How to Play Soccer

The basic rules of soccer consist of 2 teams of 11 players who try to outscore the other team by kicking a ball through a goal. Learn some of the basic rules from a professional soccer head coach in this sports video.

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Bend ball to top corner
Fake side & drive in middle
Use side footed shot
Score goal

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Adrian Heath is the head coach for the Austin Aztex. Adrian played soccer for twenty years and has twenty years of coaching experience.

Hi, my name is Adrian Heath. I'm the head coach of the Austin Aztex. The basic principles of soccer, or football as it's called around the world, two teams of 11 trying to defend goals on either end, that one there and that one there; two goalkeepers, one of each team. So you got 10 outfield players on each side of the pitch. Normally, four defenders, four midfield players, two attackers. Basic principle of the game is to play inside the white lines that you can see, the outside white lines over here. Both halves have a penalty area. If a player gives a foul away or handballs the ball in that area, you get a penalty. The only people on the field allowed to handle the ball are the goal keepers, but they must do so in the 18-yard box. The only other time in the game when you can actually use your hands is when the balls comes over the line and you have to put it back in with a throw-in. Apart from that, the basic rules are simple: Can we get the ball from one end of the field to the other to get a goal. At the end of 45 minutes, there's a halftime. So you play 90 minutes in total, two halves of 45 minutes, plus some stoppage time if and when people get injured or the ball goes out of play. The rules are very simple: Can we get the ball in the goal at either end.

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