Reflection on Rant!

After reading a few online articles about the physical demands and physical nature of soccer I have not changed my view at all. I still believe that soccer is one of, if not the most physically demanding sport in the world. I also still believe that soccer is a physical sport, contrary to the belief of a lot of Americans. I really did not need to read any articles about these issues because I have had first hand experience, though the articles I read did reinforce my thinking. I read one article from ussoccer.com that was pretty interesting. It was about how coaches track each player’s movements on the field during a match. The coach tracks when a player is walking, running, running with the ball, and many other movements that the player could have during a match. Reading this article truly did reinforce my current belief that soccer is demanding. A soccer player must have great fitness or will be unable to play soccer the way it’s meant to be played.

Reading the articles did not affect where I was going to post my rant because I was always going to post it as a blog. I am not an avid user of twitter or Facebook or any others social media sites, so those are out of the question. I also have no idea how to make and post a video to YouTube, so that’s out of the question as well. So all I had left was to make a blog post.

This is the article about how the coaches track the movements of players.

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/28/the-physical-demands-of-soccer

Soccer IS Physically Demanding

Something that really bothers me are people that think soccer is a sport that is easy to play or anybody can play it, when really most could not. Soccer is a very physically demanding sport, players must have excellent fitness if they want to play at the highest level. Along with having excellent fitness they must also have great footwork and have some strength, because soccer is a physical sport. There is a lot of physical play in soccer, a lot of pushing and pulling. If you ever get the chance to watch a soccer match I would suggest you do, because seeing is believing, and if you watch a match I guarantee you will see how physical it really is. Especially watch when a corner kick or a free kick is being taken, that is where there is a lot of pushing and pulling. Something else that really bothers me is when people say soccer players dive to much, but the fact is when someone is running at full speed, like most soccer players would be doing, it only takes a little contact to knock them off of there stride or for them to fall over. All though this is true some players do dive, and when I am watching a match and I see a player dive it really gets me anger. I am a physical player myself, so watching a player dive when there is no contact really infuriates me. Diving is cheating but is sadly going to be part of the game until referees start calling dives and handing out yellow cards for them. Soccer is truly the world’s greatest sport and hopefully someday soon Americans will come to their senses and treat it as such.

Rant!

Something that bothers me are people that think soccer is a pussy, girly sport, when it really is not. I have played and watched soccer for most of my life. There is a lot of physical play in soccer, a lot of pushing and pulling. If you ever get the chance to watch a soccer match I would suggest you do, because seeing is believing and if you watch it I guarantee you will see how physical it really is. Especially watch when a corner kick or a free kick is being taken, thats where there is a lot of pushing and pulling. Something else that really bothers me is when people say soccer players dive to much, but the fact is when someone is running to full speed, like most soccer players would be doing, it only takes a little contact to knock them off of there stride or for them to fall over. All though this is true some player do truly dive and when I am watching a match and I see a player dive it really pisses me off. I am a physical player myself, so watching a player dive when there is no contact really, really infuriates me. Diving is sadly going to be part of the game until referees start calling dives and handing out yellow cards for them.