subject: Soccer In Ancient Times And Today-online Soccer Games: [print this page] It is said that in medieval Europe, the peasants used to play a game with their foot and used to kick ball in it. This was done as response to the horse riding and other such elite sports being played by the aristocracies in those times. This game played by peasants was termed as football or soccer. However the actual documentation of the separation of soccer from rugby took place in nineteenth century. It is a game popular in ancient Greeks, Romans, Asians and many other cultures.
But today everything has greatly changed. Soccer games are not played with ball now rather they are played with a technology gadget. The conception of playing soccer with a gadget is associated with the online soccer games available on the Internet. Football and soccer lovers who cannot play it in fields; take out their obsession by playing it online. Moreover a few years earlier, about a decade ago though the soccer games were available in compact disks from where they could either be played directly or first installed to the PC. But now the high speed internet and the software developers have succeeded in presenting and uploading soccer games online. Online soccer games can thus be seen as cost effective and convenient way of laying game by those who are its fans.
These online soccer games happen to be very helpful in building up the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of a person, gives him variability to learn the science and bits of management. It also inculcates the spirit of team spirit and tolerance by affecting the human brain in a silent psychological manner. Because as person plays soccer online, he learns to compete, organize and manage his team and learn the spirit of sportsmanship in an unintentional manner. These online games can thus be seen of great advantage. However there are some drawbacks associated to it too. The restriction to artificial environments is the greatest drawback. Health and fitness benefits that can be achieved through physical exposure to the sport itself when it is played in a ground are thus denied.
