Wednesday, 25 April 2012

The Fundamentals Of A Soccer Game

By Arthur Goldberry


The lengths of a soccer game vary in lengths depending on the age group, but college, high school, and professional play two 45 minute halves. The rules of soccer is simple, two teams that consist of nine players and a goalie.

The players are only allowed to play the soccer ball with their feet, and they are divided into offense and defense. Soccer's main objective is to score by kicking the ball into the opposing team's goal. In which case, the goalie is the only one allowed to his/her hands to stop the ball.

Soccer players use a skill that consists of keeping the ball in the air using legal places on the body to control the ball such as feet and knees, and this skill is called juggling. Unless you want the other team to take possession of the ball, don't use your hands or arm. When a team knocks the ball out of bounds, the opposing team can do a "throw-in" and take possession of the ball, in which both feet should remain on the ground while the is thrown back into play. When a ball is kicked over the line of a team's own goal, then the opposite team takes the ball to the corresponding corner and kicks the ball back into play to one of the teammates, and this is called "corner kick". A "goal kick" is the result when the team kicks the ball over the goal line of the opposing team, and this is taken by one the defensive players of that team.

Different circumstances can call a "foul". Some examples include a player touching the ball with his arm or hand, a player tackling another player, bad sportsmanship, or even excessive pushing. On the spot where the foul happened, the referee will call the ball dead and give the opposite team a free kick.

When the score is still tied and the regulation time runs out, then there's going to be a shootout where the one team's goalie will play against the opposing team's player. The game is won by whoever scores a goal first.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment