Why a soccer player kicks the ball rather than hand carried?
369273
Because it's football really, not soccer like some keep on calling it.  I don't know why the other sport is called football in the first place.  Well anyways since its real name is "football," like the name suggests you play with your feet not your hands.
432761
Football (cad/us) uses hands. Soccer (Football in the rest of the world) is all feet.
706961
Usually left handed players are easier to be find at junior's level. It is harder to find left handed. Probably her coach asked her to play right wing since she was a child, she performed well and developed her skills and now she might be better on that position than anyone else.
1025353
Presumably either a) a defender played the ball back, or b) the ball wasn't totally out before the goalie touched it - in the view of the referee.\n\nOn the line in association football is not out of play, unlike for instance rugby union, where on the line is out.
709523
On the field.\nYou see more fairplay. \nNo Diving \nNo faking injuries\nPlayers will kick the ball out, so that an injured player can get treatment\nRespect for players, referees, regardless of gender/race\n\n\nOff the field\nUnity of nations\nSharing of culture\nFIFA to support charity bodies\n\n\nYou can read more on FIFA FAIRPLAY at the source below\n\nHope this helps.
288715
People wonder why soccer is a low scoring sport.\nI know why.\n***\nI guy scores a goal.\nHe tears off his jersey and sinks to his knees.\nThen the rest of the team jumps all over him and B+tt F+cks him in turn.
42900
It's a drop kick.  A ball dropped at the the foot of the kicker...He has to kick it on the bounce. It is more practical, yet more more chancy. It takes the holder out of the game. Reduces the  players by one man. But the skill of making the kick depends on how well the kicker bounces the ball.... Great job Flutie!!!! Sorry you left San Diego!!!
443399
backpass...is when you pass it to the goalie and he picks it up with his hands...this used to be legal, but too many people did it, and making it illegal brought more excitement to the game, because defenders in trouble cant just kick it to the keeper and have him pick it up....games are for spectators, so they did it to make the game more exciting.....
239851
According to your question statement, the pressure inside the soccer ball is less than that of the surrounding atmosphere. This seems suspect...
989147
When you kick off, you kick the ball with your foot.\nWhen you try a field goal, you kick the ball with your foot.\nWhen you try an extra point, you kick the ball with your foot.\nWhen you punt, you kick the ball with your foot. \n\nWhy is a Soccer ball called a soccer ball?
527672
I'm sorry - but this is really a stupid question... \n\nit could be a multitude of different reasons, coaching, players, skill level, competitive level, etc...\n\nmaybe the neighborhood soccer team allowed everyone to play, regardless of skill and your school team actually required players to have skill...\n\n?? coaches are only as good as the players they are coaching...\n\ngeezz....
1184221
Not easy at all. I play forward and midfielder both attacking mid and on the wings. I've always known goalkeeping wasn't easy, but I hadn't had personal experience with it until this year with my intramural college soccer team when our goalie went down with an injury and I filled in the spot. Not only do you block shots: You have to know when and how to come out for a corner kick, you need to be good at stopping free kicks because it's hard to see the ball with your wall in front of you, you need to be careful when going at a forward because any little mistake can result in a penalty kick and/or red card, you have to be good at timing a ball coming at you especially when they have crazy spin on them and they bounce a couple of times. Yeah, being a goalie isn't easy. I think it's a fun position, but definitely not easy.
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I think soccer should have been named "football" as well, because MOST of the game is played with the foot.  Why not call what we call soccer "football" and what we call football (american football) soccer? It avoids calling the game "handball" like has been previously mentioned, especially because you use more than just your hands in american football. \n\nAs to WHY we don't call it football, I don't know, but it would be more logical.  Too late now...
590552
Toes has NOTHING to do with power or the way a ball is kicked (soccer shoes are required in official games) in soccer: only the player's ability determine "fancy" ways of kicking the ball. But remember: anyone can play soccer and anyone can kick the ball; there is not a "bad" or "good" way of kicking the ball.\n\nALSO\n\nCleats has NOTHING to do with power or any other way you kick the ball: their use is for balancing and stability.
676843
In the US Mexicans look to the side they wont shoot at even until they kick 75% of the time. W/ Whites they know that right footed soccer players kick to their left 65% of the time so they if they are right footed power it to their left or finesse it to the right on most occasions.
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An injured player can be excused from taking part in kicks from\nthe penalty mark.\nbut he cannot be replaced by another player. \n(only injured GK can be replaced IF the 3 substitutes has not already been used)\n\nI think an official FIFA medic must examine the player to determine if he is really injured or not, Or anyone who can't shoot will just fake injuries to escape taking a penalty.
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Maxi Rodriguez's goal was waaaay better than Beckham's goal.  I mean, I love Beckham (even when he plays poorly, like he did on saturday) but that was like his 5th free kick of the game, and all the others had sucked, so its obvious he just got lucky on this one.  It takes a lot more skill to receive a ball off your chest, judge its trajectory to know where its traveling, and volley it out of midair, than to kick a stopped ball.   Yes its hard to kick the ball and get it to drop just over the wall, but not as hard as what Maxi did.  Also, Maxi is right footed, and he kicked that ball with his left foot.  There are not many people, including professional soccer players, who can kick a volley with that speedy, force, and aim with their non-dominant foot.  Maxi's goal, hands down.