“I learned all about life with a ball at my feet” Ronaldinho. Soccer is one of the top ranked sports in the world. Soccer is a complex sport with many things that come with playing on a team. In this essay you will learn how to play. You will get the main ideas on what to do. To begin you will need the following: A ball(s), cleats, shin guards, soccer socks, cones, and most obviously you will need workout clothes. After you have these items, you will need to find a place to practice. Usually prefer a soccer field with regular size goals. Soccer can be taught in these three simple steps: The preparation of materials, the rules of the game and how to train and finally how to play in a official eighty minute game.
Lets take a step back and talk about your ball. Depending on your age will depend on what size ball you will need. This is to help you get the right one. Size 1 or skills ball is for all ages. This ball is used for developing footwork and helps with your skills and ball control. The next is the size 3 or junior ball this is for ages eight and younger. This is used as a practice and game ball. The size four or the youth ball is for ages eight to twelve. Along with the size 5 or adult ball which is twelve and older. Both the size four and five balls are for games and practices as well. I recommend the ball used for your age division but also the size one. This will be a life saver when working on your ball control and footwork. Once you have all your materials together you will need to understand the main rules of soccer. There are techincally seventeen laws of soccer. However, we will not go through all of them but just a few of the main ones. All these laws can be found online. Okay, the laws you will need to know is the following. Games are usually played with eleven players, this includes your goalie. Although, you can get away with playing with seven but any less you will have to forfeit the game. The ball must be the right size, which you can find out about in the beginning of this paragraph. It must also be spherical and made of leather or a material of this kind. The right equipment is also very important. You will need to be in a jersey at game time, as well as having shin guards and soccer socks that fully cover them. You can be sent off the field by the ref if he thinks there is something wrong with your equipment until it is fixed. Kickoff is started by a coin toss with the refs and the captains. The winner decides whether they want the ball or which side they would like to start on. . Anyway, if you or your team kick the ball out of bounds the ball goes the opponent. If you score, the ball also goes to the opponent and vise versa. When you receive the ball on the opponent's half, as an attacking player, you must be level or behind the last defender not including the goalkeeper. Unless they are involved with the play. The ball is out of play when it fully crosses the goal line or boundry line also known as the touch line It is also out of play if the referee stops the run of play. There are rules that are important that have to do with fouls and free kicks which we will quickly go over. There are two types of free kicks, direct and indirect. A direct kick can be shot directly into the goal without touching another player. An indirect free kick is indicated by the referee raising his hand during the kick. This can only go into the goal if it has been touched noticeably by another player before it enters the goal. The ball must be at a stand still for both types of kicks. A penalty kick is given when a defensive player fouls an attacking player or gets a handball in the team’s penalty area. A throw-in is when the possessing team plays the ball out of bounds. A player must release the ball with both hands and keep both feet firmly on the ground when taking a throw in.A goal kick is when the offensive team plays the ball out of bounds over the other team’s goal line. After the defender or goalkeeper may place the ball anywhere within the six-yard goal box and kick the ball back into play. A corner kick is given to the offensive team when the defensive team plays the ball out of bounds over its goal line. The ball is placed within the corner area and is kicked back into play by the offensive team. Players can score directly off a corner kick All the rules of soccer are found online at the website http://www.syossetsoccer.org/home/683808.html.
To begin trianing you will need all your materails. A lot of your soccer training will consit of run. You will need to run. Being inshape is the most important thing when it comes to soccer. The game of soccer is a constant eighty minute run. You speed changes of course but you should always be moving. It is very important to have communication when it comes to playing this sport. Simple communication such as 'man on' 'turn' or 'you have time', makes this complex game easier. Lets take a minute and talk about what these alerts mean. ‘Man on’ is an alert to let your teammate know there is no time and an opponent is approaching quickly. ‘Turn’ is a term which means the opposite of Possession. The last alert ‘you have time’ is to let your teammate know they have time with the ball and there is no approaching opponent. Another very important form of communication is asking for the ball. There is a total of twenty people on the field, excluding the two goalies, it is important to let your teammates know that you are open by screaming ‘ball’ and moving at the same time. You need to move the ball quickly. You can practice this by playing twenty-one. This a drill all about passing. You get into two teams and see which team can make the quickest twenty-one complete passes. Another good game to play is two dribble a ball while an opponent tries to knock it out of bounds. This will help with your ball control. A way to help keep the ball and score is by switching fields. This means to send the ball to the other side of the field quickly and to your teammate. These are the main training tips however you can look online and youtube for more tips and tricks.
Finally, its game time. You will begin by making sure you are prepared. You will need the following: shin guards, soccer socks, that cover your shin guards, you game jersey, and the right shorts. Keep in mind one of the laws of the game is the ref can kick you out of the game if he believes your uniform/ equipment does meet the correct standards of the game regulation. You can come back to the game once the issue is resolved. Your coach will next pick the eleven starters, some coaches will do this at the practice before. Stretching is a very important pregame. Along with shooting drills on your goalie and passing with a quick game of twenty one like you do at practice. After you are warmed up and ready the captains will meet to flip the coin. Its finally game. There is really nothing like it. Where the only thing that matters is the next eight minutes. You will need to take everything you learned about rules and all you did in training/practice and use it. Put all hundred and ten percent effort in to the game as long as you are in the game. If by chance you are sitting on the bench , you need to make sure you are completely focused on the game. Make sure you hundred percent know what is gong on because you never know when or where you will be subbed in.
Soccer is a simple yet complex game. It is a difficult simple. As you can see there are many rules and regulations when it comes to the game. Training is killer and takes most of your time when preparing to play for eighty minutes. Soccer can be taught and learned in the three simple steps above if you take the time. You need many materials and a killer amount of time. It is a process but it is very worth it.