Association Football (Soccer)
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Transcript of Association Football (Soccer)
Overview
Football is the most popular team sport
worldwide, especially in Europe, South America and
Africa.
Overview
It’s commonly known as football or soccer, is
a sport played between two teams of eleven players
with a spherical ball.
It is played by 250 million players in over 200
countries, making it the world's
most popular sport.
It is not only a fun hobby, but has great
health benefits including improved
cardiovascular health, muscular strength
and muscular endurance.
History
Dating as far back
as 3000 years ago,
many ball kicking
games have been
played worldwide.
History
According to FIFA the competitive game
“cuju” is the earliest form of football for which
there is scientific evidence. It occurs namely as
an exercise in a military manual
from the third and second
centuries BC.
History
The first Football
Association was developed in
1863 in England. Football and
rugby split and formed new rules,
and only eight years later, with
fifty member clubs, the first
international matches were staged.
A popular team is Manchester United
Was originallybanned
Would imprison anyone if caught playing
Was most popular in the 1800’s
Basic Rules
Each team should comprise of eleven players each.
Teams must have one goal-keeper, defenders, mid-
fielders and forwards.
Basic Rules
Forwards—players in the fronttrying to score.
Midfielders—players in themiddle passing the ball to theforwards and trying to keep itfrom getting back to the goalie.
Defenders —players helping toprotect the goal.
Goalkeeper—player whoprotects the goal with theirhands
Basic Rules
Players are not allowed to handle the ball with hands.
They are allowed only to kick or head the ball.
Hands are used to throw the ball into ground when it
is out of ground during the match.
Basic Rules
Only goal-keepers could handle the ball with
hand inside penalty box (save a goal or set ball
for a kick).
Basic Rules
Match is held as two halves of 45 minutes
each (total duration of 90 minutes) with a
break of 15 minutes half-way through.
When a team kick the ball into opponents net
it is considered as a goal.
Playing Surface
A soccer field must be between 100 and 110
metres in length, and between 64 and 75 metres in
width. Each field must also include a half-way line,
a center circle.
Attire and Equipment
Players from
each team must wear a
uniform including a jersey,
shorts, shin guard, socks
and cleats.
Attire and Equipment
Goalkeepers must wear gloves and a different
coloured jersey. Each goalie, the outfield teams and
the referees must be wearing a different colour to
eliminate confusion.
Fouls
Fouls are given when any
player violates the game rules. If the
foul is very harsh, the referee may
book the player by showing him a card.
A foul leads to a freekick. If a
foul is encountered in the penalty area,
a penalty is given instead of a freekick.
If a player is shown a
yellow card twice, he is
dismissed from the match.
RED CARD :
The player is
dismissed
from the
game.
YELLOW
CARD :
Warning for
the players.
Violations
Hand Ball: Touching the ball with any part of your hand or
arm.
And all other offences in laws of the game
Pushing
Tripping
Slide tackling from behind
Why do you think Football has
become so popular around the world?
1. Football in general, is a simple game. It isn’t so
complicated and consists of a few rules. And this
makes it easy to understand.
Why do you think Football has
become so popular around the world?
2. The game is Fast. Which makes it quite dynamic
and exciting to watch and play.
Why do you think Football has
become so popular around the world?
3. The game is very straight forward, and easy
to capture the concept. This allows people to easily
start playing and you do not need a lot of expensive
equipment.
Football is the
“King of Sports”
Advantage and disadvantages:
1. Advantages:
health benefits
football is a type of sport so, likes any other sports, it helps you have a good health
Increases aerobic capacity and cardiovascular health
Lowers body fat and improves muscle tone
Builds strength, flexibility and endurance
Increases muscle and bone strength
Promotes teamwork and sharing
Is a great way to meet people,exercise with friends and add more friends
Can provide an opportunity to increase your confidence and self-esteem, and help to
reduce anxiety
Is relatively easy to learn, so beginners can easily join in on the fun and play basic soccer
for recreation aftrer work
Is an international sport. It’s a chance for countries to be closer
Disadvantages
Football is a strength sport, you have to touch your opponents to take the ball, so it is easy to be injured if you play this sport.
What do the letters FIFA mean?
Fédération Internationale de
Football Association
or
International Federation of
Association Football