| Soccer is one of the most popular sports, if not the | | | | could only last for a couple minutes before I had to |
| most popular sport or hobby in the world. The soccer | | | | take a breather, each time I went in. |
| World Cup, which is the world soccer tournament | | | | One of my earliest memories of playing soccer was |
| that goes occurs every four years, gets more | | | | when I was on a little league soccer team as a kid. I |
| viewers than any other sporting event in the world. | | | | was playing defense and all I did was kick the ball as |
| Soccer is such a big deal in some countries that it has | | | | hard as I could to the other end of the field every |
| caused political tensions between nations when their | | | | time it came to me. I also remember afterwards, I |
| teams have played against each other in the World | | | | ate a piece of chocolate candy with the wrapper still |
| Cup. So why is soccer such a great hobby for | | | | on it. I didn't swallow it, but it made me sick and had |
| everyone? For one thing, it does not require much | | | | to quit dribbling my soccer ball on the way home |
| equipment to play soccer, you just need a soccer ball | | | | from the soccer game, while I puked because the |
| to kick around and a couple friends, and some sort | | | | feeling in my mouth was so disgusting. I think my |
| of goal that you can use to kick the ball into. The | | | | body was worked up from the sprinting in the soccer |
| rules are rather simple and obvious, you just kick the | | | | game as well and my stomach was tight. It still |
| soccer ball around and try to kick it into the other | | | | makes me sick to think about that experience all of |
| team's goal to score, and you can't touch the soccer | | | | these years later. But I sure had fun as a kid playing |
| ball with your hands. | | | | on my soccer team and had a lot of good |
| Kicking a soccer ball around is something that can be | | | | experiences. I also still have a lot of good memories |
| addicting and you can spend hours and hours doing it | | | | from my soccer days as a kid. It was fun being the |
| without getting bored. You can do different tricks | | | | center of attention as I kicked the ball around each |
| with your like dribbling and or seeing how many times | | | | time it came to me. I wasn't that good though, and I |
| you can kick the soccer ball without letting it hit the | | | | played defense, so I usually just gave the soccer ball |
| ground. You can practice tricks like the bicycle where | | | | a nice boot to the other side of the field each time it |
| you jump and kick it sideways or kick it in the air | | | | came to me. |
| while falling onto your back. You can do that one | | | | There are a lot of drills you can do with a soccer |
| trick where you roll the ball with one foot onto the | | | | balls, just on your own to become a better soccer |
| back of your other leg and then use that other leg | | | | player. You can just practice dribbling, as mentioned |
| to kick it forward, from behind, over your head; | | | | above, where you just kick the soccer ball back and |
| that's one of my favorites. It makes people think I | | | | forth between your legs as you run. Once you get |
| am a good soccer player when I do that one, even | | | | good at dribbling the soccer ball, you can show it off |
| though I am not. | | | | when you play games, but dribbling the soccer ball |
| One nice thing about soccer or a soccer hobby is | | | | and cutting past people. Or, you can practice kicking |
| that it definitely keeps you in shape with all of that | | | | and aiming the soccer ball at a certain point on a wall |
| running you have to do, and you have to be in | | | | or practice kicking it into the goal or passing with the |
| pretty good shape to do well at soccer. Playing | | | | side of you foot, so you can get your aim better |
| soccer is not like a light jog where you can just take | | | | and score more goals when you play. You can dribble |
| it easy the whole time. You are at a full, dead sprint | | | | the soccer ball with your feet while weaving through |
| over and over. It's fun too, so it doesn't feel like you | | | | cones. You can practice heading the soccer ball and |
| are just working out, you are playing a game instead. | | | | aiming with your head. For some reason soccer |
| The last soccer team I played on was an indoor | | | | player's favorite thing to do is hit the soccer ball with |
| soccer team. I thought I was in shape, but then I | | | | their heads. |