World Cup 2010: Understanding Soccer – 11July13
“Soccer is a civilized and fair game of keep away, with a goal in mind.”
Thoth
I will start by turning every parent into a soccer expert. Watching soccer practice, if you see both teams running after the ball, it is not soccer; the coach needs schooling. The single most common error in American soccer is that most school coaches mistake it for football. The rules and tactics of soccer are very different. There is no pushing, shoving, holding or even tackling of opponents. Tackling in soccer means getting the ball, using your foot, without “touching” your opponent: You go for the ball and get the ball; you go for the opponent’s body, it is a foul. Like in basketball, watch closely when a soccer player, protecting the ball, puts his body between the ball and the opponent. This can go on for a while or usually until the opponent gets impatient and commits a foul.
occer is a continuous relay passing of the ball, while players are constantly changing locations and exchanging positions—making it hard for the opponents to cover them man-to-man—from one player to another in all directions back and forth. The better one team passes the ball the more lost the opponents look. If the soccer ball is moving like a ball in a game of billiards, you are definitely watching great soccer.
While passing the ball the team as a whole is slowly advancing into the opponents’ half of the field. Reaching the middle of the opponents’ half of the field you find the opponents’ defense in full force. Here, any combination of soccer skills—individual outmaneuvering of the opponents—and passing of the ball will do the trick. Some of the most beautiful goals in soccer are the result of a deep through pass into opponents’ defense line and all the all-of-a-sudden-free striker has to do is just tap the ball into the goal. And the ‘play-maker’ who concocted the deadly pass gets as much credit as the scorer or even more. Always watch for this play. Player X is at point A; he is guarded and in no position to score. Player Y sees that player X can get to point B where he can score. Player Y passes the ball to point B while player X runs to meet the ball. Player X is at point B, free with the ball. That is soccer.
Soccer is great team play for children; it is probably the most egalitarian sport. A child does not have to be big, strong or even fast to play soccer. And the best part—although, very un-American—is that there is no bullying in soccer; no violence of any kind is allowed. As a parent you must get involved; you must observe that the rules of the game are met. A foul is given for a little push, shove or pull. A yellow card is given for a harsher offense; and a red card is given for any deliberate violence. Therefore, if the rules of the game are followed in soccer, a small child is never scared of bigger child. Even in professional soccer, apart from the shoulder-to-shoulder contact, the referee is always ready to spot a physical violation.
Real soccer is skill and art. If your child is into soccer, I strongly recommend the child starts by watching videos of the UEFA Championships with teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, etc; and of course, the great games of the FIFA World Cups, especially with countries like Brazil, Spain, England, Germany, and Holland.
What are we looking for in FIFA World Cup 2010? The aggressive kick-and-rush, long balls, physical strength of the English Style; the Schalker-Kreisel (circle/rotary) style of the German club; the Dutch forced fore-checking, appropriate offside traps and universal soccer; the defense-defense-defense-then more defense-and-wait for the opponents to make a mistake—boring Italian style; the artistic and magical Brazilian Samba Circus; the Spanish (Spain) classy soccer; or Latin America’s excessive dribbling.
Source: http://open.salon.com/blog/thoth/2010/06/04/world_cup_2010_understanding_soccer
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