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Compare And Contrast Soccer And Basketball

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Soccer and Basketball Every weekend many people has the opportunity to rest, settle down from their work during the whole week. They have similarities but also differences, these are two types of games, the soccer and the basketball. The ability to entertain people with their own characteristics, soccer and basketball make it possible. In order to play a good game, the playing surface is one of the most important part for a soccer and a basketball game. A soccer playing surface is call field and is a flat plane natural green grass field. In some cases, the soccer field can be artificial green grass. In the order hand, basketball playing surface is call court and is a flat plane wooden floor. Both fields are rectangular with their own dimensions, marked with white lines. The width of soccer field has an approximation of 80 yards and the length is around 120 yards. This big rectangular is cut it in half with a white line divide the two teams. The wooden floor for basketball court it is also rectangular. It has 65 feet wide and 94 feet length approximately, it is smaller than the soccer field. It is also marked with white lines as the soccer field. Both types of surfaces have their own functions and is tested by the players. …show more content…

The soccer goal is rectangular and is measuring by 8 feet high and 24 feet wide. It is larger than the basketball goals. The basketball place where the players scored is call rim and is 18 inches of diameter and it is hanging up to 10 feet above the ground. The soccer goal is guard by the goalkeeper instead of the basketball rim is guard by each player of the team. Both type of game has two places to score, each one is localized in the width side of the play surface. Both types of game are composing by two teams and at the end of the game, one of them is the winner by scoring more in the opposite goal or

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