Literacy: The Influence Of Soccer

Individuals have the ability to encode, process, store, and retrieve information through listening, visualization, and experienced (hands-on) learning. Our brains feed on new material by the processes of reading and writing. Collectively forming literacy. Different individuals have their own ways of using this notion. The interactions I have had with soccer proves that there is a direct correlation with literacy. These practices of reading and writing on soccer are centered on the ability to create new experiences from interactive activities and progressively grow in athletic skills. Soccer is a worldwide sport that ripens a sufficient amount of connections between nations. However, these connections vary from person to person. An event that …show more content…
As for sports, soccer is played worldwide but not all individuals play. Soccer brings out my love for the game. Soccer communicates to me. Communication is literacy because when people speak to me, I read their thoughts through audio, and when I reply back, I write my thoughts verbally. Since soccer is a team sport, my passion for the game is brought out when I am playing with others that also appreciate the sport. Playing for a team requires the ability to learn how to have teamwork. Teamwork requires everyone to be cohesive with one another to achieve the same goal of typically either winning or enjoying the game. It also requires the ability to compromise. Teammates must have trust and support for one another as well as the capability to take responsibility for both yourself and the team’s actions. With eleven people on your team and one ball on the field, it entails the hardship of who to pass to and what the best option is for scoring a goal in a split second. Being a step behind can cause the opposition to counter attack resulting in the last minute loss. As everyone loves to win, winning should not be the only thing on your mind but having great communication and a mutual respect for one another on the field are the keys to success. Communication plays a vital role in soccer so you can determine if there is someone trying to steal the ball on your blind side or the type of transition from one side of the field to the other. If there is no communication on the field between your teammates and you this can result in possibly loss or injury. Literacy ties to this idea because writers have the gift to be persuasive in their writing and support this with personal