Who invented Soccer? When did soccer begin? What elements of fitness are in soccer?
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Have you ever wonder how soccer / football games get into our life? When and where is the origin of this game from? Why is it so many peoples in the world crazy about this game? Almost every culture has reference to the history of soccer.\n\n     The origin of football / soccer can be found in every corner of geography and history. The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek, Persian, Viking, and many more played a ball game long before our era. The Chinese played "football"  games date as far back as 3000 years ago. The Ancient Greeks and the Roman used football  games to sharpen warriors for battle. In south and Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once flourished. \n\n     But it was in England that soccer / football really begin to take shape. It all started in 1863 in England, when two football association (association football and rugby football) split off on their different course. Therefore, the first Football Association was founded in England. \n\nOn October 1963, eleven London clubs and schools sent their representatives to the Freemason's Tavern. These representatives were intent on clarifying the muddle by establishing a set of fundamental rules, acceptable to all parties, to govern the matches played amongst them. This meeting marked the birth of The Football Association. The eternal dispute concerning shin-kicking, tripping and carrying the ball was discussed thoroughly at this and consecutive meetings until eventually on 8 December the die-hard exponents of the Rugby style took their final leave. They were in the minority anyway. They wanted no part in a game that forbade tripping, shin-kicking and carrying the ball. A stage had been reached where the ideals were no longer compatible. On 8 December 1863, football and rugby finally split. Their separation became totally irreconcilable six years hence when a provision was included in the football rules forbidding any handling of the ball (not only carrying it). \n\n     Only eight years after its foundation, The Football Association already had 50 member clubs. The first football competition in the world was started in the same year - the FA Cup, which preceded the League Championship by 17 years. \n\n     International matches were being staged in Great Britain before football had hardly been heard of in Europe. The first was played in 1872 and was contested by England and Scotland. This sudden boom of organized football accompanied by staggering crowds of spectators brought with it certain problems with which other countries were not confronted until much later on. Professionalism was one of them. The first moves in this direction came in 1879, when Darwin, a small Lancashire club, twice managed to draw against the supposedly invincible Old Etonians in the FA Cup, before the famous team of London amateurs finally scraped through to win at the third attempt. Two Darwin players, the Scots John Love and Fergus Suter, are reported as being the first players ever to receive remuneration for their football talent. This practice grew rapidly and the Football Association found itself obliged to legalise professionalism as early as 1885. This development predated the formation of any national association outside of Great Britain (namely, in the Netherlands and Denmark) by exactly four years. \n\nAfter the English Football Association, the next oldest are the Scottish FA (1873), the FA of Wales (1875) and the Irish FA (1880). Strictly speaking, at the time of the first international match, England had no other partner association against which to play. When Scotland played England in Glasgow on 30 November 1872, the Scottish FA did not even exist - it was not founded for another three months. The team England played that day was actually the oldest Scottish club team, Queen's Park. \n\nThe spread of football outside of England, mainly due to the British influence abroad, started slow, but it soon gathered momentum and spread rapidly to al
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because soccer is run til u drop.our coach allways tells us give everything u ve got and then ask me to replace you!but run!and running means excersising ur legs,feet,ur abdominal muscles for acceleration,ur head  for good headings ur overall strength in order to be able to stand against taller or gennerally stronger opponents!plus you excersise mentally cuz soccer is at least at 70% played in the players mind  and how determinded they are!!
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One of the earliest forms of soccer in which players kicked a ball around on a small field has been traced as far back to 1004 B.C. in Japan. The Munich Ethnological Museum in Germany has a Chinese text from approximately 50 B.C. that mentions games very similar to soccer that were played between teams from Japan and China. The Chinese kicked a leather ball ( hair-filled ) and it is known with certainty that a soccer game was played in 611 A.D. in the then Japanese capital, Kyoto. \n\n\nSo i guess the answer is the japanese
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American football derives directly from European football and rugby in the late 1800s and most likely, even though the rules changed over the past 120 years, the name stuck. "Soccer" is a contraction for the phrase "association football", a word I believe actually began in England, not America.
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Here's a website that explains soccer really nicely:\nhttp://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/soccer/soccerFULL.html
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I love soccer (futbol) and running.  I cannot get enough of both.  I am not at all good at soccer but love it.  Especially the World Cup.  I love long distance running and track and field running.
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There's a lot of useful information at this website:\n\nhttp://sportsvl.com/soccer/general/training.html\n\nBelieve in yourself. \nWork at it. \nNever give up. \n \nGood luck!
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A version of soccer was infact invented by the Mayas.  The actual formal game we are now used to was invented in England.
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The roots of the sport are from rugby and soccer (european football).  The form of the game played in the 1870's was a contact sport played with mostly soccer rules.
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The USA did not start playing football when the sport first gained popularity aroung the world. The reason for this was a form of rebellion against the British. When the USA was a new country it did not want to have anything the do with the British this included sports. The USA developed a new game that is now known as Football in the USA. When football gained some form popularity in the USA they had to give a new name here. Soccer. Where they got the name soccer from? That's a mystery to me.
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The modern game of soccer began in the 19th century in England.
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Soccer. Soccer is very fast-paced and has the least rules of them all. As in other sports, when you play casually my friends usually make up new rules to their benefit (No backcourting! 5 Mississipis! No, you were the last one to touch it before it was out!) Soccer has the least excuses in which to make up rules over. Besides, in soccer you're always running, jumping, tackling, blocking, etc. You don't stand around all day waiting for something to come to you (a la baseball, although the goalkeeper goes through the same thing).
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Association football, soccer or simply football is a team sport played between two teams consisting of eleven players each. It is a ball game played on a rectangular grass field with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score by manoeuvring the ball into the opposing goal. Other than the goalkeepers, players may not use their hands or arms to propel the ball in general play. The winner is the team which has scored most goals at the end of the match.\n\nThe sport is known by many names throughout the English-speaking world, although football is the most common. Other names, such as association football and soccer, are often used to distinguish the game from other codes of football, since the word football may be used to refer to several quite different games.\n\nFootball is played at a professional level all over the world, and millions of people regularly go to football stadia to follow their favourite team, whilst billions more avidly watch the game on television. A very large number of people also play football at an amateur level.\n\nAccording to a survey conducted by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football's governing body, published in the spring of 2001, over 240 million people regularly play football in more than 200 countries in every part of the world. Its simple rules and minimal equipment requirements have no doubt aided its spread and growth in popularity. In many parts of the world football evokes great passions and plays an important role in the life of individual fans, local communities, and even nations; it is therefore often claimed to be the most popular sport in the world. Because of this it is often dubbed the World's Favourite Pastime.
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Soccer!!!  Soccer is a fast moving sport.  I love the constant motion with very few breaks in the aciton. \n\nI do not care for any other sports.  Here is a rundown on most sports as I see them:\nbaseball - NO action unless player hits ball\nfootball - most of the time moves only 10 yards every hour\nbasketball - too many time outs and what fun is it to watch a game where the guys are all so tall that there is NO challenge getting the ball in the hoop...they just walk up and drop it in\ngolf - boring! takes 10 minutes to decide to hit the ball, hit the ball, then walk for another 10 minutes, repeat
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Modern football started in the UK.\nFirst time humans used a game based n shooting a ball with their feet was around 3000 b.c. in ancient egypt.Later the babylonians played a similar game, then much later a game closer to basket ball called "ring ball" appeared in the villages of the Maya civilization in central america. Almost all civlizations have used a spherical object in one sport or the other.
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I LOVE SOCCER! its the best sport ever. i watch and play it.
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Featured Links\n\nDiscover Advanced Soccer Tricks And Tactics...Free! \n\nFREE Soccer Conditioning & Fitness Course at TotalSoccerFitness.com\n \n\nPassing the Test - Soccer Passing Skills\n\nHaving learned the importance of strategy, one of the most critical skills to develop in applying it—as well as the backbone of teamwork in soccer—is passing. \n\nPassing allows your team to keep possession of the ball and find holes in the opposing team’s defense.  As a team, try to keep the ball moving and spread the defense, taking advantage of open spaces. The best way to accomplish this is to play one and two touch soccer. \n\nStrike the ball with pace so that your teammate doesn't have to wait on the ball.  A firm pass is more likely to arrive at its destination.  In terms of teamwork, the player who is the intended target of your pass must go to the ball.  At the same time though, make your teammate look good by digging out a bad pass and keep possession.\n\nAs a team, train in game-like situations, with the right kind of intensity and pressure. Anybody can play keep a way when they aren't under pressure, but only the good player can do it in a crunch. \n\nYou can recreate game-like conditions by making the areas you are playing in small so that there is constant pressure on those with the ball. Then, when you are getting the right intensity, open the game up and play in a larger area.  For example, start with 8 versus 8 in the goal box and then open up into the whole half once the intensity mimics that of a game.\n\nWhen you’re not training with the team, work on technique by kicking the ball against a wall. Make sure to use both your right and left foot. Keep your ankle locked and strike through the center of the ball with pace.  Get your body behind the ball with a uniform strong sense of balance.  \n\nIn order to become a great passer, you’re also going to need to become familiar with the different kinds of passes, and the various ways in which they are used…\n \n\nPut Your Best Foot Forward\n\nThe way in which you move the ball depends on several things, such as:\n\n·         Where it’s going\n\n·         What you want it to do when it gets there\n\n·         Who’s in the way, and\n\n·         What part of the foot you use\n\nThe first three factors depend on your own strategy, but the last one depends solely on technique:\n\nInside of the foot:  This is the most useful part of the foot to use when passing the ball. It’s the part of your foot with the most surface area, thus giving you the most control and accuracy. \n\nInside edge of the foot:  This is the same as the above but with the upper portion of your foot to bend the ball. Wrap your foot around the ball so it curves into your teammate’s feet or into an area, as with a cross or shot.\n\nOutside of the foot:  This kind of pass is used when you want to bend the ball into a teammate or into an area.  Often, your body is in a position where you can't make a simple pass.  If this is the case, try to strike through the ball.  Follow through with the upper portion of the outside of your foot.  \n\nLong passes:  This is for driving the ball into a teammate..  If you are picking a player out, you don't need to follow through the ball. Instead, strike the ball sharply and stop your follow through just after hitting it.\n\nBy fine-tuning your skills as a passer, you can significantly increase your team’s chances of success. Your victory won’t be complete, however, unless you and your teammates learn to cooperate to control the ball…\n\n \n\nPassing Standards\n\nThere’s an endless variety of patterns and drills that can help your team expand and hone its passing vocabulary. These, however, are the most important passing blueprints that you should be familiar with:\n \n\nGive and Go or Wall Pass\n\nMake a pass at an angle to a teammate and he or she plays the ball back to you after you have made a run behind the defender. \n\nThe key