Football Assignment

Sarah Jayyousi 8B

Introduction
Football is one of the main sports.
Football is two teams against the
other. Using a ball to kick with. The
ball is a round and a hard ball.
Football has a goalie, a mid field and
defense. Football can be rough
sometimes to play.

Where did football originate from?

The Chinese, Japanese, Italian,
Ancient Greek, Persian, Viking, and
many more played ball games, which
involve using feet to kick. The
Chinese started playing "football"
games at around 300 years ago.

Who made up the first organized set of rules for Football? Why
did they do this?

The English in 19th century had

created the first rules for the game of
soccer . Ebenezer Cobb Morley he
was the first to draw up the laws in
the Laws of the Game. The laws were
approved at a meeting of the
Football Association (FA) on 8
December 1863. It was better after it
has been organized.

How many countries play football as

their national sport?
There are about 60 nations and more that play
football as their National sport.
South America.
South East Asia: Countries from Indonesia to
Thailand and Cambodia are not particularly strong
in football, but it is watched and followed
religiously in this part of the world).
Middle East: Countries like the United Arab
Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Oman and
more.
African Nations: Almost all African nations
excluding South Africa have football as their
national game.

Why do you think Football has become so popular

around the world? (Describe 3 reasons and explain in
detail why you think they were important).

First its so popular is because its cheap to play. You just

need a ball and goal. For other games you need a lot of
expensive equipment and special conditions. For example
the American football need to spend money to buy all the
gear like for example the body pads, helmets etc. In Tennis
you need expensive rackets and in Volleyball you need a net
and hard balls.
Second reason is that football is very social as in you can
meet other people while playing and learn how to work with
other people in the group. Not like Volleyball and badminton
where people sit and wait until there turn comes.
Third reason is that the rules are so easy to play with.

Do you think there are different ways of playing, or styles, of Football in

different areas around the world? Explain your answer using football
terms.

Latin style confident with the ball, good dribblers

with the ball. They keep the ball in ready stage in
order to kick it.
Italian style is skillful and alert. They make forward
runs at all angles, which is unnoticeable and
difficult to have. Defenders prefer to slow the
tempo down, shield and play slowly so other team
members can keep up.
The British style is physical, quick, and
straightforward. Attacks are set up with high speed
and with few touches on the ball. Passes are
unbroken, often sent over the enemy defense.

Bibliography
http
://www.buzzhunt.co.uk/2010/06/07/different-f
ootball-styles
/
http://www.slideshare.net/1197sana/footbal
l-assignment
http://www.all-soccer-info.com/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm
ons/thumb/b/b9/Football_iu_1996.jpg/300pxFootball_iu_1996.jpg
http://www.citycoltsfc.org.uk/club/6/images/i
mage/football_ball.jpg