Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Discover The Fundamentals Of The Game Of Soccer

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By Kathleen Burch


A soccer game is played in two halves and although the lengths vary between age groups, professionals, college, and high school play two halves that take 45 minutes long. The game of soccer is played between two teams, each consisting of a goalie and nine players. The players are then divided into offense and defense and can only play the soccer ball using their feet.

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.

Juggling, which is done by keeping the ball in the air using the feet, knees, chest, or head, if often practiced by soccer players. If they use their hands or arm, then the opposing team will take possession of the ball. The opposing team takes possession of the ball by doing a "throw-in" when the other team knocks the ball out of bounds, and during this time both feet should stay on the ground while the player throws the ball back into play. A "corner kick" is the result of when a soccer ball is kicked out of bounds over the line of their own goal, and the opposite team takes the ball to the corresponding corner and kicks the ball back to the team. For a "goal kick" which is the result of the team kicking the ball over the opposing team's goal line, it is to be taken by a defensive player of the team.

When it comes to "fouls", there are a number of circumstances it can be called for. Examples of fouls include excessive pushing, unsportsmanlike behavior, and touching the ball using the hand or arm. The referee will then call the ball dead on the spot where the foul happened, and the opposite team will be give a free kick.

A shootout is the result of when the regulation time of the soccer runs out and the score is tied, in which case the goalie of one team is up against a player from the opposing team. Winning the game depends on the first one to score a goal.




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