Mia Hamm
Sportskool Soccer Coach
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Scissors
Mia Hamm & coach Ian Sawyers explain why the scissors move is an offensive weapon.
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Side Volleying
Mia Hamm & soccer coach Ian Sawyers demonstrate the keys to an effective side volley.
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Mia Hamm Interview
Mia Hamm talks to kids about her love of soccer, retirement, her childhood and more.
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Curving the Ball
Mia Hamm & coach Ian Sawyers illustrate how to master the skill of curving the ball.
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Coaching Tips
Soccer coach Ian Sawyers provides insight into how to become a successful soccer coach.
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Footwork 1
Mia Hamm and coach Ian Sawyers explain the importance of using the inside of your foot.
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Footwork 2
Mia Hamm and coach Ian Sawyers explain the importance of using the inside of your foot.
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Footwork 3
Mia Hamm and Ian Sawyers demonstrate dribbling with the top of the foot.
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Footwork 4
Mia Hamm & Ian Sawyers use the bottom of the foot to receive the ball & escape pressure.
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Instep Pass
Mia Hamm & coach Ian Sawyers explain the keys to perfecting the instep pass.
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Intro to Soccer
Mia Hamm and soccer coach Ian Sawyers explain the importance of soccer fundamentals.
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Mia's HOF Speech
See Mia Hamm's Induction speech to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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Passing to the Net
Mia Hamm & Ian Sawyers demonstrate the importance of being able to pass to the net.
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Push Pass
Mia Hamm & Ian Sawyers on why the push pass is a valuable skill for any soccer player.
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Receiving: Ground
Mia Hamm & Ian Sawyers on the importance of being able to receive a ball on the ground.
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Receiving: The Air
Mia Hamm & coach Ian Sawyers illustrate how to successfully receive a ball out of air.
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Side Step
Mia Hamm & coach Ian Sawyers illustrate the keys to perfecting the side step move.
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Shooting With Power
Mia Hamm & coach Ian Sawyers demonstrate how to shoot the ball with power.
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Step Over
Mia Hamm and Ian Sawyers demonstrate why the step over is a valuable offensive tool.
As the record crowd of more than 90,000 fans at Pasadena's Rose Bowl - the most to see a women's sporting event in the United States - erupted with the winning goal in the 1999 World Cup, women's soccer ascended to a new level.
The sport, mainstreamed with the success of the U. S. Women's National Team earlier in the 1990s, became a national phenomenon with the victory.
Mia Hamm, who played in every celebrated win, was a driving force behind women's soccer and the national team. An iconic figure in sports, Hamm is widely considered the best female soccer player in history.
Hamm played 17 years for the U.S., and her 158 goals in international competition are a record for females and males.
As a 15-year-old, Hamm became the youngest player ever on the national team. At 19 in 1991, she became the youngest American woman to win a World Cup when the U.S. captured the inaugural women's tournament in China.
With the two more World Cup wins and Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004, Hamm and the U.S. team helped soccer earn a spot on America's sports radar.
- Born March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama
- U.S.A. Soccer's female athlete of the year five years in a row (1994-1998)
- All-American selection and Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year her last three seasons at North Carolina
- Helped take Tar Heels to four consecutive NCAA women's championships
- Graduated in 1993 with all-time ACC records in goals (103), assists (72) and points (278)
- Retired shortly after the 2004 Olympics in Athens
- Carried the U.S. flag at the closing ceremonies of the 2004 Olympics
- Won silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
- Finished third at the 1995 World Cup in Sweden; named tournament MVP
- In 1999, Nike named the biggest building on its corporate campus after Hamm
- In March 2004, Hamm and former U.S. teammate Michelle Akers were the only two women and Americans named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living soccer players selected by Pele
