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2011年4月30日 星期六

Soccer History


The modern history of football spans practically 150 decades. Everything began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football branched away on their numerous courses and the world's first football association was founded - The Football Association in England. Both types of football stemmed from a common root and both have a extended and intricately branched ancestral tree. Their early background reveals no less than half a dozen distinctive video games, different to completely different degrees and to which the historical improvement of football is related and has in fact been traced again. Whether this may be justified in some instances is disputable.

However, the simple fact remains that actively playing a golf ball with the feet has been going on for many a long time and there's completely no reason to believe that it's an aberration in the far more "natural" form of actively playing a ball with all the hands. To the contrary, apart through the absolute necessity to make use of the legs and feet in such a tough bodily tussle for your basketball, generally without having any laws for defense, it had been no doubt recognized appropriate in the outset that the art of controlling the basketball using the feet was extremely challenging and, as these kinds of, it necessary unique process and talent.

The rather first kind of the soccer game for which there is scientific evidence was an workout of precisely this skilful procedure dating again into the 2nd and 3rd generations B.C. in China. A military manual dating from the period for the Han Dynasty includes among the actual education exercises, the "Tsu'Chu". This consisted of kicking a leather ball filled with feathers and hair by means of an opening, measuring only 30 - 40 cm in width, right into a small net fixed onto extended bamboo canes - a feat which obviously demanded wonderful skill and exceptional method. A variation with this exercise also existed, whereby the player was not permitted to aim at his target unimpeded, but acquired to use his feet, chest, back and shoulders whilst trying to withstand the attacks of his opponents. There was no betting then, but if there was it would favor the Hans who had been a dynasty both on and off the pitch. Use of this hands was not permitted. The golf ball artistry of today's best players is therefore not very as new as some men and women may believe.

An additional kind of the video game, also originating through the Significantly East, was the Japanese Kemari, which dates from about 500 to 600 years later on and is nevertheless played nowadays. This can be a type of circular football video game, much less magnificent, but, for that motive, a 'more dignified and ceremonious expertise, requiring selected expertise, but not competitive ' with the way the Chinese video game was, nor is there the slightest sign of battle for possession on the ball. The game enthusiasts received to pass the ball to each other, inside a rather small area, attempting to not let it touch the ground.

soccer games in ChinaThe Greek game "episkyros", relatively tiny of which has been handed down, was considerably livelier, as was the Roman online game "Harpastum". The latter was played accompanied by a scaled-down basketball with two teams contesting the video game over a rectangular area marked by boundary lines plus a centre-line. The object was to obtain the golf ball more than the opponents' boundary lines. The ball was passed involving avid gamers and trickery was the purchase on the afternoon. Every team member experienced his very own particular tactical assignment and the spectators took a vociferous interest inside the proceedings and also rating.

The role in the feet in this game was so small as scarcely to become of consequence. This game remained famous for 700 or 800 several years, but, although the Romans took it to England with them, it's always doubtful whether it is usually regarded as being a forerunner of contemporary football. And Planet Cup betting wasn't a factor then. Exactly the same applies for hurling, a well known game considering the Celtic populace, that is played to this extremely day in Cornwall and Ireland. It is possible that influences have been asserted, but it's always particular how the decisive improvement in the online game of football with which we are now familiar took place in England and Scotland.

The game that flourished with the British Isles in the 8th to the 19th hundreds of years received a substantial assortment of local and regional versions - which ended up subsequently smoothed along and smartened up to type the existing evening sports of association football and rugby football. They were being substantially numerous from every one of the previously known forms - more disorganised, more violent, further spontaneous and often played by an indefinite number of game enthusiasts. Repeatedly, the game titles took the kind of a heated contest involving entire village communities or townships - via streets, village squares, across fields, hedges, fences and streams. Kicking was authorized, as in reality was nearly everything else.

Nevertheless, in a few of these games kicking was out belonging to the issue due to your sizing and weight belonging to the ball becoming applied. In these kinds of scenarios, kicking was instead employed to fell opponents. Incidentally, it had been not right until nine years right after the football principles got been established for that initial time in 1863 that the sizing and fat of the ball have been finally standardised. Up to that time, agreement on this point received typically been reached through the parties worried if they had been arranging the match, as was the situation for your video game in between London and Sheffield in 1866. This match was also the first wherever the duration in the game was prearranged for 1 and a fifty percent several hours.








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2011年4月29日 星期五

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2011年4月28日 星期四

Football Boots (Soccer Cleats) The History


Football Boots: Earliest Recorded - King Henry VIII in 1526

King Henry VIII's football boots were listed within the Great Wardrobe of 1526, a shopping list of the day. They were made by his personal shoemaker Cornelius Johnson in 1525, at a cost of 4 shillings, the equivalent of £100 in today's money. Little is known about them, as there is no surviving example, but the royal football boots are known to have been made of strong leather, ankle high and heavier than the normal shoe of the day.

Football Boots - The 1800's

Moving forward 300 years saw football developing and gaining popularity throughout Britain, but still remaining as an unstructured and informal pastime, with teams representing local factories and villages in a burgeoning industrial nation. Players would wear their hard, leather work boots, which were long laced and steel toe-capped as the first football boots. These football boots would also have metal studs or tacks hammered into them to increase ground grip and stability.

As laws become integrated into the game in the late 1800's, so saw the first shift in football boots to a slipper (or soccus) style shoe, with players of the same team starting to wear the same boots for the first time. Laws also allowed for studs, which had to be rounded. These leather studs, also known as cleats, were hammered into the early football boots, which for the first time moved away from the earlier favoured work boots. These football boots weighed 500g and were made of thick, hard leather going up the ankle for increased protection. The football boots would double in weight when wet and had six studs in the sole. The football boot had arrived...

Football Boots - The 1900's to 1940's

Football boot styles remained relatively constant throughout the 1900's up to the end of the second world war. The most significant events in the football boot world in the first part of the twentieth century were the formation of several football boot producers who are still making football boots today, including Gola (1905), Valsport (1920) and Danish football boot maker Hummel (1923).

Over in Germany, Dassler brothers Adolf and Rudolf formed the Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory) in Herzogenaurach in 1924 and began producing football boots in 1925 which had 6 or 7 replaceable, nailed studs, which could be changed according to the weather conditions of play.

Football Boots - The 1940's to 1960's

Football boot styles shifted significantly after the end of the second world war, as air travel became cheaper and more international fixtures were played. This saw the lighter, more flexible football boot being worn by the South Americans being thrust onto the world stage, and their ball skills and technical ability amazed all those that watched them. Football boot production shifted to producing a lighter football boot with the focus on kicking and controlling the ball rather than simply producing a piece of protective footwear.

1948 saw the formation of the Adidas company by Adolf (Adi) Dassler after a falling out with his brother that was to form the cornerstone of football boot maker rivalry for the preceding years up to today. Brother Rudolf founded the beginnings of the Puma company in 1948, quickly producing the Puma Atom football boot. This led to interchangeable screw in studs made of plastic or rubber for the first time, reputedly by Puma in the early 1950's but the honour is also claimed by Adidas (Read the Story on Footy-Boots). Football boots of the time were still over the ankle, but were now being made of a mixture of synthetic materials and leather, producing and even lighter shoe for the players of the day to display their skills with.

Football Boots - The 1960's

The technological developments of the sixties bought a momentous step-change in design which saw the lower cut design introduced for the first time in football history. This change allowed players to move faster and saw the likes of Pele wearing Puma football boots in the 1962 World Cup Finals. Adidas, though, quickly emerged as the market leader, a position it claims until the present day. In the World Cup Finals of 1966, an astonishing 75% of players wore the Adidas football boot.

The 1960's also saw several other football boot makers joining the market with their own brands and styling including Mitre (1960), Joma (1965) and Asics (1964).

Football Boots - The 1970's

The seventies began with the iconic 1970 World Cup Finals which saw a sublime Brazilian team lift the trophy with Pele again at the helm, this time wearing the Puma King football boot. The decade itself will be remembered for the way in which football boot sponsorship took off, where players were being paid to wear only one brand. In terms of design and style, technological advancements produced lighter boots, and a variety of colours, including for the first time, the all-white football boot.

In 1979, Adidas produced the world's best selling football boot the Copa Mundial, built of kangaroo leather and built for speed and versatility. Although Adidas remained dominant, several other football boot makers joined the fray including Italian football boot maker Diadora (1977).

Football Boots - The 1980's

The greatest development of recent times in the design and technology of football boots was developed in the eighties by former player Craig Johnston, who created the Predator football boot, which was eventually released by Adidas in the 1990's. Johnston designed the Predator to provide greater traction between football boot and the ball, and football boot and the ground. The design allowed for greater surface areas to come into contact with the ball when being hit by the football boot, with a series of power and swerve zones within the striking area allowing the player to create greater power and swerve when hitting the "sweet spots". The eighties also saw football boots for the first time being made by English company Umbro (1985), Italy's Lotto and Spain's Kelme (1982).

Football Boots - 1990's

1994 saw Adidas release the Craig Johnston designed Predator with its revolutionary design, styling and technology making it an instant and lasting success. The Predator by now featured polymer extrusion technologies and materials allowing for a more flexible sole as well as the conventional studs being replaced by a bladed design covering the sole, giving a more stable base for the player. In 1995 Adidas released their bladed outsole traxion technology which are tapered shaped blades. Puma hit back in 1996 with a foam-free midsole football boot, known as Puma Cell Technology, to which Adidas responded again, this time with wedge shaped studs in the same year. The nineties saw new football boot producers Mizuno release their Mizuno Wave in 1997. Other new football boots came from Reebok (1992) and Uhlsport (1993) with other companies also joining the ever increasing, lucrative and competitive market place. Most significantly the nineties saw the entry of Nike, the world's biggest sportswear producer, immediately making an impact with its Nike Mercurial soccer boot (1998), weighing in at just 200g.

Football Boots - 2000+

As technology advanced still further, the application of the new research and developments were seen in the years into the new millennium right up to the present day and this has led to a reinforcement of the market positions of the big three football boot makers and sellers, Puma, Nike and Adidas (incorporating Reebok since 2006). Fortunately, there still remains room in the market place for the smaller producer that does not have the big money endorsement contracts at its disposal, such as Mizuno, Diadora, Lotto, Hummel and Nomis.

Recent developments since 2000 have seen the Nomis Wet control technology producing a sticky boot (2002), the Craig Johnston Pig Boot (2003), shark technology by Kelme (2006) and the exceptional design of the Lotto Zhero Gravity laceless football boots (2006) all of which underpin the successes that these smaller makers can achieve by producing specialised and technologically advanced football boots that provide a distinct differentiation from the mass produced products of the big three. Laser technology has also helped to produce the world's first fully customised football by Prior 2 Lever, which is perhaps the most exciting and innovative of the recent developments.

Current favourite football boots include Adidas' F50, Tunit and Predator; Nike's Mercurial Vapor III, Air Zoom Total 90s and Tiempo Ronaldinho, Reebok Pro Rage and Umbro X Boots.

Football Boots - The Future

As the debate rages with regards the lack of protection given by modern football boots, and the repercussion in terms of player injuries, there seems little to suggest that the major manufacturers are going to give up their quest for the lightest football boot for a more protective one. The proliferation of big money sponsorship deals, namely Nike Ronaldinho, Adidas with David Beckham and Reebok with Thierry Henry, has become a huge factor that drives the success and sales of a football boot maker, but is viewed as at a cost of injury and stagnation in football boot research and development. All we can predict for the future is integration with sensor technology, lighter and more powerful football boots and more outlandish designs and styles.

Football boots have travelled a long way since King Henry strutted onto the fields of England in the 1500's: the football boot has gone from an everyday protective apparel to a highly designed and cutting edge technological product which is a vital part of the player's equipment. Whatever the colour, the design, the style or the player - we love footy boots!








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2011年4月27日 星期三

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2011年4月26日 星期二

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2011年4月25日 星期一

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2011年4月24日 星期日

FIFA Soccer 11

FIFA Soccer 11 is the 18th game in Electronic Arts' popular video game soccer series. Continuing with the franchise's unique blend of realism and innovative features that bring the authenticity to the video game pitch that fans crave, FIFA Soccer 11 is an exciting must-have title for both longtime and existing fans of console sports gaming. Game features include: a roster of over 15,000 real players represented in-game, the Personality+ system which mirrors the abilities of every player imported into the game, all-new passing abilities, finer dribbling controls, extensive customization options and more.

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Taking a pass in the open field in FIFA Soccer 11
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More than 15,000 players represented.
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A Reinvention of the Game

FIFA Soccer 11 reinvents player authenticity--on and off the ball--for every player and at every position on the pitch with a number of innovative gameplay features, including Personality+, an all-new feature that sees individual abilities reflected in game, enabling clear differentiation for every player.

Personality+

With Personality+ a footballer's abilities on the pitch is mirrored authentically in game, creating individual personalities. Players will be distinguished from one another through a sophisticated database that evaluates and grades each player's skill-set over 36 attributes and 57 traits, compiled by 1,700 scouts around the world. Real Madrid's Kaka will deliver crisp, creative passes, Barcelona's Andres Iniesta will utilize tighter turns and close control to dribble through defenses, Manchester United's Wayne Rooney will hold off defenders and strike shots from distance with pace, and topflight defenders like Giorgio Chiellini of Juventus will anticipate, predict and react to offensive players to win back possession.

Goalkeepers have also been injected with Personality+. The real-life personality of the keeper, whether acrobatic or traditional, will dictate his style in game. Dive attributes will determine the keepers with the ability to reach for further shots while reflex attributes determine reaction times, so a keeper like Petr Cech of Chelsea FC will show be able to showcase world-class skills.

Career Mode

A new engine delivers an authentic experience that mimics the real-world game. Begin as a real player, created player or Virtual Pro and evolve into a player-manager and manager--or just begin at the top--and enjoy a 15-year career. Players now receive instant feedback and enjoy a vastly improved status system. Plus, authentic tournament structures, results and new calendar system, featuring simultaneous simulations, improve the speed and flow of games. Featuring new Team Management for simpler player comparison and Friends Leaderboard to compare stats and earnings.

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Building on the FIFA 10 gameplay that won 50 sports game of the year awards, FIFA 11 introduces new Pro Passing where pass accuracy is determined by a gamer's ability on the control pad, and player skill, situation and urgency on the pitch, yielding a deeply rewarding passing system. Plus, a series of new customization tools will enable fans to transform FIFA 11 in new and personally meaningful ways. Assign customized chants for every team and league and play music tracks from your existing library from within the game.

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  • Personality+ - Personality + sees a footballer's performance on the pitch mirrored authentically in game, creating clearly differentiated players with individual personalities. Personality+ at every position and for every player on the pitch reinvents how players perform – on and off the ball.
  • Personality+ Goalkeepers - The real-life personality of the Keeper, whether acrobatic or traditional, will dictate his style in the game. Dive attributes will determine the keepers with the ability to reach for further shots while Reflex attribute determine reaction times.
  • Personality+ CPU AI - CPU controlled football stars have a suite of skill moves to exploit, with star player attributes and specific behaviors attributed to particular players.
  • Personality+ Celebrations - User Controlled Celebrations 2.0 enhances the emotion of scoring by allowing you to perform your players trademark celebration and interact with your teammates in real-time.
  • Personality+ Player Models - Greater variety of bodies and models further distinguishes each player on the pitch. Plus, new dribble run styles perfectly match players' real-world abilities and style.
  • Personality+ Animations - More varied and realistic animations will bring an added level of authenticity. New heading animations differentiate downward strikes from deflections. Featuring dozens of new tackling, slide tackle and jostling animations with a multitude of new responses.
  • Pro Passing System - A new passing system where pass accuracy is determined by a gamer's ability on the control pad, and player skill, situation and urgency on the pitch. Poor decisions or over/under striking the ball will mean error-prone outcomes. New types of passes such as swerve passes will enable players to make a safer and more effective play.
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  • Advanced Goalkeeper Awareness - Goalkeepers are now more aware of their surroundings and react more intelligently to each threat. Improvements include sprinting to cut off a loose ball, demonstrating urgency when scrambling back to the net, and the aptitude to skillfully identify and react to lob shots.
  • FIFA Theatre - Save highlights from any match – including online – right to your hard drive to view, replay or upload to Footballworld.com at any time.
  • Complete Authenticity - 28 officially licensed leagues, over 500 licensed teams and more than 15,000 players.
  • Virtual Pro - Live out the fantasy of being a real life footballer by creating yourself in game with a 3D head using Photo Game Face. Play as yourself across any mode. Grow your player attributes through 200 accomplishments and take your Virtual Pro online to become a global superstar.
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2011年4月23日 星期六

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