Download Soccer - Marshall University Personal Web Pages

Soccer
Kate Heilich
Health Benefits
•
•
•
•
•
•
Improve overall fitness
Reduce overall body fat
Lower cholesterol
Lower stress
Lower blood pressure
For kids age 10-13 they had 33% more
total bone mineral density
•
•
•
•
•
Soccer
around
the
world
It is impossible to say accurately where and when soccer
started - but it is reasonable to assume that some type of ball
game - from which the organized sport we know today
developed - has been played somewhere on the planet for
over 3000 years.
Exercise involving kicking a ball into a small net, was used by
the Chinese military during the Han Dynasty - around the 2nd
and 3rd centuries BC.
Scotland and England being co-founders of the organized
game.
The game was a war game! In medieval times, towns and
villages played against rival towns and villages - and kicking,
punching, biting and gouging were allowed. Hundreds of
people. Ban soccer
On 26 October 1863, eleven London clubs and schools. This
meeting created The Football Association
Players, positions, and the
field
• Each team is allowed to have 11 players
on the field at a time
• Although teams play different
formations, most teams play with the
following positions: Right, left and
center forward. Right, left and center
midfield. Left and right back. Sweeper
and Stopper. Goalkeeper.
• The professional size field is usually
120 yards long and 75 yards wide.
Basic Skills
• Passing
• Trapping
• Throw ins
• Corner kicks
• Goal kicks
• Free kicks
• Shooting
Percentage of kids (Age 8-15)
playing organized soccer
90
80
70
60
50
America
England
Italy
40
30
20
10
0
1970
1980
1990
2000
Offense
•Objective: To score
•All players are involved in scoring
although the forward are thought of as
true attacking players
•Moves are used to get by players to
shoot on goal
http://gprime.net/video.php/foottricks
Defense
• Objective: Do not let the other team
score
• Mainly the defenders and goalie are
used for defense
• Clear the ball out by either kicking it
out or passing the ball to move up
the field
• Slow down the attacking player