Self-Explanatory Word 'Soccer'

Soccer. Before I read this book, it was quite a self-explanatory word. I started playing this amazing sport when I was eight years old, so when I heard the word, or think about the sport at all, naturally, I just thought about how much fun I have playing it. Starting soccer, or any team sport at that matter, at such a young age, really helps build a person’s character and give them qualities that will carry them through life. They learn life long lessons like how to work well with others and how to push through difficult situations. Although soccer is focused more on fun when a person is little, once they grow up, it gets more competitive and they care more about developing their skills and winning games. Even though soccer is the one
This book taught me that there are various factors that contribute to whether teams are successful or not. Apparently, poverty has a great deal to do with the success of many teams. One would think that if a team has many players that came from lowly background, it would be good preparation for sporting success because since the beginning, they have learned to buckled down and push through, knowing you will not get anywhere any other way but working hard. On the contrary, even considering the professional athletes now that grew up in poverty, studies that were drawn from Soccernomics shows that the world’s poor people and countries do worse at sports than rich ones. After their findings, according to Kuper and Szymanski, a country’s success correlates directly with three components; population, income and experience. When poor countries, no matter how big or small the population, (which diminishes quickly as a result of lack of health care and increase of diseases) they obviously don't make a good income. A country’s income directly corresponds with it’s experience. This also connects with another fact I learned from this
It seems a little bit over dramatic to me but some people are so dedicated to their team and country, that a simple chain of losses could cause any fan to commit suicide. It was news to me that loyalty to one’s club is more important than anything. Rick Parry once said that “you can change your wife- but your club and your mother, never.” So ultimately, when a fan’s club is losing continuously, they could never simply switch clubs. They are stuck with the disappointment and negativity caused by the losses and that’s how the suicides begin. Suicides due to die-hard fans apparently happen a great deal around the world. Now, this doesn't mean soccer or sports in general causes people to kill themselves. Although it happens more than it should in not only the soccer world but the world in general, studies show that soccer creates a sense of social cohesion which makes fans feel they are a part of something and that they truly matter. We see this not only in sports but in important world events. When John F. Kennedy died, suicide rates went down because the country was pulling together which ultimately lead to suicide prevention. The effects soccer has had on the world is incredible. It not only affects sports fans and economics but it also affects