...The score is 0-0 and there are minutes left in the game. You're running up for a breakaway and then you get fouled in the box. The referee blows the whistle and you get a penalty kick. Lucky you were just practicing penalty kicks. So you know what to do in a situation like this, just replay the steps in your head. First, you have the ball in your hand and you place it on the white marking in front of the goal because that’s where you place the ball when you are taking a penalty shot. In a time like this you are most likely to have more pressure on your shoulders so you just needed to remember to stay calm in moments like this. When taking the kick you want to decide on which side you will be kicking it too. So if you are right footed then probably you would be kicking to the right side of the goal, and if you are left-footed then you would be kicking the ball to the left side of the net. You either want to go for the top corners or the bottom corners because they are usually the hardest to save. The worst thing you could kick it right at the goal, you never want to do that because that’s almost like a free save they didn’t even have to try....
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...tournaments. The organisation is known as FIFA (Federation de Football Association) which was founded in 1904. FIFA are known for their tournaments, the World Cup and the Women’s World Cup. How To Play Step 1. Feet and Eye Coordination To be able to play this game you are required to keep an eye on the ball and to kick it with your feet. It is known that vision can help control the movement of the foot. Perfection of this skill allows intercepting the ball with ease and to handle the ball while keeping his/her head up. Step 2. Dribbling Dribbling is kicking and controlling the ball while in motion. To dribble you must kick the ball hard enough so it goes forward, but light enough to keep it within reach of your feet. Step 3. Passing Passing is kicking the ball to a team member allowing them to be able to assist you in winning the game. It helps to watch where your team members are so you can assume where they will be running to. By doing so, this allows you to kick the ball ahead of your teammate so they can run to the ball. Step 4. Shooting/Scoring Shooting/Scoring is the method to earn goal points. Combine the power of speed and accuracy you must kick the ball in between the goal posts past the keeper. You are allowed to use any part of your body to score except your hands. Step 5. Defending The most difficult part of this game is defending. In this step you are required to prevent your opponent from getting close to...
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...or until people were running away. Balls were not invented so the people would use a pigs head and kick that around. King Edward II was the person to ban the game as it created too much violence within the people of the country. 1581 is the earliest account of football as an organised sport. It was played between elite schools such as Eton and colleges such as Cambridge and Oxford. Sides, positions, referees were introduced. The game was played on just and average field like what farm animals would be on and they would use the gates as a goal. 1848 – Cambridge Rules This club shall be called the University Foot Ball Club. At the commencement of the play, the ball shall be kicked off from the middle of the ground: after every goal there shall be a kick-off in the same way. After a goal, the losing side shall kick off; the sides changing goals, unless a previous arrangement be made to the contrary. The ball is out when it has passed the line of the flag-posts on either side of the ground, in which case it shall be thrown in straight. The ball is behind when it has passed the goal on either side of it. When the ball is behind it shall be brought forward at the place where it left the ground, not more than ten paces, and kicked off. Goal is when the ball is kicked through the flag-posts and under the string. When a player catches the ball directly from the foot, he may kick it as he can without running with it. In no other case may the ball be touched with the hands, except...
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...Manchester United are widely known as the name for Champions. In the twenty-one seasons of the English Premier League history, the Reds have shown their domination by winning the titles for thirteen times. For the same period in the UEFA Champions League, the dramatic comeback victory in the Final of 1999 against Bryan Munich and the breathtaking penalty shoot out win against Chelsea in the Final of 2008 led United becoming the Kings of Europe twice. Winning titles has gradually become a habit to the club and an expectation to the fans. Factors to succeed over the years United’s secret of success is well-known as Sir Alex Ferguson, who simply is the icon of the club. Over the past twenty-six years, as the manager of the club, Sir Alex has won thirty-eight trophies in all competition and made United the most successful football club in the history of English football. From time to time, his leadership and management philosophies have been studied worldwide and he gave the answer to success at a speech at the Harvard Business School in winter 2012. “The key to managing a club like Manchester United is to maintain the consistency and to pursue sustainability”, said Sir Alex Ferguson. During a season from August to May of the next calendar year, the premier league consists of thirteen-eight games and winning each of them is equally important. Arsenal, Manchester City and even United themselves, used to lead the table for the two-thirds of the season, however, they all gave...
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...lead the team as weeks went by, which finally enabled Galatasaray to have 10 wins in a row, finish the first half of the season with 37 points, on the top of the league. By the end of week 34, right before the Süper Final series, Galatasaray was the top scoring and least conceding team in the league, and had a 9-point gap with their closest competitors, Fenerbahçe. Selçuk in a September 2011 match against Samsunspor İnan scored his first official goal for Galatasaray against Samsunspor in September 18, 2011. His first free kick goal came against his former club Trabzonspor in December 11, 2011. The game resulted in a 3–0 win for Galatasaray. He scored his second free kick goal against Manisaspor December 21, 2011 which was also the winner for Gala, as the game finished 1–0. His third free kick goal came against Genclerbirligi on March 10, 2012 and the game ended as a 2–0 win for the lions. On April 28, 2012, İnan officially scored his 4th free kick goal of...
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...| David Beckham | Leisure in American Society | 2/26/2013 | David Beckham is one of Britain's most iconic athletes whose name is also an elite global advertising brand. He was captain of the English national team from 1998 to 2009, scored in three different FIFA World Cups, and played midfield for clubs in Manchester, England, Madrid, Spain, and Milan, Italy; he also won the MLS Cup playing for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011 and 2012. He was born David Robert Joseph Beckham on May 2, 1975, in Leytonstone, East London, England; son of Ted Beckham, a kitchen fitter, and Sandra West, a hairdresser. Beckham's maternal grandfather is Jewish, and he has been mentioning the religion as influence; he wears a tattoo written in Hebrew from the 'Song of Songs' in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), although he is not known to practice Judaism or any other faith. Beckham has always played in long sleeve shirts to cover up his tattoos in consideration of others who may feel uncomfortable due to their beliefs. He was brought up by his parents, supporters of Manchester United, attended Bobby Charlton's football school in Manchester, and won a spot in a training session at FC Barcelona as a child. In 1986 he was a Manchester United's mascot for a match against West Ham United. From 1992 - 2003 Beckham made almost 400 appearances for Manchester United and scored 85 goals, although his official record counts only 62 goals in 265 official senior team's matches. In the 1998 FIFA World...
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...I just agreed with them when they asked what I thought, but I was really thinking we would have a hard time winning. Regina had won multiple State Championships in soccer in recent years. That night, as we lay in our beds, our coach came around to each room to talk a little bit about the game the next day. The concern I had for the upcoming game kept me from getting much sleep. I had never before felt that much anxiety. The next day I woke up an hour and a half earlier than I needed to. I nearly puked in the sink when I stumbled into the bathroom that morning. All I could think about was how, the day before, I had nearly allowed a goal. Repeating that mistake could be costly. The bus ride to the soccer complex was the quietest I had ever been a part of. Nobody small talked during warmups. The only conversation going on was about the...
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...already one could tell the day is going to be sunny, as the sun had already started showing its ugly face. By 8am my team members had assembled at the school assembly hall, dressed in the school navy blue and golden yellow track suite, I was called to address my team mates. Since I was the captain of the school team, I was filled with anxiety and overwhelming thought as I began to speak to them. Although I do not remember exactly what I said to them, I felt everyone was energized with a winning spirit. We all entered the bus, prayed and began to sing till we got to the El-wak sports stadium. The stadium was filled with students from the participating schools, spectator institutions and the enthusiastic public spectators. As I led my team out of the bus to the changing room, I could hear cheers and rowdy applause from the crowd; the feeling was great as I felt the need to put up my very best. Achimota Senior High School, the opposing school also join in and we were all ready for the kick-off whistle. The Achimota school team were dressed in dark green and white jersey and we were in navy blue and golden yellow. We were the first to enter the field and fear grips were visible on my face when I saw the opposing team came out looking tall, enthusiastic and poised to start the game, but I felt a new lease of life when my coach put the captains band on my arm and tap my shoulder as if to say “I trust you can do It”. The referee blew the whistle and the opposing captain and myself...
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...Skuy, David. Undergrounders. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2011. This book is Canadian because the main character, a 12 year old homeless boy named Jonathan, loves playing hockey. He would always play hockey with kids his age when he wasn't busy trying to get money for rent or food. He then gets asked to play on a hockey team and they end up almost winning championship. It makes the book Canadian because hockey is the national sport of Canada. Jonathan lost his mother and became homeless. Throughout the book he learns how to earn money, fend for himself and he stole some equipments in order to play the sport he loves. He learns to stay out of trouble, and to never give up when things get hard. Jonathan and the rest of the homeless kids pay...
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...Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are? There were only three minutes left in the game. The score was tied and we were determined to score the winning goal of the tournament. Tension was building up when I heard the referee blow his whistle; the other team had fouled and it was our free kick. This was the perfect chance for us as we had practiced similar plays multiple times. My teammate would kick the soccer ball towards the right post of the goal and that would be my opportunity. With a strategic little body fake, I avoided a defender and ran towards the goal, just as she took the kick. As I was running, I could envision the play; the ball would hit the ground and I would be standing right there, ready to send it flying into the goal. As the ball bounced in front of me, I tuned out everything around me, and kept my focus on nothing but the ball and the goal. All I had to do was wait for the right moment. I carefully lifted up my leg and swung it towards the ball. In that moment, it felt so natural to make contact with the ball. It flew unstoppably into the goal, sending ripples though the net. Barely a moment passed before the crowd went wild! Their roars, cheers and chants filled the air as they stood on their toes to see the reactions on the field. At that moment, I knew I had the biggest smile on...
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...to eleven, and introduced the seven-man offensive line, with a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a full back. The first professional game was played in 1895. The National Football League (NFL) began in the early 1920s. Today, football is one of the most popular sports in the United States. Football Rules Football is played by two teams, with eleven players from each team on the field at a time. A football field is 120 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide, including a field of 100 yards and two end zones of ten yards each. A game of football consists of four 12-15 minute quarters, depending on the level of play. The game begins with a coin toss. The winning team gets to decide if they would like to receive the ball, or which end of the field they would like to defend in the first half. One team then kicks the ball to the other team. A kick off occurs at the beginning of each half, and after every score. The team that takes control of the ball has four attempts, called downs, in which to advance the ball ten yards. When the offense succeeds in gaining ten yards they...
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...Football Night “Line it up and start stretching.” I heard coach Quick say to us. So I line up and start to stretch. We start at putting our arm across our chests’. Then end at back-pedals. “Let’s watch the rest of the 7th grade game” I said. 5 minutes till our game. The 7th grade did very well. They were winning 18-6. With 40 seconds left, one of the 7th graders ripped the ball out of the running-back’s hands then ran the ball 2 or 3 yards. Offence goes out to run more plays. One more touchdown and the crowds screaming. “BEEP!” goes the buzzer and 7th grade won Their first game. We go out to run out on the field to practice some plays. My heart is beating faster than ever. “Captains go out to the refs” coach says. Our captains are Ephrem,...
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...the ladder. Their motivation to win and beat rivals such as the Boston Celtics or the Los Angeles Lakers was not just for the “Bad Boys” to prove themselves as athletes but also to put Detroit back on the radar for good things not just riots and hunger in their city. The aggression and naming of the “Bad Boys” all started when the team figured out that they needed to mentally out play their top competitors such as the Boston Celtics. It was not that the Pistons were not a good team, with members such as Isaiah Thomson and Bill Lambier, they just were not physically strong enough and mentally tuff enough to compete with the others when they first started in 1989. Constantly loosing to their rivals and seeing Larry Bird and Magic Johnson winning all of the national titles brought the Pistons team and staff closer than ever and created atmosphere of wanting to win. This...
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...rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.” -Billy Sheehan One of my biggest sayings is that “There are no rules.” In music there are only theories. Hence the term “music theory.” The way you play an instrument is the way you interpret that instrument. Yes there are better ways, and better techniques than others. What I hope to do with just a few minutes of your life is to help you find them. So who am I? I discovered the bass in 2006. I played for youth groups, local bands, anywhere that would let me. Crowds of 5 to 5,000. The outdoor playground to the arena, and have also played and worked with Grammy & Dove award-winning artists. Oh! I also love building relationships & creating art. Now go ahead and get to it! There are 7 notes; C D E F G A B Between each note are sharps (#) and flats (b). Most commonly this is all referred to as C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, Bb, B, and then you start back over at C. To explain it more- C# could also be called Db just as F# could be called Gb. However, F could never be called Fb because there is no Fb or E#. In the case of E to F and B to C, there is only 1 half step; there are no sharps/flats there. Whole Steps & Half Steps To take a half step up from C, move your finger to C#. To take a whole step up from C, move your finger to D. To take a half step down from D move your finger to C#. To...
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...Faith can sometime relate to me in a kind of funny and ridiculous way. In fact some of my faith goes straight to one thing in particular, The Dallas Cowboys. One game specifically was where the Cowboys were down 2 and it was the last play of the game. Our kicker Nick Folk had to make a 60 yard field goal in the snow to win the game. As I watched the kick from Nick Folk fly through the air and BARELY make it through the upright, I had faith. But my celebration was halted when my dad and I realized that the Bills (Our Opponent) had called a timeout right before Nick had kicked it, HE HAD ICED HIM! So God testing my faith, made me sit through another nerve wrecking field goal, and as Nick did before, he made the kick and won the game for the Cowboys. So no matter what disastrous event happens to the Cowboys, I always believe that there is a chance in winning, and I latch onto my faith. But faith for me surprisingly is not just Football and the Cowboys. My faith occurs sometimes when I am scared, hurting, or upset. For instance an example is when I was at one of my mom’s work fundraisers. I was excited because they had a rock climbing wall. So when I was climbing, I realized that I was almost to the top, but there was a big hump in the wall that I had to get over to reach it. So in order to get over the hump I had to make a difficult leap and grab a far knob. So with faith in myself and in the rope to catch me if I fall, I leaped to grab the infamous ledge. Right there at that...
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