Soccer             

     Soccer, which is also known as football in many countries, is the number one sport in the world.There are over 100,000,000 people playing it in over 150 countries.

   The rules of soccer were first published in 1863, by the London Football Association. It has now spread to most parts of the world as a competitive and contact sport. There must be 7 players on the field for 6-8 year olds and 11 players on the field for 9-adult.In soccer there is a yellow card and a red card.A yellow card is a warning from the referee if you keep fouling people. A red card comes after a yellow if you continue fouling people, or you commit a major foul, then you automatically get kicked out of the game.

                                

 

Basketball 

    Basketball is called "America's game." It is now played all over the world.Basketball was first started in a gym in Springfield, Massachusetts. Today the basketball hoop is part of America's landscape. Basketball is played by dribbling a ball down a court and shooting it at a goal. If you foul, double-dribble, travel, or do back and forth the other team will receive the ball or get foul shots. When you first start the game you do a tip off. A tip off is when the ref throws the ball in the air and you jump up and try to hit it to your teammates.