Yes// I Could Relate Football to life

in #steemschool6 years ago (edited)

With few days to the much anticipated World Cup, i have truly had a lot going on my mind for real.

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The thing about the World.Cup is every team has their eye on the cup but sad thing is it goes to only one team.

So tell me....Which Country's team are you rooting for?
OR
Which team do you see fit to take home the cup?

If any of you should ask me that same question i would obviously say my country "NIGERIA".

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I know i truly know, i see many of you laughing at me already but the thing is i just have to support them no matter the weather😀😉and so i would advice you to do the same for your country.

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With that been said, am not really here to talk about the World Cup but it did bring the thought of this write-up to my head.

I don't really know if using the word "football" would upset anyone, so i rather use "soccer" instead but pardon me still if i mistakenly type football because am not perfect.

With roughly over four billion fans, it is said that soccer is unquestionably the world's most popular sport, which is great if you're soccer but really disappointing if you're the world.

But the remaining few hating on soccer still remains a mystery to me.

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As we all know the game consists primarily of;

On the pitch, we have a ball (without the ball, the game won't be probably called soccer), two teams of 11 players which One of the players is considered a goalkeeper and the center referee and linesman.

Off the pitch, we have the coaching staff, substitutes, other match officials and the spectators.

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How I Relate Soccer To Life


Watching the game of soccer and even most times playing but not on big screen or any major event (i have always been playing local😂😀) made me draw this conclusion over the years and came up with this comparison.

The Ball

In the game of soccer, we have about 22players practically chasing the ball. The truth is Just as the ball is constantly moving these players, so also is life constantly moving us.

The main reason why teams or individual players devise means to hold the ball much more longer through dribbling or passing.

Also are many of us trying to get a hold of our lives without allowing life just move us like the way the ball moves players and so we devise means to be in total control.

The Players

I just feel we all are like the players. In soccer, players have their individual role on the team. Roles like

  1. Goal keeper
  2. ‎Defenders
  3. ‎Midfielders and
  4. ‎Strikers

Under this four we still have sub-roles like Central defenders, Fullbacks, Defensive midfielders, Central midfielders, Wingers, Attacking midfielders, strikers and with the position of the goalkeeper still being goalkeeper.

The beauty about this is that some players could actually play more than a role, that is sometimes a player could play a winger, other times rotated to play attacking midfielder or even striker.

So also we all have our roles in life either you being a father, a mother, a wife, a husband, a son, a support worker, a coach, a counsellor, a website creator, a blogger a consultant, a lawyer, a banker and so on.

And not also fogetting many of us could play more than one role too that is one man could be a Father, a husband, a support worker, a coach, a counsellor, a website creator, a blogger, and consultant.

The Referees

Soccer is a game played by two teams. As such, there is always misconduct either from the team or a player and here the referees comes in acting as the law.

Each player has to play his/her role well following the rules and regulations of the game.

But in the real life sense, your referee might not be a human instead it could just be the law guiding the roles we play

For example in playing your role as a father, a banker, a lawyer you have the bible first which acts as the law(your referee) before any other paged paper. The "bible" do actually help us play our roles well no matter the role we are playing in life.

i know some would say am getting all religious now!!

Coaching Staff

The coaching staff is a group of non-players(they might not be athlete sometimes).

Having an head coach (known as a manager), an assistant coach and together with other members such as doctors, massage therapists, trainers, and equipment managers, fitness trainer, nutritionist, physiotherapist, etc.

They all work together for betterment of the team. In life too we have life coaches, bosses or sometimes we call them mentors.

They help build us in our various roles mentally, physically, psychologically and maybe spiritually. Bosses could make substitution at anytime.

Spectators(Fans)

In life, we do need motivation. Spectators are the ones that encourage us to play our role excellently well and bring out your best.

But when these guys are against you, it is never really easy too because you either see yourself falling or buckling up.

Cheers to them!!!

Substitute

Truth be told, be you a father, mother, daughter, banker, lawyer or what ever role you play in this life, if you not doing too well in that role or you not fit to play the role then you would be substituted just like the way a coach substitute players on a team.

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Final thoughts


When you get a Red card in soccer it means you out of the match and it takes a while before you are back so also in life when you get a red card it takes a while to get back up.

Although in some cases in life, it might be the end of the road for you.

Lets learn to play our roles well, desire to have a good coach so you make a good team and be one of the best players of your team so you don't end up as an everytime substitute or end up allowing life constantly moving you!!!

Thanks for reading.

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By the way, i recently noticed that my reputation changed.

Am now in my early 40's(reputation-wise) thanks to everyone that made this possible and not forgetting @sniffnscurry(two mice with a big heart and touch) who gave it the final big touch. I would never forget this kind of touch..
Lol

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