Scovone Star Magazine 2016-2017 | Page 41

SOCCER The Most Popular Game In The World Forwards are sometimes called forwards • There is shooting where you kick the ball really hard in the air or the ground into the opponent's goal. but are also called strikers. Forwards are responsible for scoring goals for their teams in order to win the game for their team. There are one to five strikers on the field. In order to score goals for their team • There are through balls where you pass the ball to where one of your teammates are going. strikers usually work with the midfielders to pass and shoot the ball to ea ch other and at the other teams soccer goal. • Lastly there is a long pass where it’s basically just a pass but into the air and most likely to go far. To kick the ball into Soccer Techniques the air, aim your foot at the bottom of the ball, and to kick it more powerfully, There are more things to soccer than just you aim your foot at the middle of the ball. positions and passing and kicking the ball, they are called techniques. In soccer there are four kinds of kicking the ball in soccer, which are: • Passing which is when you pass the ball on the ground straight at one of your teammates . There are also headers where you can use your head to direct the ball. Sometimes, to keep the ball on the ground while it’s bouncing up and down, players use their heads to keep control over the ball, or they can use their heads to try to aim the ball into the opponent’s goal to score. Headers are done with the player’s forehead. People using their hands in soccer. Soccer Header – 41 –