Baseball with Trevor HoffmanComplete Men's Football with Allan RussellComplete Understanding the Journey to Becoming a True Professional by Mallory Weggemann

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Published January 1, 2017

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Mia Hamm

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Mariel Margaret Garciaparra, best known as Mia Hamm, is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female, in the history of soccer (158).

Hamm is an iconic symbol of women's sports and an inspiration and role model to a generation of sports-minded girls. As part of the first generation of women to grow up with gender equality rights after Title IX passed, she received the college scholarships, endorsements and training opportunities necessary to become a top athlete. She was named the women's FIFA World Player of the Year the first two times that award was given (in 2001 and 2002), and is listed as one of FIFA's 125 best living players (as chosen by Pelé). Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon called Hamm, "Perhaps the most important athlete of the last 15 years."

She retired from the sport in 2004, when she played her last game in the 2004 Fan Celebration Tour to commemorate the U.S. women's national team's victory in the 2004 Olympics. In 2007, her first year of eligibility, she was selected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame by having 137 votes of the 141 ballots cast. Women's Professional Soccer, a professional soccer league that launched in 2009, features Hamm's silhouette in its logo.

Hamm was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on March 11, 2008.

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