Books with author Alan Jones

This book provides 117 drills for teaching soccer skills through fun, easy to use games. The drills are designed to teach the fundamentals of soccer in an enjoyable, positive manner that keeps children focused, engaged, and entertained. Your team will get a great workout, maximum touches on the ball, and develop the basic soccer skills needed to be successful soccer players. Whether you have never coached soccer before or are an experienced coach, you will find useful drills in this book to hold the attention of 5, 6, and 7 year olds! In addition to the 117 soccer drills found in this book you will find 107 variations so there is always a fresh way to teach or reinforce a skill. Topics covered: Warm up, Dribbling, Defending, Passing, Receiving, Long Kicks, Shooting, Team Play, Throw-ins

Sometimes, education is mercenary.Sixteen-year-old Colt Maier is enrolled at a prestigious mercenary training school aboard a converted space freighter. At least, Colt thinks it’s prestigious, until a bounty hunter hired by the Merchant Guild arrests the school’s faculty, leaving Colt and his fellow cadets in deep debt to a loan company.Facing the specter of indentured servitude should they fail to pay what they owe, Colt and his friends transform their former school into a legitimate mercenary company. Given one year to pay off their debt by the company’s smarmy loan officer, they take on as many contracts as possible, learning on the job how to secure their freedom.Unfortunately for Colt and his fellow young mercs, the loan company has no intention of letting them succeed, and it’s far more profitable for them to sabotage Colt’s efforts while collecting a year’s worth of payments…and then enslave the students, anyway.But there is more going on than a simple matter of indentured servitude, and as Colt tries to discover who has been foiling their efforts to earn their freedom, he uncovers a much bigger plot—one whose stakes might cost everyone in the school their lives just for knowing the secret.

This book is filled with competitive gym and outdoor games for every group! The games are perfect for physical education classes, youth groups, camps and clubs. There has been a movement over the years to play games that are noncompetitive; however, the reality is that kids like to play games with a winner. Striving to win is what makes the game fun, and this is what makes everyone try harder. In the process, the kids get more exercise out of the game. This book is filled with games that offer the element of competition but keeps everyone involved. During the course of playing these games, participants can easily return to active play if they get “out.” Everyone can be involved while getting exercise and having fun!If you have a bag of foam balls, you can play a number of the games found in this book. Some games require additional small items, such as paper rolled into wands, 3x5 cards, colored markers, jump ropes, cones or bandanas. But for the most part, a bag of foam balls is the main ingredient needed. By playing games that involve moving, running, and ball throwing, participants can get exercise without even realizing it. This is the beauty of physically active games. The games in this book have been used for everything from off-season conditioning with high school sports teams, youth groups, to summer day camp. You will find fun and active group games for the gym or outdoors to fit the needs of whatever group you work with in this easy to use book!

Zak takes on his first mission for a top secret government organization in the second book of this action-adventure spy seriesZak's training is cut short when he is sent on his first mission. The King of Montevisto and his family have been threatened and the secret services believe the attack will take place on the family's forthcoming visit to the UK. It's vital that the trip goes smoothly and Zak is in charge of protecting the king's son. He soon finds he needs all his training and talents to outwit the enemy and save lives.