Association football‚ more commonly known as football or soccer‚[1] is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries‚ making it the world’s most popular sport.[2][3][4][5] The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by using any part of the body besides the arms and hands to get the ball into the opposing goal. The goalkeepers are the only players allowed
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History of Soccer It took some time for soccer to evolve to the sport it is today. Soccer has been here for centuries and has been changed over all these years‚ and it has been called the world’s greatest sport. The thing that cang over the years are the rules of the game‚ the violence‚ and the way the game has been played over the years. The game is much safer and vary fun to watch and to play. Soccer started in the early 1800’s but there were other similar game to soccer but had a different name
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David Beckham: The Best Football Soccer Player. By Aldo Villalba Balderas October/27 Th /2012 English Mr. Bart Black David Beckham: The Best Football Soccer Player. The opportunity to play a world cup or play in two famous teams is unique. This is the dream of all the young people that want to play soccer and be the best football soccer player. The wish to be a professional soccer player‚ the wish to be a champion‚ the wish to be the best soccer player‚ the wish to be famous. This
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In soccer‚ the length of the ball in air when it is kicked is the hang time. Air resistance or adding a curve to the ball will increase its hang time. Hang time can be calculated by H= 1/2 g(gravitational acceleration)times t(time) times 1/2. As the player kicks the ball with the inside of his foot he creates a curve on the ball and increases hang time due to air resistance acting on it. Kicking the ball straight will have a low hang time and just keep it low to the ground. The higher the ball is
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Soccer truly is a beautiful game‚ but what makes it beautiful? Soccer has many interesting things that make it a beautiful game. Some of these things are players and teams‚ stadiums‚ and its history of how it is what it is today. In soccer‚ players and teams make the game more interesting and popular. Let me explain. Soccer has been played for a very long time and comes from ancient ball games. Over the years‚ however‚ soccer has undergone many changes. According to ThoughtCo.com‚ There was an ancient
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American Football vs European Football Football = foot + ball. How could a word so simple be so ambiguous? One could only imagine the word football to mean usage of the feet to maneuver some sort of ball. And this is true‚ in one type of “football” - European football. Football played all over Europe involves people literally kicking a ball with their feet into a net. But when referring to football in America‚ the game has nothing to do with kicking‚ or even feet. American football is actually
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Ten Years of Football When I was a little kid probably around the age of seven‚ I started playing sports. Sports is a big part of life for my family‚ and every one of my siblings‚ including me‚ started playing sports when we were kids. I played multiple sports while growing up. I played football‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ track and basketball‚ so I was always going to practice or playing in a game. The sport I loved the most is football. I started playing football when I was seven. At that age I was
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The soccer game is one of the most popular games around the world. The soccer game has a huge history over the centuries‚ but the 18th century was the beginning of the popularity of the soccer. The idea of the soccer has begun in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. It was during the Han dynasty that people dribbled leather ball by kicking the leather ball into a small net as known now a goal. The Romans and Greeks also support the idea‚ and they used to play it for fun. In Kyoto‚ Japan‚ this
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My name is Kyle ‚ and my life began in November of 1999. During that time‚ we were first moving to Sacramento from where I was originally from‚ San Ramon. Things were hectic and I wasn’t able to fully take in everything that was going on‚ being 5 years old. On our drive up to Sacramento‚ I distinctly remember our car getting hit face on by a book. The book was probably just thrown onto the freeway by a few delinquents‚ but it had symbolic meaning as I look back at it now. Coming to Sacramento brought
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The Impact of Globalization on Soccer Thomas Joseph Puthenmadhom 821-837-077 Humber Business School I. Introduction Innovation and continuous technological advancement has resulted in an increasing dissolution of the world’s boundaries‚ borders and distances. “Globalization is a process that encompasses the causes‚ course‚ and consequences of transnational and transcultural integration of human and non-human activities.” (Dr. Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan‚ 2006) The economic ramifications of such a
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