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SOCCER
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EXPLAINS THE WORLD
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soccer?
Yes, every class here is about
soccer. We’re your coaches! This
season you will discover:
BURPPPP! PARRRPPP!
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p l a c e : Oxford
Birth ber 22
d ay : Novem erkins
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TV sho row.
Favorite f l ie s l ike an ar
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joke: Tim
Favorite anana.
f l ie s like a b ouse: 3
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v is it e d: San S
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Birthplace
: London, E
Birthday: S ngland
eptember 1
Favorite fo 8
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Favorite wo
rd: GOAA
Favorite ice AALLL!
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Favorite T or: Honeyco
V show: M mb
Favorite jo at ch of the
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Number o hair (not re
f soccer bal al ly !)
Three favo ls in house
rite forwar : 7
Cruyff, N ds: Kylian
adia Nadim Mbappé, J
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Favorite st
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Braga, Port ed: Estádio
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Favorite so
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Preferred g ainbow flic
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Penalty, ref!
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CLASS SCHEDULE
MONDAY TUESDAY
HOMEROOM
1st PERIOD
BIOLOGY ZOOLOGY
1 36
2nd PERIOD
3rd PERIOD
POLITICAL
ENGLISH
SCIENCE
10
50
4th PERIOD
LUNCH 1:00–2:00 PM
PHYSICS HEALTH
5th PERIOD
24 62
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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
8:30–8:40 AM
HISTORY CHEMISTRY
86 124
FIELD TRIP
74
MATH FASHION
98 136
LUNCH 1:00–2:00 PM
GEOGRAPHY ENGINEERING
112 150
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BIOLOGY
Monday
1st + 2nd Periods
L R
We are sole-mates!
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rofessional soccer players seem to glow. Their well-
toned bodies and perfect posture are signs of fitness
and well-being. They spend money on dentistry to make
sure they have gleaming white teeth. Many male players
feature a fashionable flourish of hair. Altogether, they
are a sight to behold.
Just don’t look at their feet! Look at my
Claw toes. Bruises. Blisters. beautiful hair!
Bunions. Calluses. Corns. Swelling.
Plantar warts. Ewww! Soccer playersʼ
feet are victims of a lifetime of
kicking a ball around for hours a
day. And a lot can go wrong with a
foot if it is not cared for properly.
Believe us — we’ve spoken
to an expert!
Claw
blimey!
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POD SQUAD
A doctor who specializes in feet
is called a podiatrist. Many teams
employ a podiatrist because it is so
important that players keep their feet
in good condition. Just as firefighters
take care of their hoses, singers take
care of their voices, and our illustrator, Spike,
takes care of his pencils, soccer players must look after their
feet in order to do their jobs properly.
We spoke to Nutan Shah, one of the U.K.’s top podiatrists,
who has worked with many top teams and the England
national team. She’s peeled the socks off the subject to let
us know the ugly truth about soccer players’ tootsies. “Not
a pretty sight!” she revealed to us. “The feet get battered. A
few players have immaculate feet but very few.”
It pays to look after your paws. Shah says that a soccer
player’s most valuable accessories are not fancy sunglasses,
a fast car, or the latest phone, but a pair of nail clippers and
a nail file. Badly looked-after feet can mean players miss
weeks of action.
Soccer players are all too aware of their disfigured
trotters, which is why Shah told us that at the end of the
season they often ask her if she can make their feet look
pretty. “They are about to go on vacation, and
they want their feet to look nice on the
beach. Soccer players are able to look
after their hands and face throughout
the season, but their feet are
completely bashed around.”
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TIPS FOR TOES
When it comes to looking after your feet, the first thing to
get right is the size of your shoes.
Soccer players often wear cleats that are too tight, maybe
a size or a size and a half smaller than what their podiatrist
recommends. Many players prefer tight cleats because they
feel like a second skin, which gives more control of the ball.
But it creates foot problems down the line. It’s a pressing
issue!
Soccer players also need to be very careful about the
shoes they wear in their free time. Podiatrists see problems
emerge when players wear stiff fashionable shoes that rub
against their feet and give them calluses, blisters, and even
open sores called ulcers. If an athlete wants to protect their
Achilles tendons, they need to wear shoes that have a small
incline in the heel, so flat shoes like sneakers and flip-flops
are not recommended. Nor are
stilettos!
Another major problem
is moisture. This isn’t
just because soccer
players run around a lot,
which gives them hot and
sweaty feet. It’s also because
they spend so much time washing and soaking their feet in
water. As part of their fitness and hygiene routines, soccer
players are often in the shower, whirlpool, or bath. If their
feet stay too wet, they are at risk of fungal infections, and if
they dry out too much, they can get cracked skin. Sensible
players will rub moisturizer on their feet. Smooth!
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Soccer School Encyclo-podia
Foot Complaints
Foot Anatomy
Talus
Heel bone Navicular
Cuneiforms
Tarsals Hallux
Metatarsals
Phalanges
Plantar fascia
STAR STAR
STUDENT STUDENT Stats
EY
TONY HEAL
Toes: 10
Black toe
s: 9
Pairs of h
igh-heele
Bottles o d shoes: 0
f moisturi
Birthplace zer: 6
: Seoul, S
Supports: outh Kore
Achilles ‘ a
(Netherl 29
ands)
Fave playe
r: Steve A
Trick: Sco rchibald
res toe-p
Best foot outside ar o ke goals fro
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forward! ea
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BIOLOGY QUIZ
1. What is the name of a 3. How did Achilles, the hero
doctor who specializes from Greek mythology for
in treating feet? whom the tendon in our
heel is named, die?
a) Podiatrist
b) Sole man a) A lightning bolt hit him
c) Faith heeler on the heel.
d) Head, shoulders, b) A poisoned arrow hit him
knees, and toes surgeon on the heel.
c) A snake bit
2. Former England striker him on the
Darius Vassell once missed heel.
three games due to injury d) A soccer ball hit him on
because he did what to his
the heel.
toe after it had become
swollen?
4. Which of the following
a) He tried to clip off the nail players has the biggest
but cut a chunk out of his toe. feet?
b) He peeled off the toenail by a) Cristiano Ronaldo
accident, and it became too b) David Silva
painful to put his cleats on. c) Paul Pogba
c) He drilled through his nail d) Romelu Lukaku
to drain the blood and ease
the pressure, and the toe 5. Which animal is attracted
became infected. to the smell of sweaty
d) He painted the toenail with socks?
nail polish and became ill from a) Tiger
inhaling the fumes. b) Skunk
c) Mosquito
d) Snail