Powell 1 Grayson Powell LeAnne Garner English 1010 1 December 2010 Football Versus Futbol Football Association, better known in America as soccer, is the single most popular sport in the entire world. While football is one of the most popular sports in America, soccer is loved and favored in countries all over the world. Having played both soccer and football in high school, I feel that soccer is a more difficult sport to play than football, because it is a sport that requires a great amount of skill, concentration, and endurance. There are many reasons why soccer is better than football. Soccer is the original football.
Fort Meade, Maryland has the first recorded history of flag football and is commonly acknowledged as its origin. The basic objectives of this game is to basically run as hard as you can to the other side, known as the end zone, without getting you flag that is on your waist taken off by the opposing team. The basic scoring system is if you run past the cones or line that you are supposed to pass, you make a touchdown. They will usually keep track on a big score board or someone will keep track of the points. Now a list of the rules is a follows: General Rules 1.
Football and Football! Many people who come to the United States for the first time to visit or study, including me, are confused about the game of football in America. Part of the confusion occurs because they are used to giving that name to another sport "Soccer" which is originally evolved from the British slang word "assoc", related to association football. And the Americans adopted it to avoid confusion after football was already well established. Add to the confusion that only a few people in America have an interest in watching or playing Soccer.
That minimized the game clock to 02 seconds on the game clock,enough time to send the kicker onto the field to attempt a field goal. every seat in the stands was empty because every one was on thier feet. Taylor got the snap set it down for the kicker to send it soaring through the uprights, and as the kicker kicks it the Raider corner came from the edge and blocked it, sending it gliding through the air and landing suttlely in the back of the endzone. Each and every player is racing for the ball. When all of the playesr reaches the ball there was a big fight for the fumble in the endzone.When the refferes sorted through the pile of players they ruled touchdown Eagles, making the Eagles the winners of the super bowl by score of
To be part of the game, children uses polythene bags that are folded into a spherical shapes and polythene threads to make the ball. Football history can be traced from ancient Greek. According to Foer 2, the modern day football or soccer as it is known in many countries has evolved from an ancient Greek game called harpaston. Harpaston was termed as brutal and rough game. According to literature, players were awarded points after passing with the ball in a designated line known as goal line.
When three players either miss the ball three times or get tagged by the opposing team, they must go on defence. Once both teams have played defence the inning is complete. Soccer is a played in almost every single country around the world. It is mainly played with the legs and a ball between two teams of eleven players. The sport is played on a grass/turf field of 110 meters long and about 50 meters wide.
If we look at the tabloids, watch the news or listen to the radio these days, it becomes obvious that football and politics are not as strongly divided as one could imagine at first sight. For instance, politicians such as Köhler and our chancellor Angela Merkel openly show their sympathy for the German team by supporting them from the terraces and by wearing a scarf in the colours of the national team. In addition, politicians often try to use football as a means to improve their popularity among the folks as happened on 22th June, 2010 when George Osborne used football patriotism to gain public support: “We have decided to reserve the previous government’s plans to increase the duty on cider by 10 per cent above inflation and the reduction will come into effect at the end of this month – just in time to celebrate England’s progress to the quarter finals, or else to drown our sorrows”. Another example how politics influence football is the World Cup in Africa in general as it could be seen as a political decision itself. It improves the infrastructure and the whole economy on-site, and could again function as a possibility to improve a politician’s popularity.
In the early football games there were 25 people on each team. There were also no offsides. So there were a bunch of guys on the field running around trying to score while other guys protected the goals. These football games resembled soccer. Instead of touchdowns, there were goals, and throwing and running the ball were not allowed.
This sport is also provides an opportunity for the people to show their strong connection and patriotism when their team plays on the local and international grounds. This is one of the reasons that football has direct impact on the culture and nationalism. There are various other fields in which the game of football causes its effects such as politics and economy. The aim of this paper is to discuss the football team of Brazil and Netherland and impacts that these two team cause on the politics, nationalism and economy of the country. Nationalism Football in Brazil has assumed a role that goes beyond a simple sport, becoming as a social phenomenon.
Here are a couple of reasons why soccer has become my favorite sport. One thing I have learned is how to communicate with my fellow teammates. If there is no communication, you do not know if an opponent is coming after the ball from behind you or if someone is open to pass the ball. Communication is a very important key to playing on a soccer team or any other sports team for that matter. It is impossible to play soccer without communicating with your teammates.