Joomla! site syndication http://www.footballoption.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:50:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.footballoption.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.footballoption.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.footballoption.com/football/football/learn-how-to-play-football.html Football is a world famous sport. Time and over it has gained immense spectatorship and fame. There is no two ways about the fact that football is no longer just a game but a passion for both the players and the spectator. So do we define this extraordinary sport? Well football can be defined as a game or a form of sport activity which involves kicking a ball with different degrees by your foot in an effort to attain or score a goal i.e. the ball should hit the net. This game is played between two teams where each team is required to have to 11-18 players. As such there are various forms of football however the centre of attraction is still one known as the ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL commonly called as soccer or just football. Though the word soccer was a slang abbreviation adopted for the word association of the name ASSOCAITION FOOTBALL and because of this reason there were many controversies regarding the adoption of the word soccer however the use of the word still prevails even today. In fact more or less nowadays most of us acknowledge association football as SOCCER only. Though sitting in the stadium the football might appear to be very simple to an ordinary man’s eyes but wait guys it is not that easy to play your so called soccer!! There is a long list of rules which needs to followed while playing association football which includes everything from head to toe including the field size, ball type etc. to begin with a must be followed rules while playing football are: Football - Football Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:13:40 +0100 http://www.footballoption.com/football/football/the-history-of-college-football.html The first college football game that was played between Princeton and Rutgers on November 6th, 1869 at New Brunswick in New Jersey. There were many differences between this game of college football and the one we see today. The football was round and the field 120 yards long and 75 yards wide and each team had 25 players.The growth of college football was fairly slow in the early years and there were only 6 teams by the time a rugby ball was adopted for playing with and the first officials of the game were used.In the following year a crossbar was added to the goalposts and these remain in use for college football games to this day. The college football field was also made smaller and the members of each team were reduced to 15. Football - Football Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:43:48 +0100 http://www.footballoption.com/football/football/notre-dame-football.html Notre Dame the fighting Irish is one of the most popular state schools in the United States. Many students go to Notre Dame because of everything that they have to offer. Most importantly, they are noted to having a good football team. They seem to always be going to some football bowl game. In fact, in 2005, they made it to the Fiesta Bowl. The school takes pride in their academic excellence and their ability to excel in sports. They not only excel in football but all sports. They seem to know what it takes to have a team excel, this can only be accounted for by they're excellent coaching and leading skills. They promise to not only take their students to higher athletic level, but also to give them a promising future and education. Football - Football Mon, 07 May 2007 13:41:26 +0100 http://www.footballoption.com/football/football/football-hall-of-fame.html The National Football League (NFL) hall of fame is known as the Professional Football Hall of Fame. The hall of fame is located in Canton, Ohio. It was established on September 7, 1963 with seventeen inductees. The amazing thing about the football hall of fame is Billy Shaw. Billy Shaw is the only person who was inducted and never played a piece of professional ball in the NFL. His entire career was in the American football league. Everyone else inducted into the hall of fame has played football for the national league. The reason that the building was built in Canton, Ohio was because of the American Professional Football Association was first founded in Canton. The association was later renamed the NFL. Football - Football Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:45:13 +0100 http://www.footballoption.com/football/football/football-camp.html Football camp is what all students or professionals will go through when it comes to playing football. Many of the camps will last anywhere between two weeks and a month or more. This is for them to get in shape for the season and to build their body up. Even if you believe that you are the best, you need to leave room to improve because everyone can improve some part of their game. At camp, you endure hours and hours of practices and exercises that allow your body to get to use to the brutality of the season.For high school kids, they will go somewhere at a college or camp that will isolate them from everything but practice. This way they can focus on their game plan. By focusing on their game plan, they will improve their performance. For college students, they are usually encouraged to get into other sports so they don't have to train hard in the off-season and maybe build up some muscle mass in the off season. Football - Football Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:33:40 +0100