Final Draft Comparison and Contrast Essay /Dhila Muhammad Ali/1410302067/Class1-Writing3

The Famous Sports, Basketball and Soccer

Both basketball and soccer are sport which use the ball to play, but they have many differences. Soccer is played with foot and leg. Meanwhile, basketball is played with hand. These two sports are very famous on many countries. Basketball is very famous on United States. On the other hand, soccer is very famous in European countries such as United Kingdom and Spain.

Both basketball and soccer are played with time-based game-play. The basket ball time play is 4 x 10 minutes. There is a 10-minutes time break each quarter. However, soccer time play is longer than basketball. The Soccer time play is 2 x 45 minutes. There is a 15-minute half-time break between two periods. Also, there is an additional time called injury time, usually 1 to 3 minutes after main time-play finished.

Both soccer and Basketball use many kind of tactics on their game.  Soccer field arena size is 120 meters x 75 meters, and soccer usually played on grassy field. A soccer team is consist of 11 players. On the other hand, basket ball court area is 26 meters x 14 meters. Basketball usually played on wooden or concrete surface. A basket ball team is consist of 5 players.

A soccer player who touched the ball by hand will be given the penalty. On exception, only keeper who allowed to touch the ball with hand. If a team is given penalty, the opponent’s team will be given a free shot depend on where they did the infraction. On the other hand, all basketball players who touched the ball by leg or foot will be given a penalty. If a team is given penalty, the opponent’s team will given 2 free shots that counted 1 point each goal.

            Basketball and soccer have some similarities and differences. On basketball, usually a team scored up to 100 points or even more in one game. On the other hand, in a soccer game, a team usually only scored 1 to 4 points each game even the time-play is longer than basketball. The most famous basketball language is NBA, American basketball federation. Both basketball and soccer are good sport to play, but you have to have at least a team to play.