Football types: how to recognize the differences
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January 9, 2009, 6:36 pm
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Here is a small review on the different types of football all over the world:
Association football: This is commonly known as football or soccer, mostly played in Europe and Latin America.
Indoor football: It is basically the same as Association football, however, as the name establishes, it is played indoors. There are several types:
Five-a-side football: played throughout the world under various rules including:
- FIFA approved Futsal which is played between two teams of five players each, one plays as a goalkeeper, and up to seven substitutes per team
- Indoor soccer: A type of soccer played mostly in North America that was adapted to be played at an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink.
- Paralympic Football: A type of soccer modified to be played by athletes with a disability.
- Beach soccer: Self explanatory this is football played on sand, commonly known as sand soccer.
- Street football: Played informally, rules are set taking into consideration several varieties of football.
- Keepie uppie: Also considered as a match up in some places, keepie uppie is the art of juggling with a football using feet, knees, chest, shoulders, and head.
- Footbag: A kind of keepie uppie football played with a small bean bag or sand bag used as a ball in a number of keepie uppie variations, the most common being a hacky sack.
- Freestyle Football: a modern style Keepie uppie. The players are called Freestylers are graded for their entertainment value and expression of skills. Requires lots of training and practice.
Soccer as you can see is also called football in most places around the world and the type of football played in North America is defined as American Football only, which is played in the NFL. In England the most common variation of football is Rugby.
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