Update: On December 7 2003, University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer Coach Anson Dorrance led the Tar Heels to their 18th NCAA Championship and a season record of 27-0-0, the best record of any team in women’s college soccer history. Congratulations, Coach Dorrance!
Praise:
“From the beginning I knew I made the right decision to attend the University of North Carolina…I went there because it is through this game that we learn the importance of human relationships.”
-- Mia Hamm, UNC, Olympic and World Cup Champion
“Anson inspired me to play and gave me the mentality that I was going to be the best.”
-- Tisha Venturini, UNC, Olympian and World Cup Champion
“Anson was a great motivator…I had the time of my life at North Carolina. I dearly miss it. I’d go back in a heartbeat. The whole experience was awesome”
-- Lorrie Fair, UNC, Olympic and World Cup Champion
In Vision of A Champion, Anson Dorrance has teamed with Gloria Averbuch, an accomplished heath and fitness writer, to create a passionate and inspiring formula for success in soccer, and in life. On fields all over the country millions dream of becoming the next Mia Hamm - one of Anson’s former players. This book will show them how to do it!
Soccer is the fastest growing youth sport in the United States with nearly 20 million participants. An unprecedented 47 percent are female. Now, Anson Dorrance, the winningest women’s soccer coach of all-time, gives youth players, parents and coaches the secrets of over 25 years of success, developed as a collegiate (University of North Carolina) and U.S. National Team coach.
Vision of a Champion is a unique blend of technical advice and powerful inspiration. Young players, male and female, parents and coaches alike will gain enormous insight into how to develop high-level athletes, who also carry the values and lessons of competitive sports with them off the playing field.
Take yourself to the highest level:
Learn the renowned UNC system
Become a champion on the playing field and in life
Succeed with coaches and selectors
Identify and improve your weaknesses in the game
Get inspiration form top players like Mia Hamm
Stay healthy and injury free
Sharpen your mental edge
Achieve total fitness
Maximize performance in games and tournaments
Master skills for all levels of play
About Anson Dorrance:
Anson Dorrance is the legendary women’s soccer coach at the University of North Carolina. His program is commonly referred to as “The Dynasty.” He is not only the most successful coach in the women’s game - a four-time National Coach of the Year - but an ambassador of the game, a highly sought-after motivational speaker, a major force in training young players through wildly popular soccer camps, and a successful television broadcaster. His teams have won 18 NCAA National Championships, and many of his former players have gone on to become the most accomplished players in the world, including superstar Mia Hamm. Anson has produced best selling soccer videos, and is the author of Training Soccer Champions, written with Tim Nash.
Hardcover, 338 pages
