1. Football

Every body is fond of playing games. Football is commonly played in the cities where there are big playgrounds. It is also played in the villages. The game Football is played between two teams. Each team consists of eleven players. Both teams try to move the ball towards their opponent’s goalpost to make goals. For the purpose, they use the skills such as passing, dribbling, shooting, heading, trapping and many others. At the same time, the opponent team tries to defend the ball to prevent goal. So, players must know defensive skills also. The game is played for tow halves of 45 minutes. Ten minutes interval is provided in between tow halves. That team is declared winner, which scores more goals than the opponent team. A large field is required to play these games. A rectangular ground with the length of 120-90 m. Breadth 90-64 m. but inter national matches the length is of 110-100 m. and Breadth of 75-64 m. The height of the goal post 2044 m and length should be 7.32 m.
There are skills of Football. Some of them are follows:
i) Kicking: Kicking is most essential skill in Football. It requires the control of ball calculation of the distance and the direction towards which the ball has to be passed. The rolling Kick is two ways of kicking the ball.
ii) Trapping: It is a method of receiving the ball through various means and controlling the ball. It also means letting the ball rebound and control.
iii) Dribbling: It is the process of keeping the ball under control by a player while waiting to give a pass to a team mate or taking ahead on his own. It can be done in two ways short and long. There are many others skills of Football. Such as: heading, goal keeping, tracking and throw in. But kicking, trapping and dribbling are main.