Basketball and Soccer

Sport’s are an aspect of life that affect societies across the globe. Athletics affect everyone's life, whether that be playing the sport, watching games, or hearing about a sporting event. There is a big difference between playing an individual sport and players relying on their own athletic abilities versus a team sport when members of the team rely on their teammates to complete each individual's specific responsibility to reach the team's goal. Team sports bring people together in countless ways, and they teach many life skills for the athletes that participate in them. Some of these skills include communication, teamwork, discipline, work ethic, dedication, leadership, and numerous more that will help them in their personal and work

American football is not a global sport but has global audience in terms of numbers. By

Even though soccer players are not as tall as basketball players, they have more strength in their legs and can run faster. Basketball is played with an orange ball that bounces and they will play four twenty-minute half's with breaks in between each quarter and halftime. Most soccer players come from different cultures some of the most famous soccer players come from Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Mexico, In contrast basketball players always play at their own city or state they are from, Soccer is the number one sport in most of the countries except the United States it is a global sport were almost every country has a team, In soccer you have the Fifa world cup where national teams gather to see which country has the best tea, in the world. Basketball will have the NCAA tournament that will last for weeks due to the large numbers of teams that qualify for it. The soccer field is way bigger than a basketball court, plus they have open

Football and soccer have made their impact in different parts of the world. Football is mostly played in the USA. In England they play a game like football, but it’s different in prospective, which is called RUGBY. Though people are more likely to get destructive injury, soccer is popular all over the world. It’s not possible to find a single country, which hasn’t played soccer or at least heard about it. Mostly in Europe and South America, people are passionate about soccer. Though football is mostly played in the USA, it has a lot of influence among the fans and spectators. Every year, football fans organize a multi-billion dollar tournament known as NFL with all the states of the USA. Fans travel from states to states to watch their team performing. Similarly, soccer also has a tournament like that, but it is more huge and considered as a world tournament. Soccer fans organize that biggest tournament each and every four year with only the qualified nations of the world. Each nation has to go through a qualifying process to play in that huge tournament known as WORLD CUP. Other than that, there are a lot of premier league championships pretty much in every continent (Compare

The United States understands how important soccer is worldwide, and they have tried to make soccer bigger here in the United Sates, but have failed several times. They have tried to publish soccer more by advertising and by trying to

Soccer is, without a doubt, the best and the most beloved sport in the world, but nobody would think that this astounding sport was hated by the place where it was originated, the America. Soccer is the worldwide sport with a huge majority of subscribers all over the world. Unlike soccer, football is mainly an American sport which only attracts the Americans. But why American peoples hate soccer? There are a lot of debates that goes on regards to football and soccer. Whenever the controversy between two of these competitive sports goes, we still agree that soccer and football are the most anticipated sports with the largest viewer that ever existed. Although these two sports don’t really get along, but they can’t avoid sharing each other

Athletes who play football share the same goal as athletes who play soccer: score the most goals to win the game. In football, there are two areas on opposite sides of the field where one can score points by bringing the football over the goal line. Soccer shares this same concept by having two nets on opposite sides of the field where one can score a point by kicking the soccer ball into the net. Also, both sports share the concept of having an offense and defense, and both sports each have eleven players on a team on the field at a time. These are only few of many similarities between these two sports, but in actuality, they are significantly different. The rules, rituals, and concepts of both sports distinguish

Although some think the decision to go to the National Basketball Association should be solely in the hands of the players and although current efforts ensure that basketball players are in college for at least one year, the one-and-done rule needs to be revised because it destabilizes the college basketball system, leaves players without a backup plan, and causes players to lack the wisdom to make wise financial and life decisions.

Soccer is a popular sport played all over the world. Even though it has only been popular in the United States for the past 30 years, soccer has been a long time favorite most everywhere else. The sport dates back to the Egyptians, who played games involving the kicking of a ball. Now, the sport has grown to a global pastime, including men’s and women’s teams, and the World Cup (which is played every four years).

Basketball and soccer are two of the most played and enjoyable sports in the world. They both have professional leagues that attract millions of audience. People can watch both of them on television, but also play them for recreation and health. Basketball and soccer games are interesting, good for the body, and healthy, but they are also different in many ways.

In the U.S soccer or football hasn't caught on quite just yet. Even though the American people have had recent success like in the 2002 World Cup and the 2009 Confederations Cup. Though extremely popular in European countries, soccer took a long time to gain momentum in the United States because Americans put more money and attention into other sports like baseball, football, and basketball. Soccer eventually became popular in the 1970s, but then lost popularity again when the National League went bankrupt.

The first country I am going to talk about is the U.S. In the U.S. soccer is not a very big deal. It is a historically small sport here.We are too busy scoring touchdowns and making homeruns to have time for Soccer. There are many reasons for why soccer is not very big. For one, there are many, many other distractions. Whereas in some countries, soccer is all they have. No other sports, activities, or hobbies. As Robert Beall, the

American society has many different types’ sports from all around the world. For example, the main two contemporary sports are basketball and football. Both sports require people, a ball, and open area to play in. However, these two sports are played differently. By comparing and contrasting basketball and football, we can examine them in terms of how they’re played, the amount of people in each teams, and the location the sports are being played in.

Although all sports are good for you, all of those sports can affect you in some way. They can all have a bully in the bunch, but they might not have a bully. Basketball would probably be the best sport for you to play, because there is never usually a bully in basketball because they are practicing the whole time.

Sports, a very popular past time today, have been around since ancient times.  Greek Olympic Games featured events from chariot races, javelin throws, to wrestling.  In addition, a game similar to soccer was played in China by the second century BC.  In England, a violent rugby type game was even played to settle feuds between villages.  With the development of the industrial revolution and the creation of the first public schools, sports decreased in violence and were played more recreationally and constructively.  Basketball was invented to help the youth in New England spend their energy in the winter months.  Since the early 1900’s sports have been a key experience in the United States (“History of Sports”).  I have played