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How I Play Soccer Research Paper

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I started playing soccer when I was eight years old. I was first introduced to soccer at a YMCA day camp and fell in love with it instantly. This camp played soccer a bit differently they had all the same rules and regulations, but played it on black top. I immediately wanted to dive into the sport and learn everything I could about it. I was taught soccer by being shown how to do it at a league called NASA (National American Soccer Association). Here I was taught all the parts that make up soccer and how to use the right techniques to make mold me into how I play today.
Soccer is a game with many key components inside it. The most commonly known rule is you can not touch the ball with your hands except if you are the goalie, which is the player who tries to block the goals from going into your teams goal. There are other components such as dribbling, passing, and shooting all this comes down to knowing how to kick the ball. Since only one player can use their hands that means the remaining ten teammates can only use their feet, head, and chest to move the ball. I am going to be focusing on the …show more content…

I still want to use the inside of my foot, but more towards the top slightly. This allows me to get under the ball more which is exactly what you want when chipping the soccer ball. The purpose of chipping is to get the ball up in the air. I often used this to score in games as well as many other fellow soccer people use it as a technique for scoring too. When kicking the ball for a chip I use a swiping motion so that I can get underneath the ball and pop the ball up to get a good chip. When I am underneath the soccer ball I am also tilting my foot at the same time to help with getting the ball up. Combining all these steps sounds really easy talking about it, but it took me a while to it get down correctly. Anything is doable as long as you're willing to put in the hard

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