Football

Football association, popularly known as soccer football, although also football, is a team
sport played between two sets of 11 players each. It is widely regarded as the most popular
sport in the world, with about 270 million people involved.

It is played on a rectangular field of grass, with a goal and goal on each side of the field. The
objective of the game is to move a ball across the field to try to locate it within the opposite
goal, an act known as a goal. The team that scores the most goals after the match is the
winner. A difference from other soccer codes, association soccer is played primarily with the
feet, except the goalkeeper, who is the only player who can use his hands and arms in certain
places of the field while the ball is in play.

The game was modern created in England after the formation of the Football Association,
whose rules of the game of 1863 son the basis of the sport at present. The governing body of
football in the International Federation of Football Association, better known by its acronym
FIFA. The most prestigious international football competition at the FIFA World Cup, held
every four

The basketball

* Rules of Basketball
The practice of basketball requires a rectangular field whose measurements are 24 - 28m in
length and 13 - 15m in width. The regulatory floor is made of cement. Equidistant from the
lateral boundaries, that is to say, on each smaller side of the rectangle, a rectangular board is
raised in the center of which a ring is installed, 3.05m from the ground, with a bottomless net,
whose purpose is to cushion the Velocity of the ball as it passes through the basket. The
center of the field has two circles: the restricted, 1.08m radius, and the center, 60cm radius.
There the players called pivots are placed to start the game disputing the ball.
Basketball rules determine that matches or matches last 40 minutes divided into two 20-
minute times, but the game must be real, that is, the time the ball remains "dead" is
discounted. The five players of each team can be relieved, having a total of up to 12 players
per side, prior to the referee's consent, have the opportunity during a pause in the fight and
when the ball is "dead", to change up to three players At the same time.
On the other hand, the captain has the power to request the suspension of the game for a
minute three times throughout the game; To this last resort it usually goes, either to interrupt
an offensive of the adversaries, or, and this is obvious to say, to grant rest and
encouragement to its own companions. This suspension must be enjoyed with all players in
the field.

* The peloteo, indicates, along with the capacity and precision of the shot to the basket, the
value of the basketball players; Consists in hitting the ball with one hand, taking it to a
minimum height on the ground and accompanying the play with feints made with the body,
which disorient the opponents about the true intentions, offensive or defensive of the player;
Or it can with the ball move one foot turning on the other, which must remain fixed (rotation).
It is not basketball, but a continuous series of leaps, jumps, tensed nerves to the spasm, an
athlete after a series of efforts must know how to master the tumult of his agitated heart, the
vibrations of the nerves put to Test, and claim of himself the best of his energy for the moment
to throw to the basket.
* It is not easy to excel in basketball if you do not have outstanding athletic quality, which is
more necessary here than in other sports, where half-flat figures can aspire to become
brilliant mediocrity. A high stature is in itself an important element, but also basketball players
of short stature have earned well-known notoriety; Immediately follow the agility, a remarkable
coordination of the movements and the consequent balance, a jump in powerful elevation,
either under the basket itself or under the opponent's, to be able to seize the ball in its fall,
after being rejected by the Iron board, and try again the basket throw.
Where the basket is sufficiently extended, both men's and women's teams take place, as
women also cultivate this sport and have not shown to be less courageous than men.
Clothing is important, especially shoes, which if the meeting is on wood or cement floor,
should be made of fabric, with rubber sole provided with small teeth, which allow better
adhesion to the ground, facilitate the movements that have Of serving to evade and dribble to
the contrary.