| Most families will learn how to play soccer and other | | | | There are some things that friends and family |
| sports together. The eldest children might learn what | | | | members need to know before starting a game of |
| the object of soccer is through their school athletic | | | | soccer. Most of them will already know that they |
| program, and then they can pass on this information | | | | need a soccer ball which is colored black and white. |
| to their siblings. They might choose to tell them that | | | | Some family members in the past tried to use a |
| the object of the game of soccer is to get the ball | | | | football and it did not work out very well for them. |
| into the other team's goal and leave it at that. | | | | The goals for playing soccer should be soccer goals |
| Some siblings might know a little bit about the game | | | | but families have learned to improvise over the years. |
| of soccer and feel feisty enough to add their own | | | | Some family members feel that soccer can only be |
| comments about the scoring system that is used. | | | | played on a soccer field. If it was a professional |
| When family and friends play soccer together, they | | | | game of soccer this might be true, but a soccer |
| are sure to share the information with each other at | | | | game can actually be played on any type of field |
| some point during the game and some might even | | | | that has enough open space. Some people have |
| know a little bit about soccer before a game is ever | | | | backyards that are large enough to play soccer and |
| mentioned. | | | | families will usually allow people to come over and |
| Some of the kids have learned to find out about | | | | watch the action on the soccer field. |
| such things before playing their siblings in a game of | | | | Most families like the idea of not having to leave |
| soccer because they want to make sure that they | | | | home to play soccer. This makes it a lot easier for |
| have a fair chance at winning a game or two. They | | | | friends to meet and spend the entire afternoon |
| make it a point to know what they have to do to | | | | playing soccer if they want to before they have to |
| score a point, and how many points it takes to win. | | | | break the action to go home and eat their dinner. |
| They learned that a team who delivers a ball into the | | | | Some families make it a point to play soccer regularly |
| opposing team's goal will earn a point, and the team | | | | because it gives everyone a chance to catch up with |
| that gets two points ahead of the other team wins | | | | what is happening in each other's lives. |
| the game. | | | | |