It’s the first soccer practice of the season and Sophie is ready to go She has played other sports before but this will be her first time to play soccer and Sophie can’t wait to score a goal When the practice begins Sophie’s coach talks to the players about how important it is to work together as a team Each of them will have an important job to do They all need to try their best if they’re going to have a chance to win Going to Practice 4 CHAPTER 1
FUN FACT Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world It is played in more than 200 countries Sophie leans over to her friend Brian and says When do we get to score goals Shhh Brian says Listen to your coach Sophie’s coach tells the players that they need to warm up before practice He asks each player to jog around the field one time Then they all have to do 10 jumping jacks When do we get to practice scoring goals Sophie asks Brian Shhh Brian says 5
CHAPTER 2 Passing and Dribbling Sophie already knows the basic rules of soccer All of the players on one team try to kick the ball into the other team’s goal And all of the players on the other team try to stop them But instead of having them kick the ball into the goal Sophie’s coach asks the players first to practice dribbling 6
The sport that we call soccer is known throughout most of the world as football A set of rules called Association Football was formed more than 150 years ago By the time that sport started to become popular in the United States we already had a game called football so Association Football became soccer Now what we call football is known as either American football or gridiron in the rest of the world So confusing DID YOU KNOW When do we get to score goals Sophie asks Brian But Brian is already working on his dribbling 7
