Why Soccer is Such a Popular Sport for All Ages From school yards to professional stadiums‚ there is a game being played that everyone loves. It is the game of soccer. It has a unique history and can be traced back to B.C. times. It has not always been a friendly sport and in some areas it was even banned by many because of the violence it would bring out in the players. However‚ with all of that‚ it is a game that everyone has seemed to embrace. With the severity of injuries during the past‚ it
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“She shoots‚ she misses‚ she scores!” Throughout my childhood‚ soccer like a rock that kept me stable. At four years old‚ as I dribbled with a ball at my feet‚ across the field‚ I became distracted by the grasshoppers bouncing from blade to blade in the grass. I fell in love with the game as I scurried around aimlessly‚ hoping to place the ball in the little yellow-rimmed pug net. My love for the game never subsided‚ but as the years went by‚ the game became more difficult than scoring in those
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Football. Excuse me‚ soccer. The beautiful game. It’s embraced everywhere around the globe‚ and the FIFA World Cup is the most watched sporting event in the world. But the biggest sports nation in the world‚ the USA‚ seems to express little interest in soccer. Why? Some of the issue is that there is little exposure. If you don’t have Fox Soccer Channel‚ all you get on a weekly basis is a Major League Soccer game or the occasional English Premier League game shown on ESPN. Some people say that there
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Before I started elementary school‚ my mom would often take me to the Rancho Santa Margarita lake with my brother‚ Mark. She would save the end pieces of loafs of bread so we could go to the lake and feed the ducks there. My brother and I would attract all the ducks towards us by throwing these pieces of bread into the water. We would also try to feed the humongous koi fishes that used to inhabit the lake. One of my favorite memory from the lake was when my sibling and I threw bits of bread and the
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For many‚ soccer is a game of competition and amusement. However‚ to me soccer is more than just some type of entertainment it is a lesson in life. I was 9 years old on a soccer team in a school called Brightwood. We have a soccer game every Thursday and Brightwood was going against a school called Truesdell. I was warming up for the game and our coach was giving a speech about our tactics for winning the game and not losing focus of the game. My coach said “today is not the day to be a star
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that I have ever made is simply my decision to start running in my free time. Running is the best decision I have ever made because it made me healthy and I eventually made new friends from it. Growing up‚ I joined many sports teams‚ but none of them ever interested me. The only one that did interest me was soccer. The problem with soccer was that I did not have the time to play in the travel league. Therefore‚ I was stuck with no physical activity to do‚ which made me a little fat. When I saw
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I love to run. And I hope you will like it as much as me. Because you can stay fit and have fun. You can even race your friends. And this story is about why I like to run and how it can help you and me to stay fit.And you can even run to get away from things you don’t think is safe or if a person chasing you. I love to run‚ because I get to run with old friends and new. We run about five to six miles every day in spring and summer. We sometimes race and I win every time. I love running
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as long as you have the passion‚ the drive‚ the focus‚ and the support.” I think that my passion for hunting all leads back to my father showing me how to hunt and supporting me to keep pursuing this sport as I have gotten older. I have been hunting with my dad since I was eight years old. Although I have been hunting for that long‚ I did not harvest my first animal until I was thirteen. There are so many reasons to why I love hunting‚ but some main reasons are connecting with nature‚ hunting with
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place I felt most comfortable. My dad is a big reason why I love the water and being so active. He signed me up on the Kona Dolphins swim team when I was ten years old. I immediately fell in love. I loved being able to push myself to swim faster and continuing to beat my fastest times. My coach saw potential in me and continued to push me to become a faster swimmer. But‚ as I got older and entered middle school‚ I grew apart from the sport and desired to do other things. About five years later I met
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Sometimes I like to think that I came out of the womb kicking a soccer ball. Here I am seventeen years later‚ and I can not remember a time I was not on a soccer team. Over the years‚ soccer has become a huge part of my life. I have played on two club teams‚ multiple YMCA teams‚ and my high school’s varsity soccer team. I even ventured out enough to coach a YMCA team last year. Having this sport in my life has shaped me into the person I am today‚ but my passion for this sport was not always this
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