Introduce Your Kid to Soccer

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The How, What and Why of Soccer

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. It is played by amateurs and professionals, by children and octogenarians. The game is great fun, and teaches children the value of teamwork, communication, and coordination.

How to Play Soccer

Soccer is a team game where players try to kick the ball into the other team’s goal to score ‘goals’. Players can use their feet, head, or body to move the ball around a pitch, and only the goalkeeper can touch the ball with their hands or arms. At the end of a match, the team with the most goals wins.

Football is a great game to play with your kids.

What is Soccer

Soccer is a game played by two teams of players. At the professional level, there are usually eleven players on each team; however five-a-side (with five players on each team) and six-a-side (with six players) are common at the amateur level.

The game is played on a rectangular pitch, with a goal at each end. The aim is simple: players work together as a team to try and score goals. The team that has the most amount of goals at the end of the match is declared the winner, although matches can end in a draw or tie.

Players on teams play in different positions, and each position does a different job. The main positions are:

The key lines and player positions on a soccer pitch

⚽️ Goalkeeper: The goalie’s job is to protect the goal. They are the only player allowed to use their hands within the designated penalty area.

⚽️ Defenders: Defenders protect the goalie and the goal. Their job is to stop the other team from scoring.

⚽️ Midfielders: Midfielders help both the defenders and the attackers. They run a lot!

⚽️ Attackers: Attackers try to score goals against the opposing team.

Why Get Your Child Into Soccer?

Soccer is played in parks and schools around the world. A fun, physical game, it teaches children a variety of physical and psychological skills.

Skills Your Child Will Learn Playing Soccer

Teamwork
Communication
Coordination
Decision Making
Speed and Agility
Focus

Fun Facts about soccer:

⚽️ The World Cup is the biggest soccer tournament in the world and is watched by more than 2 billion people. Brazil has won more World Cups (five) than any other country.

⚽️ Sheffield soccer Club in the UK is the oldest club in the world, founded in 1857. However, the origins of soccer go back to ancient China, where the game Cuju was played over 3000 years ago.

⚽️ While it sometimes happens that neither team scores a goal in a soccer match, the biggest recorded victory was 149-0 during a match in Madagascar.

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