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Parents everywhere want their children to develop in way that allows them to thrive in society. They want their children to learn discipline, respect, sharing and the art of making new friends. Every parent also wants his or her children to grow up healthy and fit.

So, what’s the answer? Soccer! Soccer allows children and teenagers to develop social skills, have fun and stay fit, all at the same time.

What’s that? You don’t know anything about soccer? No problem, it’s not at all difficult to learn the basics.

Soccer is a game of two forty-five minute halves. The objective of each team is to kick the ball into the opposing team’s goal.

The winning team is the one that has scored the most goals after the ninety minutes have passed. The match is a draw if the teams have scored an equal amount of goals or if both teams fail to score. If a draw occurs, a penalty shootout may take place, which involves each team having 5 shots at goal and the team scoring the most from those shots being declared the winner.

Each team consists of eleven players, with one of those being designated as a goalkeeper, whose job it is to protect the goal of his team.

The goalkeeper is the only player who can use his hands to touch the ball, all the other players commit a foul if they do this. The other ten players are designated positions depending on the coach’s style.

These ten players may be assigned as either defenders, midfielders or strikers. Defenders tend to stay in around their own teams goal – their purpose being to prevent the opposing team from being able to shoot at it.

Midfielders generally operate in the middle of the park and act as link between the defenders and the strikers. If their team is under pressure then they will help the defenders and if their team is on the attack then they will help the strikers.

The forwards also known as the strikers are given the job of scoring goals. They normally spend the whole game in the opposition’s half of the field. The strikers predominately take the most shots and score the most goals. Most soccer parents want their child to be a striker because this position gets the most attention and recognition.

The cost of playing soccer is minimal and there is no expensive equipment that needs to be purchased. The question shouldn’t be whether you can afford to play soccer, but rather can you afford not to play.

Now is the time to get involved if you haven’t already done so. There’s really not a single reason why shouldn’t at least introduce the idea to your child. Who knows, your child could be the next David Beckham?

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