I have been playing football for as long as I can remember and joined a club when I was 12 years old, which was at a competitive Sunday League. I started off playing in defence

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In this coursework I have chosen to base my personal exercise programme on football. I have been playing football for as long as I can remember and joined a club when I was 12 years old, which was at a competitive Sunday League. I started off playing in defence and have remained there until now because I am more suited to this position because of my body type; mesomorph. The reason I chose to play football was because I like to compete with other players. I also play for personal and physical reasons because it’s good fun and keeps me fit and healthy. At my fist season at Elstree Vale FC I was awarded player’s player, which is where the team vote who they think was the best player of that season is?

In my second season at the club, my team reached the last 16 of the county cup which was a great achievement because hundreds of teams entered the tournament and we got to the last 16 of the competition. That season we also finished fourth in our league, which was quite poor considering we were top for most of the season. This season 05/06 has been our most successful season because we have been promoted and done well in the spring cup considering we had to play 2nd and 3rd division sides.

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At my club, we do training twice a week and play a game on Sunday. The two sessions of training last one and a half hours each, Saturday and Thursdays. However, I usually go training for the school on Tuesday as well. Apart from this I also do my own personal training such as weights to build up my strength. In training we usually do an hour of running and half an hour of ball work; however training varies on our schedule depending on who we play. If we are going to play a physical team we work on ...

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