[11] P.E - Football

• Football - team sports played with a spherical ball between 2 teams of 11 players; to score by moving the ball beyond the goal into the opponent's goal
• Pitch - rectangular field where a game of football is played in; has a goal at each end
• The duration of a football game is 90 mins long with 2 halves (45 mins each half)
• Each volleyball team consists of 11 players on the field; 10 outfielders and a goalkeeper
• General Positions in Football

  • Forward
  • Midfielder
  • Defender
  • Goalkeeper
• Forwards, midfielders, and defenders are positions either at left, right, or at the center of the field
• The goalkeeper is assigned to protect their goal post
• Soccer or Football started during 2nd and 3rd century BC in China
• Soccer was played first during Han dynasty where people dribbled the leathered ball into a small net. Romans and Greeks has also recorded facts that they play ball for fun. And even people from Kyoto in Japan enjoyed to kick around the ball
• Modern soccer started in England; existed facts that the first ball used was the head of some Danish brigand
• Punching, kicking, biting, and even gouging were allowed to do in modern soccer
• King Edward III - banned the soccer game in 1365 because of too much violence
• King James I of Scotland - announced "na man play at the fute-ball" in 1424 (no man shall play football)
• Soccer became more popular in 1815
• Campbridge Rules - a set of rules and regulations created by Eton College
• The history of modern-day soccer came in October 1863
• There are 11 representatives from London’s club to set up the common and fundamental rules
• The sport then finally established in 1869 that banned all forms of handling the ball
• Today, countries like Germany, Australia, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, South America and many more found love in playing soccer.
• In 1904, FIFA was formed and by early 1930’s various soccer leagues started – and credits to FIFA.
• Facilities and Equipment in Football

  • Field/Pitch
  • Ball
  • Goalpost and Crossbar
  • Flag Post
• Field/Pitch

  • can be made of natural or artificial surface
  • color must be green
  • must be rectangular and marks with lines
  • 120m length x 90m width
• Ball

  • spherical
  • made of leather or other suitable material
  • circumference not more than 70cm (28 inches)
  • not less than 68cm (27 inches)
  • not more than 450g (16 oz) and not less than 410g (14 oz)
• Goalpost and Crossbar

  • must be made of wood, metal or other approved material
  • must be square, rectangular, round or elliptical in shape
  • distance between post is 7.32m (8 yds)
  • distance from the lower edge of the crossbar to the ground is 2.44m (8 ft)
• Flag Post

  • not less than 1.5m (5 ft) high
  • non-pointed top
  • must be placed at each corner
• Basic Skills in Football

  • Dribbling
  • Passing
  • Receiving
  • Juggling
  • Shooting
• Dribbling - maneuvering a ball by one player while moving in a given direction, avoiding the opposing players to be intercepted; can create opportunities to score
• Passing - key part in football; to keep possession of the ball by maneuvering it on the ground between different players with the objective of advancing it up the playing field
• Receiving - individual act of obtaining the ball from a pass or interception, getting it under control, then setting it up in a proper position for performance of the next skill
• Juggling - act of keeping the ball up in the air using any part of your body except for your hands or arms
• Shooting - most common way for goals to be scored; done using the feed or head
• Heading - 2nd most common way in which goals are scored
• Types of Tournaments

  • Elimination
  • Round-Robin
  • Challenge
• Elimination Tournaments - for short round of matches; suitable for time-constrained events
• Single Elimination - when a team loses, they get eliminated and the winning team continues to play to the next round until there is only one player or team left
• Double Elimination - similar to single elimination except that the players or team gets eliminated after losing twice
• Round-Robin Tournament - most commonly used type of tournament and one of the most competitive tournaments since players or teams play to get a chance to play more; ideally used for a team competition playing not more than 8 games
• Round robin - where each team plays a number of games depending on how many teams are participating
• Lombard Round Robin - used for limited allotted period; if full games are not possible, mini games are played; all scores for or against points are recorded to determine the wining team with the best ratio
• Challenge Tournament - has levels where winners go up and losers go down from their respective positions; winning is important to climb to the top position; This tournament needs enough time to give chance to the teams and players bottom position to reach the top