Soccer Fundamentals: Stages, Techniques, Tactics, and Rules

Benjamin Stage: Objectives

  1. Knowing the concept of attacking.
  2. Positions.
  3. Knowing the concept of defense.
  4. Understanding the assigned positions in the field and the respectful distribution of the game.

Alevin Stage: Objectives

  1. Understanding what an attack is and how it is executed.
  2. This is the stage in which dismarking (support or break) is explained to create free spaces and marking, how it is done, and why it is used.
  3. How to achieve breadth and depth in the game and why it works.

Basic Techniques

  • Controlling
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Stress: Understanding and Managing Its Effects on the Body

Stress: Understanding Its Effects

What is Stress?

A state of alert in the body due to an event, phenomenon, or sensation. It manifests as a deregulation of chemical substances (hormones) and psychological changes such as muscle tension, increased blood circulation, and respiration. According to Selye, there are two kinds of stress:

  • Positive: A beneficial state that requires maximum effort to deploy qualities.
  • Negative: The requirement is perceived as something superior to the body, causing fatigue and
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Sports Terminology: Types, Key Terms, and Actions

Common Sports

  • Badminton
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Darts
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis

Contact Sports

  • Boxing
  • Judo
  • Rugby

Water Sports

  • Fishing
  • Canoeing
  • Kayaking
  • Sailing

Winter Sports

  • Curling
  • Ice Skating
  • Skiing

Less Usual Sports

  • Croquet
  • Fencing
  • Polo

Key Terms

  • Amateur: An athlete who has never accepted money, or who accepts money under restrictions specified by a regulatory body, for participating in a competition.
  • Professional: A skilled practitioner; an expert.
  • Basket: Either of the two goals normally elevated ten feet above the floor,
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Artistic Gymnastics: History, Definition, and Key Features

Introduction to Artistic Gymnastics

This paper focuses on the key themes of artistic gymnastics, a subject covered in the second evaluation of Physical Education. This brief explanation will define the sport, review its origins and modern resurgence, discuss its characteristics and classifications, and finally, list the websites where the majority of information needed to make this work was obtained.

Definition of Artistic Gymnastics

Gymnastics, also called artistic gymnastics, is a sport practiced

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Basketball: History, Rules, and Gameplay

The Origins and Evolution of Basketball

In 1891, James Naismith was developing a new game. The objective was to introduce a ball into peach baskets, and the gym was the play space. This allowed for a fun activity, even on a cold, rainy day. Thus, basketball was born. Millan’s father introduced basketball in Spain in 1921.

Regulation

Objective

Try to get more points than the opposing team.

Pitch

28 x 35 meters and the basket at 3.05 meters high.

Material

A basketball.

Duration

Four periods of 10 minutes each,

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Freud’s Structural Model of the Psyche

Freud employed the term “topical” (from the Greek topos = place) in a metaphorical sense, indicating that he wanted to comprehend the human psyche without a model that represents different spatial regions. Within the topical, the “primroses” are: the unconscious, the preconscious, and the conscious.

The Unconscious

We denominate “unconscious” those latent representations of which we have some suspicion, whose foundation is contained in the mind. Therefore, the characteristics of the unconscious are:

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