Manchester United - Play Like Champions Reviews

• 2 Hours of Man U Hero Worship

  
  By ABE9RKD02HNNT on 2005-08-22
  If you are looking for soccer skills to teach or learn, avoid this (like the plague) and try "All The Right Moves - To Beat and Get Past Your Opponent" (there's a Hollywood movie called "All The Right Moves" which is (obviously) different). That DVD covers a lot of juking moves from various angles. Fortunately I got this Man U DVD out of the library so I could return it. I presume someone as disgusted with it as I gave it to them.
  
  If, on the other hand, you are a dedicated Man U fan this is for you. Of the 2 hours, about 5 minutes are devoted to teaching any skills at all. The rest of it is Man U players and staff talking, or just standing there for you to admire.
  
  The 4 skills taught are "step over" "Cruyff" "Maradonna" (they call it something else) and "pull-back" Those are taught well in a little section of extras where they show it in several ways.
  
  No kicking skills taught though you get to watch a Man U player kick a ball around some metal 'defenders'. No insight into how he does it - what a waste.
  
  

• Review from BBC website

  
  By A1OC6RHBZYDIC2 on 2004-03-13
  The official Manchester United Training and Skills Programme

  Menacing in midfield? Deadly in defence? A stunning striker? Now comes the unique opportunity to hone your soccer skills in the style of true champions. BBC Worldwide are proud to announce the release of, in association with Manchester United Football Club, the first official Manchester United training and skills video.

  Introduced and linked by Sir Alex Ferguson and Academy Coach Rene Meulensteen, Play Like Champions offers fans, and aspiring football players alike, the chance to see inspirational key skills coaching sessions featuring a range of the club's best players including Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and many more.

  Play Like Champions features over 100 minutes of specially recorded footage filmed on location at Old Trafford, The Manchester United Training Facility in Carrington and during the club's tour of America. Alongside key skills segments such as Free Kicks, The Scissors and The Step Over, Premier League footage is analysed with multi-angles and slow-mo to see the skills in match winning action.

  The players, coaching staff and past footballing legends (including Sir Bobby Charlton) are also interviewed to give a further insight into the magic of Manchester Utd. With nutritional and fitness advice, as well as how to handle the legendary mind games of football, Play Like Champions is the ultimate guide to making it in the big league.

  The DVD features a golden boot of extras with thirty minutes of extra footage, including two additional skills, outtakes, biographies, a photo gallery, history of Man Utd and a link to the official Man Utd website.
  
  

• better than expected

  
  By A8FL3GISZ3R3X on 2004-06-18
  great instruction and cool features where you can loop the diagrams. If you love manchester united even better.
  my only negatives keeping from five stars.

  --wish the goaltending section was better
  
  

• Man U Training DVD

  
  By A1DL30DY7AVKY3 on 2004-06-20
  Excellent DVD to teach multiple skills and techniques. This could be one of the best instructional DVD's on the market for youth soccer players. There is a lot of Manchester United propaganda in the production but I found it quite interesting and would recommend this to anyone with kids who play soccer.
  
  

• Great video for young players

  
  By A3VN26L70OHE23 on 2004-06-11
  Obviously, this video is geared toward fans of the Red Devils. However, the audience is definitely the young football/soccer player. There are numerous skill topics covered by demonstration and animated demonstration. Real Man. Utd. players work with the kids at the Youth Academy. I recommend this video to any Man. Utd. fan and definitely anyone looking for a fun instructional video for their player(s).
  
  

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