Ninety Minutes - It's A Game of Two Halves - Normally!This is the Ninety Minutes Page of the How to Play Soccer-Soccer School on Spain-Football.Org.
There have been a number of famous games played that only lasted a few minutes throughout the course of football history. In This Section: Added or Stoppage TimeEach half is prolonged in order to recuperate any time that has been lost due to stoppages, injuries and time-wasting tactics and the amount of stoppage time added is down to the discretion of the ref. In general, every time a player is changed an extra thirty seconds are added to the ninety minutes and if the physio comes on about a minute. The whole objective is to end up with ninety minutes of actual playing time at the end of the game.Extra TimeParticularly in knock-out cup ties, the rules allow for extra time to be added if the result at the end of ninety minutes is a draw. This extra time is divided into two halves of fifteen minutes each. Technically, a new game has begun - the only difference is that the two teams simply change ends at half-time without taking a half-time break.Why Does A Game Last Ninety Minutes?In a game between London and Sheffield in 1866, the two teams decided that it would be convenient to begin the game at three o'clock and finish at four thirty - just in time for tea! So ninety minutes became the standard length of a game of a football game. The rule was made official in 1899.Did You Know . . . ?Although in practice play often continues, the referee has the right to blow the final whistle during any phase of the game eg. a corner, an atteck or a throw in - apart from a penalty. If a penalty has been blown, the rules stipulate that the kick must be taken.Soccer Resources on the InternetAs I do more and more research on the Internet on football-related topics I come across an ever increasing number of fantastic resources. Here are a few of the best ones I´ve found so far but with time this could turn into a complete section on different aspects of the art of playing and coaching.KITBAG really has just about the best range of football kit and equipment available on the Net. They're particularly good for exclusives. For example, Kitbag was the first company to have David Beckham Milan shirts on sale - TRULY IMPRESSIVE! Blast The Ball is quite simply the best video available for learning all about kicking a soccer ball – covers everything from techniques, aerodynamics, parts of the ball etc. The promotional video is certainly worth watching as it is a lesson in itself. Total Soccer Fitness is a free fitness course that comes in five email instalments and is ideal for players, parents and coaches alike. Soccer Tutor is a set of 250 Soccer Drills endorsed by Adidas, Umbro and Leyton Orient amongst others. If you coach a youth team and want to work on their soccer skills, this selection will keep you in ideas for season after season as your players advance from beginner to professional. It´s particularly useful if you plan on taking your your FA or UEFA coaching licence and even if you're only interested watch the demo video – it's excellent. The guy that does the voiceover is so obviously a football professional. Game of two halves, innit? The Fastbreak Soccer Practice Book Although not quite as intuitive as Soccer Tutor also contains Soccer Drills, this ebook is worth having a look at if only for the free Training Schedules available in PDF format. Elite Soccer Coach is a very handy guide for football coaches and comes with two more ebooks on Fitness and Formations.
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