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It was a rainy night, an overcast kind of night as a lot of teens and young adults crowded outside Brooklyn’s “Baby’s All Right” waiting to be let in. “Baby’s All Right” is a bar, diner, and music venue all in one, with it’s stage and floor situated in the back. The stage has speakers, microphones, drums, turntables guitars and so forth situated on it. As we all waited patiently in the rain for what seemed forever they finally began to check tickets and let people funnel into the back. Walking…

Calaveras Enterprise Sports Editor Guy Dossi spoke with Bret Harte head soccer coach Joel Barnett during Bullfrog practice in Angels Camp. The two spoke of how Barnett is doing more teaching this year, different coaching strategies and the strength of the Mother Lode League. GD: You knew heading into this season that you would have a pretty green team when it comes to soccer knowledge and fundamentals. So do you find yourself having to do more teaching of the little things, even at this point in…

Pele the Best Soccer Player Edison Arantes do Nascimento a.k.a Pele, is a Brazilian soccer player who was born in October 23, 1940 and was a forward. He is the all-time best soccer player tell this day! Pele and I are members of three Brazilian World Cup-champion teams. He became a great player because of me when I trained him before the 1958 World Cup, so thanks to me he became a superstar. Pele was the 1999 FIFA player of the century but based on votes from the FIFA officials, journalists and…

Day and night, I devoted my free time to get better at soccer. Thus, improving my kicks, accuracy, speed, stamina, and strength. I was never capable to kick a ball further than 20 feet so I created strategies to help me build strength on my legs. For example, in my back yard I would stand a few feet away from the brick, aim to a certain brick I’d like to kick the ball to, if I hit the brick I then would step a few steps back and repeat. I practiced for about 6 months straight after the season…

quasi-experiment to do a program evaluation on a non-profit. What non-profit(s) would you focus on? Why? The non- profit I would focus on is the Smithsonian National Museum of American History built in 1846. I have choice the Smithsonian because it’s the largest museum and research complex. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History claims to “Shape the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world”. What would be your research…

It’s late summer, 2015. We had been practicing for months and finally we were playing games. It was supposed to be an easy game. We always win by six or seven points, but this time it was different. I’m Matthew Billing, and this is the story of the time I broke my elbow playing soccer. We start the game right on time six o’clock. We have been playing for probably fifteen to twenty minutes when it happens. I intercept a pass and start to make a run downfield. As I’m getting past midfield a…

As a young girl, I never thought I would become so attached to a sport, and definitely not soccer. My mother expected me to be like any other little girl with a barbie doll, which I was, but then I developed an obsession for the sport. I supplemented a very interesting passion for soccer when I reached the age of 8. From the good compliments I receive from my coaches, my family, and friends, I assume i’m a great soccer player skill wise. The reason I am mentioning how important soccer is to me…

River, I am so honored and humbled that you are my son. Your accomplishments on and off the field have brought me such pride and happiness. Throughout the years as people would talk about that kid that could hit the ball a mile, not knowing you were mine, always made me bow my chest out a little more. I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to be your coach throughout the years. Those memories can and never will be forgotten. They are truly some of the best times of my life. I was…

Have you ever tried running across a 120 yard-long field? Soccer is the most challenging sport because it requires a lot of lower body strength and much more cardiovascular endurance. A ton of lower body strength is required when playing soccer, which means it can be very challenging, if the player’s muscles aren’t used to that type of exercise. Cardiovascular endurance is also very important and critical when playing soccer, which is also makes soccer a very challenging sport. While…

The topic for my iSearch is how can I become better at dribbling in soccer. I chose this topic because soccer is one of my main interests, and one of my favorite aspects of the game of soccer is dribbling. One thing I hope to find out is how I can study and learn to play like some of the greatest players ever have. I will learn about my topic by studying and watching the technique and movements of the most elite players and then doing what I have to do to put that into action. Some sources I…