Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Do you know what it takes to be a top footballer?Can you pick out the best moves? Find out in this guide to football skills. It will help children to understand how to study a football game and how to look for the skills of different types of players: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers. Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. Text type – An information book. A reader response page provides lots of opportunities for speaking, listening, and writing. Curriculum links – PE: Invasion games. This title is paired with a story at the same level: Spider’s Big Match by Alan Durant. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.