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.
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