SOCCER
NICHOLAS YIU
:THE AWESOME GUIDE TO THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
Soccer is played
with a ball which
is passed around
the field. Your
objective is to
score as many
goals as possible
Imagine you're running down a field with full speed
with a ball at your feet. There four defenders right
behind you getting closer every second. You are being
watched by millions of people around the world. The
goalkeeper starts closing you down and the defenders
are almost on your side. Your only choice is to shoot
and score and bring home the trophy. I’m sure you feel
pressure. That's the life of a everyday soccer player.
They have to learn how to play as a team and to play
their positions and win games for their team with many
people watching your every move. If you mess up
you'll let down your team. Soccer players feel lots of
pressure everyday especially if you play for a well
known team. That is why you need to know the rules of
soccer and how to play.
Rules
A professional soccer pitch/field is 100 - 130 yards
long and can be 50 - 100 yards wide. On the pitch,
there are markings to show boundaries. There is a line
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through the middle indicating each team's halves.
There is a box (rectangle) extending 6 yards to the side
of each of the two goalposts, and the end of the box
extends 18 yards from each goalpost. There's a
penalty dot where the penalties are taken. That dot
extends 10 yards from the middle of the goal or 10
yards in between the two goalposts. There is a center
circle that is located in the middle the pitch. In the
middle of the center circle there is a small dot where
the game is kicked off. There is a line that goes around
the whole field. When the ball crosses that line, it is a
throw in to the team who didn't last touch it gets to
throw it in. Boundary's are important to make the
game fair and fun but something that makes the game
even fairer is the goalkeeper's boundaries.
Unlike other players on the field, the goalkeeper
plays one of the only positions that only includes one
person and his biggest advantage is being able to use
his hands. His boundaries that he is allowed to use his
SPORTS