What was the name of soccer in ancient China

In ancient China, kicking a soccer ball was called cuju. Cuju, also known as "step on the bow", "cu ball", "cu round", "building ball", "kick round" and so on, "cu" has the meaning of foot cu, step, kick, "jiu" earliest Department of leather, solid rice bran ball. Therefore, "cuju" is the ancient people to foot cu, step, kicking the ball activities, similar to today's soccer.

According to historical records, as early as in the Warring States period of Chinese folk popular recreational Cuju game, and from the Han Dynasty has become a military practice method, the Song Dynasty and the emergence of Cuju organization and Cuju artists, the Qing Dynasty began to popularize the ice knit bow. Therefore, it can be said that cuju is an ancient Chinese long-lasting, influential a sports wonders.

May 20, 2006, Cuju has been approved by the State Council as an intangible cultural heritage in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

From the mid-to-late 17th century, soccer was gradually introduced from Europe and the United States to countries all over the world, especially in some culturally developed countries.

More and more people went to the field and devoted themselves to this exciting and enjoyable sport, so much so that at one time, the good or bad performance of soccer was regarded as a sign of the cultural development of a country. In this case, the British were the first to make a significant contribution to the development of soccer.

On October 26, 1863, the British established the world's first soccer association, the English Football Association (EFA), at the Freemason's Inn on Queen Street in London. At the meeting, in addition to announcing the formal establishment of the English Football Association, the world's first more uniform rules of soccer competition were formulated and adopted, and documented in writing.

The birth of the English Football Association marked a brand new stage in the development of soccer, and therefore, it is recognized that October 26, 1863, the date of the establishment of the English Football Association for the birth of modern soccer.

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Some position descriptions on the soccer field:

1. Center forward: Center forward, also known as CF, is a kind of striker, is the sharp knife of the whole team's offense and the main scorer. The range of activities is mainly in the front field near the opponent's penalty area, is the closest to the opponent's goal on the soccer field.

Goal scoring is the main responsibility of the center forward, they do not need to have too good breakthrough and passing ability, the big picture almost does not matter, but the sense of smell in front of the door must be sensitive, the sense of shooting must be good, to think about scoring all the time, this is the traditional center forward.

Currently, such as Ibu and other non-traditional center force is also gradually strong, breakthrough ability is very strong, and no lack of organization to assist the ability to become an important part of the contemporary center.

2, shadow forward: position in the center after. In the attack, closely behind the striker or one side of the ball running, once the striker was shoveled or successfully blocked, he should have the action of protecting the ball, or the ball to no one position, then, the shadow striker will immediately take the ball to break through and create scoring opportunities. The shadow striker's main responsibility is to create chances for the center forward and to break through with the ball himself to score.

The requirements for players in this position are relatively high, often with good footwork, good dribbling and good passing and shooting skills, to be very comprehensive.

3, winger: winger is also a kind of striker, the main activity area in front of the two sides of the road. The wingers not only need to take up the responsibility of the side of the road attack, and through the intersection of the position to complete a variety of tactical tasks. The biggest advantage of the wingers is the speed, only very fast speed can help the wingers in the two wings of the breakthrough easily. Of course, a certain passing ability is also the winger's specialty.

4, the front waist: the front waist, is a midfield position, also known as the "sudden front guard", the standard station is located behind the striker, is responsible for the striker to deliver offensive shells, the organization of the second attack. The front waist of the candidate needs to have good ball control technology, open vision and excellent overall view, so many front waist players wearing the No. 10 jersey, for the team's midfield core and even the soul of the character.

So the biggest advantage of the front waist is the ability to pass the ball, that is, the ability to organize. A good front-rower should drive the whole team on the field and organize most of the team's attack, which is their duty. However, at this stage, due to the change in tactical system, the classical front waist is gradually replaced by a more offensive forward.