Question

A Brief history of football and the different terms in football

Answer 1

Many have traced the game to China during the Han Dynasty, in the 200s C.E. The Chinese played a game called “cuju,” literally “kickball,” which bears some resemblance to the modern game. It was played with a stitched ball which was often kicked into goals. Its resemblance ends there. From there, similar games sprouted up in Asia, from the Malay Peninsula and Japan to the Pacific Islands and Australia. Across the oceans, in the Americas, and particularly Central and South America, ball games were standard throughout just about every civilization from the centuries B.C.E. all the way to Cortez. Mesoamerica also had the only ancient balls that bounced – because only Mesoamerica (at the time) had rubber. Europe, on the other hand, had little to no ball games in its ancient cultures. The lone standout was the Celtic-speaking cultures of northwestern Europe. During the period between the 1400s and 1600s in England, football, which had sprung out of various Celtic ball games, was actually banned by the English kings several times – it was a game of peasants, and thought to incite sin and violence.

Answer 2

According to FIFA, the Chinese competitive game cuju (蹴鞠, literally "kick ball") is the earliest form of football for which there is evidence.[4] Cuju players could use any part of the body apart from hands and the intent was kicking a ball through an opening into a net. It was remarkably similar to modern football, though similarities to rugby occurred.[16][17] During the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), cuju games were standardised and rules were established.[16]

Phaininda and episkyros were Greek ball games.[18][19] An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens[15] appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup.[20] Athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, referenced the Roman ball game harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum were played involving hands and violence. They all appear to have resembled rugby football, wrestling and volleyball more than what is recognizable as modern football.[16][21][22][23][24][25] As with pre-codified "mob football", the antecedent of all modern football codes, these three games involved more handling the ball than kicking.[26][27] Other games included kemari in Japan and chuk-guk in Korea.[28][29]

Association football in itself does not have a classical history.[20] Notwithstanding any similarities to other ball games played around the world FIFA has recognised that no historical connection exists with any game played in antiquity outside Europe.[30] The modern rules of association football are based on the mid-19th century efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played in the public schools of England. The history of football in England dates back to at least the eighth century AD.[31]

nutmeg- when the ball goes between the legs of a player

goal- one point

penalty- when a foul happens in the D, a penalty is taken. a person shoots the ball at the goal with the keeper keeping.

foul- when a wrong is done

referee- the umpire