The Concept of Soccer  

Soccer is a fast moving sport filled with action that people enjoy.  While in a game, 2 team

Types of Soccer Injuries

                 There are many injuries that can occur in soccer, such as soft-tissue contusions, (bruises), knee injuries, and foot injuries.  For these types of injuries there are things that can heal it.  For heel or foot pains, inserts, placed in the soccer shoes may help.  Other injuries are ankle injuries, fractures, and heading the ball.  Children under 12 probably should not head the ball due to the injuries that can occur.

Soccer Equiptment

                    For soccer, soccer shoes must fit correctly on a person’s foot.  The proper shoes are rubber or plastic cleats.  When you practice, you should wear t-shirts and shorts.  Also, if you are a girl you should play with your hair up.  When you attempt to play soccer you should take off any earrings or jewelry.

Soccer Countries

                   There are many countries that play soccer.  Here are a few… USA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, SCOTLAND,  SPAIN, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, and MEXICO.  There are also many, many more.  Soccer is known throughout the whole earth.  Many countries enjoy playing soccer.  A lot of countries win world cups in competitions if they work hard enough. In soccer there are girl soccer teams and boy soccer teams.

 Where Soccer Was Developed

            As played today, soccer was developed in the United Kingdom in the 1800’s and quickly spread to many other countries.  The game of soccer was not until the mid-1900’s that is was popular in the USA.  But today, it is one of the nation’s fastest growing sports.

 Ages That Are Most Likely To Get Hurt

            Generally soccer is a safe and healthy form of exercise and competition for children.  However, some precautions should be taken to maximize safety.  Of  the approximately 150,000 soccer related injuries that occur each year.  Participants under the age of 15 results are 45% occur each year.

 Injury  Prevention

                 One thing to preventing injuries is choosing a proper class for teaching soccer.  Children and their families have to accept whatever kinds of injuries occur during a soccer play.  Children also need the proper health balance of their schedule of practice time, game time and days off can prevent overuse injuries.

 Receiving Injuries

            If a child has a proper predisposition to certain injuries such as ankle sprains, should be examined before playing.  If not, a child might get worse during a play, and receive another injury. Braces that are supportive may be appropriate for the teeth if needed.  Soccer injuries in young athletes occur at the rate of about 2-5% with female players reporting more injuries than males.     

By Jena