Concept of football

Football is a competitive, extremely popular sport played by two teams of 11 players each, who
move by dribbling a round ball with their feet around a rectangular playing field of varying
measurements, approximately one hundred metres long by 75 metres wide, made of natural or
artificial grass, with two opposing goals, each defended by a goalkeeper who must prevent the
opposing team from putting the ball into that goal. If this happens, the team that manages to get
the ball into the opposing goal scores a goal. Hands are only used for serving.

Although it is traditionally a male sport, women have begun to practice it with great enthusiasm.

Within the playing positions, in addition to the goalkeeper or goalkeeper that we already
mentioned, there are the defenders, who are positioned in the form of an arc, and whose function
is to prevent rivals from scoring a goal.

In the centre of the playing field is the midfielder or winger, who collaborates with the forwards or
attackers, who have the role of scorers, bringing them the ball coming from the defenders. The
match, which lasts two halves of forty-five minutes each, with a fifteen-minute half-time interval
between them, is controlled by a referee.

Every four years, since 1930, men's football World Cups have been organised, attracting the entire
world, with rotating venues, where patriotic sentiment unites fellow citizens to cheer on their
teams. The big winners worldwide have been Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina, England
and France.
 History of football
The history of football is considered to date back to 1863, the year in which The Football
Association was founded, although its origins, like those of other football codes, date back several
centuries, particularly in the British Isles during the Middle Ages. Although there were common
points between different ball games that were developed from the 3rd century BC, modern
football, the sport as it is known today, has its origins in the British Isles.

The first British codes that gave rise to association football were characterized by their lack of
organization and extreme violence. However, other less violent and better organized codes also
existed. Perhaps one of the best known was the Florentine football, a very popular team sport in
Italy that influenced the codes of some British schools. The definitive formation of association
football reached its climax during the 19th century. In 1848, representatives from different English
colleges met at Cambridge University to create the Cambridge Code, which would serve as the
basis for the creation of the rules of modern football. Finally, in 1863, in London, the first rules of
association football were made official.

Since then, football has grown steadily to become the world's most popular sport with an
estimated 270 million people participating. With the first meeting of the International Football
Association Board in 1886 and the founding of FIFA in 1904, the sport has expanded to reach every
corner of the world. From 1930 onwards, the World Cup would begin to be held, which would
become the sporting event with the largest audience in the world.

Measurements of a soccer field

Many people wonder why some football fields are smaller than others. Are all stadiums the same
size? What are the official measurements of a football field? We have all these answers:

First of all, you should know that the playing field must be made of natural or artificial grass. The
shape of the field will be rectangular, its length between 90 and 120 metres (100 and 110 metres
for international matches), and its width between 45 and 90 metres (64 and 75 metres for
international matches).

The entire perimeter of the field will be surrounded by lines with a maximum width of 12
centimetres. Inside the field, a line is drawn parallel and equidistant to the goal lines, marking half
of the playing field. On the other hand, the midpoint of this line will be the center of a circle with a
radius equal to 9.15 meters, which is the starting point where the ball is placed to start the match.

Football goal measurement

The regulatory dimensions of the professional football goal are 7.32 metres wide by 2.44 metres
high. However, football is played in various forms and in many of them the size of the goal varies.

Shape: Spherical.

Measurements: A circumference of between 68 and 70 centimeters (inclusive).

(diameter between 21.65 and 22.29 cm)
Weight: Between 410 and 450 grams (inclusive) at the start of the match.
Material: Leather or other suitable material.
Inflation pressure: 1.6 – 2.1 atmospheres (600 – 1,100 grams per square centimeter) at sea level.

Basic Fundamentals of Football

Pass to weight
Sometimes known as a direct pass, this is probably the most commonly used pass in football. It
tends to be a safe pass and is usually executed when you have a teammate nearby. The best
technique for performing a pressing pass is to first place your supporting foot alongside the ball
pointing in the direction you want the ball to go. When you make contact with it, use the inside of
the foot you are going to kick with. You'll want to kick the ball in the middle with the bottom of

your heel and your foot pointing up .

Long pass
The long pass is used to send the ball to the other side of the court to a teammate who is free and
has no defenders around him. This changes the playing area and gives the team the opportunity to
start a counterattack. Executing a long pass involves hitting the ball with accuracy and power. A
good technique is to close the ankle of the foot you are going to kick with,
hit the middle of the ball with the laces of your cleats and throw the ball
towards your teammate.

Inner edge
With the inside of the foot, the ball is hit at the height of the big toe, this
causes the ball to rotate inwards. It is used to better control the area to
which the ball is directed, it is used for medium and long distance passes.

Instep
It is used for short distance passes, the supporting foot is placed at the
height of the ball, we must accompany the hit, avoiding a sharp hit, the ball
continues its low trajectory.

Outer edge
It is used for medium, short and long distance passes. The ball is hit with the
outside of the foot and is usually done with spin. If we hit it with the right leg
the ball will go to the right and if we do it with the left it will go to the right. After doing so the ball
can go low at medium height or high (the higher we want it to go, the further back we will place
the supporting foot). It's a good pass if I'm running with the ball and I want to give it to my
teammate and keep running.

Oriented control
In oriented control, the ball is controlled and oriented in a single contact, with the player going out
in the same direction in which he oriented the ball to chain the next action. It can be done with
any contact surface. Its main advantage is the speed it brings to the game, and its disadvantage is
that it requires great technical precision to be played.

Exercise 1:
Instructions: Players will be placed in a triangle, two to four players
per cone. The exercise consists of passing the ball from cone to cone
and, upon receiving the ball, performing an oriented control to
facilitate the next pass.

Time: 2×8´

Material: 3 cones + 1 ball + 6 players

Exercise 2:
Implementation: The players will be placed in a square, two to four players per cone. The exercise
consists of passing the ball from cone to cone and, upon receiving the ball, performing an oriented
control to facilitate the next pass.

Time: 2×8´

Material: 4 cones + 2 balls + 8 players

Exercise 3:
Execution: A 6×2 rondo will be made. It is mandatory to play with two
touches, performing an oriented control to clarify the action.

Time: 2×8´

Material: 4 cones + 1 ball + 8 players

Ball handling
Continuing with the line of learning from previous reports, in this one we will talk about dribbling.

Dribbling is defined as: “It is the action that a player performs when moving the ball from one area
to another on the field, with successive touches and maintaining control over it.”

At an early age, the player must be taught how to dribble but also when it should be done. For a
coach, this has to be basic to avoid excessive driving at older ages.

Types of driving

Depending on the contact surface between the player and the ball,
we can classify several forms of driving:

 Interior: main in the beginnings of learning for young

players

 Abroad

 Indoor and outdoor uppers: the most used

 Full instep

 Plant

 Thigh, chest and head

Dribbling
in football
Dribbling in football is one of the favourite moves of football fans and is a clear example of the
player's abilities. Not only is it a simple individual maneuver, but it can help open up defenses and
attract rival marks so that a teammate can get free. Dribbling in football is something that is
becoming increasingly scarce in modern football, perhaps it has a lot to do with the fact that
everything related to it is given much more priority than before.

Auction
A shot is, strictly speaking, a throw or delivery towards the opposing goal or net with the aim of
scoring a goal. The most commonly used surfaces to execute it are the feet and the head,
depending on the angle or distance from the goal and the game
situation.

Dodge
Dribbling is an individual skill, characteristic of several ball sports,
which consists of making movements and feints with different parts of
the body (feet, legs, hips, arms or hands) in possession of the ball, in
order to avoid an opponent and prevent him from taking the ball
away.

Feint
To perform dribbles, it is very common to use feints. We understand a
feint as any movement made with any part of the body and
independently of the trajectory of the ball, with the aim of confusing
the opponent.

Feints can be performed anywhere on the field, with or without

possession of the ball. There are feints to make a pass, to dribble, and even to make a run. We just
have to keep in mind to do it at the right time and at the right speed to deceive the opponent.