Tracing the arc of their 46 year friendship, Adrian Webster and Tony Chursky sharethe inspiring highs and the deflating lows of being professional soccer players in the early years of the Seattle Sounders in the North American Soccer League. Providing personal anecdotes and first-hand news accounts from the past, they demonstrate how their time together, both beforeand during the Sounders years, shaped the paths they chose after their careers came to a close.

Excerpt from 'From Player to Coach'When I first went to Seattle my intentions were to try to establish myself as a player and to play for as long as possible. Going into the second season I could see that soccer was on the up and that the club were very much into promoting both the Sounders and Soccer.This was my first taste of coaching and making public appearances, fortunately through John Best and Jimmy Gabriel I had two great role models.

When Adrian Webster finished playing at a professional level he started his coaching journey. It was his dream to one day coach the Seattle Sounders or a Premier League club.After spending 50 years involved in the ' Beautiful Game ' he thought about what he had learned and to share his knowledge. If he was to become Manager/Coach, what would he teach his young players from his vast experience of having played and coached at many levels of the game?With coaching diagrams, drills, and a gene...

A professional soccer career that spans 50 years. Follow Adrian Webster on his Soccer Journey that took him from his home in Colchester to Vancouver BC, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and finally back home to where he's retired.Playing for the Seattle Sounders 74 – 79 in the NASL, he played against his two idols Pele and George Best. In 1977 Head Coach Jimmy Gabriel made him the team captain and that season he lead the team to the Soccer Bowl Final in Portland. In 2017 Adrian returne...

Adrian Webster wants his coaching book to be different. This book shares his views and experiences of having been involved in the game as a player, coach and manager at youth, college and pro levels. He started to get involved in coaching when he first joined the Seattle Sounders in 1974.Because you have played the game, doesn't necessarily make you a good coach, this was another thing he took on- board from his first coach, John Best. You need to become more aware of how we learn ...

It's the 40th Anniversary of when the Seattle Sounders played the New York Cosmos in Soccer Bowl '77. A game that went down in history.The teams were comprised of world class and beloved players. Franz Beckenbauer, Giorgio Chinaglia, Mike England, Shep Messing, Carlos Alberto, and touted as one of the best players of all times, Pele. Adrian Webster marked Pele in Pele's final game. Adrian remembers his time with the team in stories of the games and memories of the players who helpe...

Every human being on this planet has the most incredible device in the known universe residing within their skull. Yet despite all of us having more or less the same make and model, the vast majority of users are completely unaware of its stunning capabilities; let alone its phenomenal ability to adapt. The human brain adapts to the demands of pretty much any environment. It physically changes its own circuitry to improve performance in any behaviour that is regularly required of it. It wi...

Polar Bear Pirates are highly focused, successful characters; they can't help but motivate everyone around them, and just like you, they love to have some fun.In their latest quest, they take on the Sleepwalkers, the workplace zombies who are with you in body but never take a step beyond the ordinary because their minds have drifted into sleep mode. Going through the motions, thinking the same old stuff, and delivering the same results, they stand out like beacons of disappointment...

Discover how you can draw people in and achieve greater success, in just a few minutes each dayTNTs are Tiny Noticeable Things. They are all the little things that people don't need to do, but do. Though small, they create the biggest, longest lasting impressions in people's minds; they show how much you care; they make and break relationships—yet they cost nothing. In Tiny Noticeable Things: The Secret Weapon to Making a Difference in Business, you'll lea...

This Cognito Guide is for the young club or school cricketer aspiring to become an opening batsman. It focuses on how to prepare to face the opposition when your team depends on you and all eyes are on you. It discusses strategies for staying in, for getting off the mark and how to progress to build a match-winning innings. Using examples from Test cricket and the author's 30 years experience opening the batting in competitive and "friendly" cricket, this is Cognito Guide helps the aspirin...

Frustrated watching English football? You know we can do better, but why don't we? This e-book provides a guide for all football coaches and managers to improve the way that their team plays.It is asking managers to be brave and embrace new methods and techniques, to step away from the kick and hope mentality seen in so many matches.

Keep it Simple Soccer was written to provide a new coach with all the information they need to manage and coach youth soccer at a basic level in a short amount of time.