David Beckham practiced soccer by kicking Care Bears

(UPI) -- Apparently soccer star David Beckham didn’t just hone his skills by booting a ball around in a local park -- he also worked on his game by kicking Care Bears around in his sister's bedroom.

Practicing with the stuffed toys is one of the details the British footballer reveals in his upcoming self-titled book, David Beckham, which will be released on October 31. Beckham retired from playing professionally in May.

“I would carry on playing when I got home. I wasn't allowed a football in the house so I would practice by kicking the Care Bears in my sister's bedroom,” he wrote. “My mum thought it was funny, but it showed how much I loved football. I couldn't get enough of it.”

He also said that he would have “jumped at the chance” to skip school so that he could spend his days improving his soccer skills.

Beckham’s book will come out just weeks after his former manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, accused him of being “obsessed with celebrity status” in his own self-titled autobiography.

There have been no reports of Care Bears being found at the scene of a minor car accident that Beckham and his son, Brooklyn, were involved in outside of their home in Beverly Hills on Saturday.