Problem: I lack strong conviction and confrontational skills, which often leads to failure to reach my desired outcomes. I don’t always get what I want because I don’t fight hard enough. This condition has also been referred to as Nice Guy Syndrome.
I’ve always been a nice guy. From as long as I can remember, I’ve had a knack for compromise. “Plays well with others” and “Respected by his peers” were frequent and common comments left on my elementary school report cards. Through a combination of nature and nurture, I’ve never possessed a rebellious attitude.
Playing soccer was a large part of my childhood. I loved it. Working together as a team to achieve a goal was so satisfying. The smell of freshly cut soccer fields in the nice weather with my friends during practice was great. Refining my skills and fitness through practice and reputation taught me the values of hard work.
The part I loved most was winning. Beating the competition made all the hard work worth it. It was a thrill to come home on a Saturday knowing that we were the better team.
I continued to play soccer from elementary school all the way up to high school. I was an above average player, but definitely nothing spectacular. I could run fast, handle the ball well, and had decent power in my leg. In spite of all my good attributes, I always struggled with 50-50 balls.
A "50/50 ball" is a scenario in which two players from opposing sides are approaching a ball where both have an equal chance of getting to it. Usually the ball in in the air and you need to head it out of the air (In football).
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Ultimately it comes down to who wants it more. The player who usually ends...
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Being involved in a sport was one of the best things I ever did. I starting playing soccer at the age of 7 and did not stop until I was out of high school. I loved to play soccer more than anything, I would play fall soccer, spring, winter, and summer leagues, and I could never get enough of soccer. I too, just as Mox had a couple of coaches I did not agree with, I hated to play for them because I felt that they had other motto’s besides just coaching the team. I would still play because I loved the game but did not agree with what they had to say. If I had a good coach I would play my hardest to help the team out.
The movement pattern of a soccer kick is a proximal to distal motion of the lower leg. Hip activation occurs to begin movement of the thigh through multiple planes. There is a backswing and a forward acceleration by the thigh, shank, and knee extensor. Where the ball ends up (accuracy), and how fast it moves (speed), depends mostly on foot to ball contact (Kellis & Katis, 2007).
Distributing the ball happens when a goalkeeper decides whether to kick the ball or throw it after making a save. Where the keeper throws or kicks the ball is the first instance of attack. Yes they can come outside the 18-yard box but once stepping out they cannot use their hands.
I started playing soccer when I was four years old. At the time I had a lot of problems. To name a few, I was bad at working with others, I was a sore loser, and I did not handle pain or disappointment well. When I started to play soccer I had a low self esteem and was terribly shy. Going up and talking to people was not on my list of things to do. This made it pretty hard for me to fit in with all the other kids and make friends. It was hard to enjoy playing soccer when I felt as though I had no friends on the team. My parents noticed my dislike in the sport, but urged me to keep playing anyway.
“Football and soccer are mostly similar (in team aspect) with some notable differences (positions and skill set). And they are quite different in their rules’’
Soccer is a fun way to pass time as well as a competitive sport among athletes. It requires a combination of various skills, which include: dribbling, passing and receiving, shooting, defending, as well as goalkeeping for some. A soccer player’s skills will also vary from one position to another. These fundamental skills are learned relatively quickly for those who want to play for fun. But if you want to play soccer competitively you will need to master all of these skills above, plus a few others.
As I was growing up, it was my dream to become a famous soccer player. Driven by this motivation, I started playing soccer when I was five years old. Since then I had played for my elementary, middle, and high school team until I joined college and focused on my study.
Growing up playing soccer has indeed shaped me into the person I am today. At first it was just a sport that I played for enjoyment in the community. Next thing I know I got asked to be on a travel team and compete against teams across the west coast. My parents and I became committed to my soccer profession. I started moving up the ranks pretty rapidly for my age. I was traveling to Vegas, San Francisco, Arizona and other states for
Soccer has guided me in many ways to become the person I am. Especially in high school, the sport has showed me how to be much more cooperative and open with others. Before high school, I isolated myself from others and had only a few close friends. Rather than being a sociable, I acted as though I was the only person in the world and had the outlook that as long as I do what is right individually, there is no need for me to work with others. This outlook changed when I joined the soccer team at Holy Spirit, my high school. With the way soccer is at the high school level, I had no choice but to cooperate and associate my selves with others. Once on the field, instead of introducing myself as "me" I had to introduce myself as a part of the team. You win as a team and you lose as a team. Sometimes I wanted to drive to games myself, and I was not allowed to because we are supposed to travel together and it would be wrong to the team for me to separate myself from the group.
While I have developed my soccer skills over the years, the relationships I have built with people are treasured more than my ability to play the game. Playing soccer has granted me the opportunity to be surrounded by an extensive family of people who truly love me. I am forever indebted to the sport for bringing me into love-filled relationships with players and coaches alike.
Today, a soccer team consists of eleven members: seven offensive and four defensive players. One rule that has stayed the same since soccer began, the goalie may use his/her hands to prevent the ball from entering the net. Players are not allowed to trip, hold, shove, push, kick or strike any other player on the field. A game of football is divided into two half's, both forty-five minutes long with added time if there were pauses in the game depending on how much time was wasted. Just as in any sport, players will try to exploit the rules to have an advantage over the opponent. Tactics such as falling down without contact to receive a free kick is common to see in football. As irritating it is to see a player exploiting the rules for an advantage, there is no comparison in seeing a player tumble over in a hysterical
In conclusion, football and soccer have their similarities, but these similarities are superficial. There are many fundamental differences, such as the use of one’s hands being illegal in soccer, except for the goalie when he/she is inside his/her respective eighteen-yard boundary. Another example is the alternation of a team’s offense and defense in football as opposed to the simultaneous effort of the offense and defense in soccer. These differences in rules, rituals, and concepts distinguish these two sports from each other. However, there are similarities, such as the fact that both sports allow eleven players on each team to play on the field at a time. Also, the area where one scores is in the same locations in both sports, the end zones of football and the goals of soccer are on opposite sides of the field.
Soccer has proven to be a notable sport throughout the years starting with its unique history. Soccer began all over the world tracing back thousands of years. The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek, Persian, Vikings, as well as other nationalities all played a form of the game soccer. In China and Rome, games that were similar to soccer were played around 200 B.C. (Helmer and Owens, 5). People believe that soccer started more than a thousand years ago when villagers killed attacking pirates by cutting off their heads and kicking them around (Helmer and Owens, 5). As time went on, people in Europe also played a game similar to soccer during Medieval Times. In fact, soccer was used to prepare warriors for battles in Ancient Greece and Rome (Dilov-Shultheis). In later history, the English called the game “Football” because soccer was played by kicking the ball with the foot (Helmer and Owens, 6). The name “soccer” came to be when the American’s Association Football was shortened to assoc., and later to soc. Eventually in 1895 it was called soccer (Helmer and Owens, 9). By the late 1700s and 1800s, soccer was played in many universities, but the rules were not ...
Association football is played in agreement with a set of rules known as the ‘Laws of the Game’. The game is played using a sphere-shaped ball of 71 cm circumference known as the ‘football’ or ‘soccer ball’. Two teams of eleven players each participate to get the ball into the other team’s goal, thus scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game wins. If both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a tie. Each team is controlled by a captain.