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discipline he trains and practices. Up early with the

birds, train, train, train. Exercise abdominals, lifting

weights, jumping ropes, stretching, pushing,

pulling, and twisting. Kicking, push-ups, sprinting,

jogging, heading, wrestling. Natural food, natural

fruit juices, no alcohol and lots of sleep for a

growing boy. And most of all Beach Football.

Now here, Reader, you’ll have to learn one more

thing: Beach Football. Every beach you go to in

Brazil there will always be Beach Football courts.

Imagine, if you can, a high netted volley ball court

in the sand. Then picture two footballers each side

of the net. Only two on each team: No hands, ever.

When the ball comes over the net to you, you

receive the ball on your head or your chest, allow

it to drop to your knee or foot and without letting

the ball touch the floor, kick pass it to your partner

who can then return the ball to the other side over

the net without it touching the floor. Have you got

the picture yet? Ball control at its finest. And the

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