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Visit the entire Everything® series at www.everything.comContents Introduction Chapter 1:Soccer Rules! 1 e The Object af the Game @ Restarts * Foul Play What's ina Name? Chapter 2: Control Freak! 17 Feet First > Body Parts * Head Games Juggling © The First Touch Chapter 3:PowerandFinesse 29 Perfect Passing Thinking Backward ® Passing Strategy Shooting Skills Shooting Strategy Chapter 4: Dynamite Dribbling 41 Start Simple © Practice Makes Perfect © Fancy Footwork Shielding © Smart Mowes Chapter 5:IntheNet 51 The Nitty-Gritty Catch and Release Cutting the Angle Communication @ Never Blame the Keeper Chapter 6:OntheAttack 65 Pass, Pass, Pass © Know Your Position © Spread the Defense Escaping the Guard © Offensive Dos and Don'ts for RestartsChapter 7:Defense 77 Defensive Skills © Containing and Controlling Defensive Formations Defense Against Restarts © The Wall Chapter 8: The Soccer Body 87 Getting in Shape © Water Works! © Heat Kills Queh! © Heads Up! Chapter 9:Playing the Game 99 Pick-Up Games Youth League Soccer Playing fer Your School © World Cup Soccer Men's Professional Sacer © Women's Professional Soccer Appendix A:Glossary 114 Appendix B:Web Resources 118 Appendix C:Tryout Tips 120 Appendix D: National Soccer Hall of Famers 122 Appendix: Puzzle Answers 125 Index 130Introduction oceer can be found in more countries than any other sport in the world, and no other game is played by more people. It's the fastest growing sport in the United States: and it’s the second most popular game for kids in this country (behind basketball). Yes, soccer is on top of the world, and you are on top of this exciting trend This book will help you become a super soccet player. If you've never played before, you'll get step-by-step instruc- tions on every skill. And if you've already spent some time on the ball, the games and drills will help you improve your skills, The first chapter cavers some of the history of soccer and all of the rules. field markings, and equipment, If you're alittle confused about the offside rule, look in Chapter 1, The skills begin in Chapter 2. This is where you'll learn how to cantrol the ball, the first step far any soccer player. Passing skills and strategy are discussed in Chapter 3. and dribbling is in Chapter 4, By the time you've read this far, you should be able to mave the ball down the field like a pro. There are a few among you who are daredevils, I'm sure ‘You folks don’t mind being the center of attention, diving on the ground, and jumping hard inte a group of attackers, ‘You are goalkeepers, From cutting the angle to stopping the toughest of shots—all of the essential goal-tending info is in Chapter 5. ‘Once you've learned to move the ball it’s time to develop your soccer brain. You need to knaw how to think like a soc- cet player, Chapters 6 and ? help you understand field posi- tions and strategies, from attack through the midfield and ‘on to defense. vilHOMO ne WORTHING KID Soncor Boot snil\uitaleendt Of course, playing soceer is all about having fun, being healthy. and enjoying yourself, Chapter 4 will help you stay ft and avoid injuries, and Chapter 9 covers all levels of sac cer, from pick-up games to the World Cup. And, of course, every chapter is filled with puzzles, jokes, games, and other fun things for you to do while yau learn about the world’s favorite sport. Kick back and enjey! viiiCHAPTER 1 Soccer Rules!‘ Fun FAcy-- Ancient History Socrer is one of the oldest sports inthe watld, No ones quite sure: when orvwhere it'started. China was the frst country te actually write about a game that involved Kicking @ round object into # goal, and that game was played more than 4.000 years anol The game sas called tau ce, and it veas ployed fer the emperor's birthday. More Ancient History Jo England during the time of knights and easties, whole towns vould play a game lke soccer. The ball would be anything that rolled and the goals could be clase dF nly a fev people were playing) or as much asten miles apart if hundreds of peo- ple played. Pie cies SU PRTG KID Soccer Book fiaiteiant? @) kay, sp you know that soccer rules, but what are the soe cer rules? Saecer is about as simple as it gets. To play, you needa field, two goals, and a ball. That's it. The goals don’t even have to be official goals. Cones, T-shirts, even a couple of trees will do the trick. And talk about easy! Basically. it's no hands allowed. and kick the ball into the opponent's goal, Pretty simple, uh? Think about the rules for soccer compared to the rules for baseball or football, Even three-year-olds can learn the basic rules of soccer, but there are many grownups who still can't figure out baseball But if you've caught the soccer bug, you'll probably want to know a few mare rules than the average three-year-old, Like, what's the deal with the offside rule? And how do you doa kickoff? And what are those yellow and red cards I keep hear- ing about? Read .an for the answers, but don't worry, Soccer really is as simple as yau thought it was The Object of the Game Go for the goal! That's the whole point of the game. Two teams, each with a goal to defend, battle to get the soccer ball into the opponent's goal. The winning tear is the one with the Tost goals when the time runs out. The official time is two. 45-minute halves, but most leagues use shorter halves for younger players. The length of the game, the size of the ball, the size of the feld, and even the number of players changes according to how eld you are. (See the table on page 4) Soccer is played vrith one ball and two teams of eleven players each: ten field players and one goalkeeper. The goal keeper wears a different colored shirt and is allowed to uTHAME, = Soccex Rules! or her hands to touch the ball, The ten field players generally fall into one of three eategories: # Defenders—Keep the ball from getting into the goal © # Midfielders—Provide a link between defenders and forwards # Attackers—Shoot the ball into the opponent's goal As you can see. each position has a job to do. You'll find more detailed descriptions in Chapters 6 and 7, Havinga Ball Thousands of years ago, a soce as long as it was round and it rolled people used fer soccer balls: all could be anything, ere are some things that @ Animal skins filled with grass: Caconuts Human skulls @ Pigs' bladders Today, in many poorer countries, soccer players still have ta make their own soccer balls, What would you use if you didn't have a soccer ball? List three things around your hause that might make a good soccer ball Soocer balls come in many sizes and in several different designs. The traditional ball is called a Size 5 ball and consists 3 Fun FACy- Slight Change in Plans Many younger teams play with seven, eight, or nine ona side. Because younger players haven't learned to spread out, this makes the field less crowed. ftalso gives each player more opportunities to touch the ball,AONE cnn SENTING ID: Soccer Book siilhtaganl of thirty. twe leather panels: twelve are pentagonal {five sided) and twenty are hexagonal (six-sided). I's about 27 inches in diameter and weighs about 18 ounces. ‘You'll use a Size 4 ball, a Size $ ball, and maybe a Size3 ball in your soccer playing career. The following table shows bow ball size. feld size. goal size, and length of the game change according te haw old you are. Every league has its awn guidelines. but most of them will be clase to these numbers, AGE Were fener LENGTH OF GAME underé 3 20x 30 yas. axoft 2O-minute halves Under 8 3 30x 50 yds. 6x aft 20-minute halves Under 10 4 50x 70 yds Gx WtoTx2 ft —_2Seminute halves Under 11-Under 17 5 OX S10 120xB0 yds, Byds. x BI, 30-45 minute halves High school, college, pro 3 same same 4bminute halves If you're interested in socuer, you'll definitely want to get your own ball, Nothing will help your saccer playing mare than getting used to how the ball bounces around your foot. The Field of Play Ue te Soret Ob Ten ‘The size of a soccer field is flexible, Remember, back in the Fora fun variation on soccer, try Middle Ages, the goals could be as far as 10 miles apart. The rules shine ramet are a little more rigid now, but fields can still be differemt sizes. enya nes any sepa mearyeur Officially, the field should be between 100 and 120 yards long, house and set up two goals, one oon each side of the pork. Try to get as many people involved as and between 50 and 100 yards wide. But you could never have a square field; that is. 100 by 100, The length always has to be lon ‘youcan and see what fun it is to ger than the width. The goal is 8 yards wide and 8 feet high. Take ave todibble nc pass around | | 2100k atthe following picture to see al the measurements, sik euipround sauder, Even though these are the official measurements, you might send eacketope: be playing on a much smaller feld. Lf you're playing on a team that has fewer than eleven on a side, then you definitely will be,WMO, — Soccer Ruts! —_AMMienteaetnmalialle — "0 i —— anaais, Dimensions of a seceerfiald ‘Sak O€\- 901 -- Fu FACY-. The Big Field The official size foram fied prs Abas meters lang bwhichis 10 to 120 yards) andédio 9 75 metus wide gublen i a is 70 to 80 yards,Spelling Ball How many words can you find in this soccer ball grid? You may start at any letter, then move from space to the next touching space in any direction, spelling out a werd as you go. Yau may double back and use letter more than once in a word [you can spell “eve"}, but you may not use the same letter twice ina row (you can't spell "sleep". The 10-letter BONUS ward completes this phrase: Playing soccer is much more fun than watching __ SCORE: 1Owards = Starter 20 words = Pro 20 words = World Cup Playing the Game - ‘Once the ball is in play, the teams try to move the ball up 1 the field toward the opponent's goal, A player may move the : Dressing the Part a ball with any part of his body except for the parts between the | youre onatean youtpret. 1 shouklers and the fingertips. A layer can keep the ball or pass « blybe given auniform.Theni’s | it off to another player, The team without the ball does its best | yeujobtoreandautthewhoie 1 losteal the Dall and stop the opponents from shooting, | Guticwith dats andshinguards. | Fisy isonly stopped when the ball goes into the goal or ‘Cleats are feather shoes with 1 Tolls out-of-bounds (the entire ball must be beyond the outer smallaubbernobs onthe bot. | #dge of the ling} or when «oul is committed, Flay can also be tom that keep youfromsliding stopped by the referee for any reason he or she determines onthe grass. Shin quardsarehard =| The clock ig never stopped, unless there ig a Serious injury, foLcumetuctiacwerens | thelowerpert of | itis yourlegtokeep | Restarts See yyourshins from | getting bruised | Whenever the referee blows his whistle, play stops: it might be orevenbroken, | because the ball went out of hounds or because a player com ¢ mitted foul, And of course, once play has stopped. it has ta start again. and there are lots of different ways to do this—allTHAME, = Soccer Rules! depending on why play was stopped in the first place, These are called restarts or set plays. The Kickoff Kickoffs are used for three different events L. At the start of a game 2. At the start of the second half 3. After a goal has beenscored. ‘The ball is placed in the center of the center circle, Each team must start the game on their side of the field. The defend ing team must also stay out of the center circle. The other eam has at Jeast one and often two players up near the ball, At the referee's whistle, the game begins, The ball is moved and then its up for grabs. The player who kicked the ball first may not touch it again until someone else has touched i Throw-Ins When a player kicks the ball over touchline (sideline), the other team gets to throw the ball back in, I'S the one time you are allowed ta touch the ball with your hands as a field play- er, But don't just wind up and give ita toss, There are a lot of rules you must follow. . Both feet must be on the ground when you let go of the ball 2. You must throw the ball equally with bath hands 3. Both hands must start from behind your head and come all the way over, 4» Your body must face the way yau're throwing.a) You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.a) You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.won KOK Obstruction: This call means that you've placed your body betwreen ‘your oppanentand the ball with- ‘gut going after the ball yourself. ‘You might be tying ta keep your oppenent from saving the ball if it's going outef-bounds or to.give your keeper a chance to pickit up. Either way,it'snotallowed. You can throw your body in front of another player, as long as you are actually gaing after the ball MOMMY nw WERTHING KID Soccer Book There are a whole bunch of actions that will cause a refer ee ta blow her whistle. See how many you can name. If you get one or tWo, yau'te a soccer starter; three er four, you're a soc eer smarty: five or more, you're a soceer star, Don't peek at the list until you've tried it yourself + Charging Dangerous play (like a 4 Touching the ball with high kick near some- your hands one's head) 4 Hitting ¢ Goalkeeper offenses: + Holding @ Interfering with the Kicking goalkeeper Pushing @ Obstruction Tripping # Viclating the offside rule # Ungentlemanly conduct (bad behavior} ‘Those are the main anes. [f'a player commits one af these fouls, the other team gets a free kick. There are a few other minor fouls, but they probably won't be an issue for you unless you go pro. Notice thal the fouls are divided inte two groups. Far the first group of fouls, the team gets a direct kick. A dizect kick means that the team can kick it right into the goal without anyone but the kicker touching the ball. If the player commits one of these fouls in the penalty box, look out! It's time for a penalty kick. Not only can the player kick it directly into the goal, but he gets to.doit from a mere 12 yards away, and the other team is allowed no defense but the keeper. ‘The fouls in the second group are not quite as serious, so the team gets an indirect kick. 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reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.goal kicks, 8, 84, 115 indirect kicks, 10, 74, 84, 115 ‘kickoffs, 7, 65, 115 offensive dos and don'ts, 73-74 throw-ins, 7-8, 74, 84, 117 RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation), 96, 116 Rules, 1-16, See also Fouls ball dimensions, 3-4 corner kicks. 9. 114 field of play, 4-5 for goalkeepers, 54-$5 goal kicks, & kickoffs, 2 length of game, 2,4 number af players, 2.3 ‘object af game, 2-6 player positions, 2-3, See alsa specific positions playing game, 6 restarts, 6-9 throw ins, 7-8 Running through ball, 23, 27 5 School soccer, 105 Seal dribble, Sa Shielding, 48, 126 Shimmy fake, 48 Shin guards, 6 Shoes. 6. Shooting ball, See alse Attacking: Controlling ball; Passing ball Index hhalf-volleys for, 38-39, 115 headers for, 24, 38 power shot and finesse shot, ayaa practice tip, 40 skills for, 37-39 sliders for, 39 stragegy for, 39-40 volleys for, 38, 117 Sideline, 5, 8, 127 Slider shots, 39 Soccer, name of, 15-16 Sacer America, 119 Soccer golf, 30 Soceer Hall of Fame, 119 Sprains, 96, 116 Square soccer, 102 Step-over fake, 47 Stop and start fake, 48 Stopper, 82-83, 116 Stretching, 91-92 Striker, 69, 1é Sweeper, 82-83, 117 Switch the field, 67 T ‘Throw-ins, 7-8, 24,84, 117 Title 1X, 112, 117 ‘Touchline (sideline), 5. 8, 117 ‘rapping, 19, 21, 22, 32, 117 ‘Thapping header, 24 ‘Travel soccer, 109-4 ‘Tryout tips, 120-21 Turning, 44~46, See alsa 133 oa Dribbling u Uniforms, 6, 16, 52-53 United States Soccer, 14 Vv Volley. 38, 117 Wall (defensive position), 85 Wall pass, 67 ‘Water, drinking, 92-93 ‘Web resources, 118-19 World Cup, 106-19, 197, 18 WPS (Women’s Professional Soccer), 111-13, 117, 119 ¥ ‘Youth leagues. 102-4 e Zone defense, 82, 117a) You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.a) You have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book.Goooooaaaaalilll! ow do you keep the defense from H stealing the ball from you? How do you keep the offense fram scoring? ‘When should you pass the ball and when should you keep it? The Everything” Kids’ Soccer Book, 2nd Edition has all the tips and tricks you need to help you improve your game, no matter what position you play! Packed with fun activities such as Monkey in the Middle and Hot Potato, this book will help you hone your soccer skills and play like a pro. Deborah We-Crisield Hea woeeee coach and author of twenty- ight books, biclading four other soccer books and ‘porte and reference hooks. She played soccer in high «chacl, sollege; and in women’s leagues in beth Neve York and ew Tersey. She has been a soccer cach for twenty-seven years: She lives in Summit, N} ss eMINNDNY MANU iit : strareostsovezs! Ill wear SOCCER improve your game as you learn to: + Stretch before a big game + Throw the ball in correctly + Master the rules of the game + Practice your dribbling skills Play games with one, two, or more people And when you're not on the field, you can enjoy dozens of soccer-themed pencil puzzles and games for even more high-scoring funt Whether your favorite team is Manchester United, D.C. United, or the team you play for at home, you'll get a kick out of this book!