My Top 5 Favorite Sports

• Basketball
• Soccer
• Football
• Volleyball
• Swim and Dive

Basketball

Basketball is a popular sport that involes dribbling a ball and working as a team to get it to go into a netted hoop. To this day, basketball is still well played. In professional US basketball, known as a National Basketball Association (NBA), teams from all over USA compete in matches tournament style until the last two teams meet in the finals. Whichever team wins earns the trophy.

Here are some of my favorite players last season:

Top 5 NBA teams currently in 2016-2017 season:

1. LA Clippers
2. Cleveland Cavaliers
3. Atlanta Hawks
4. Golden State Warriors
5. San Antonio Spurs

The NBA Logo

Did you know that NBA logo was actually based off a photo of All-Star basketball player Jerry-West? Compare the two photos side by side:

Soccer

In professional soccer is a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except the goalkeepers. The object of the game is to score goals by kicking or headbutting the ball into the opponents' goal.

Positions in Soccer

This chart shows the various positions in soccer. Red represents opponents team.

• Goalkeeper: A major position in soccer, the goalkeeper's primary role is to prevent the opposite team from successfully making the soccer ball into the goal. Goalkeepers have the freedom to use their hands and feet alike, as well as giving commands to the defence during corner kicks, direct/indirect free kicks, and marking
• Defender: A major position in soccer, the defender's primary role is to defend the area in front of the goalkeeper as the "first lines of defense." In defense, some things you can do are block shots, tackle, intercept passes, contest headers, mark attackers, and kick clearances
• Mid-fielder: a major position in soccer, the mid-fielder is to the team as what a stem cell is to a human body: their primary role is to help where help is needed. FOr instance, if more people are needed to carry out an attack, they will help with the attack. If too many people are at the goal and the defense is outnumbered, the mid-fielders would help with defense. Normally, the two of the mid-fielders help with defense while one helps with offense.
• Attacker: Probably one of the most important positions in soccer, the attackers' primary role is to score in the opposite team's goal. Of course, they would have to get around the opposing team's defense. Attackers can move in different patterns and sequences, called plays.

Football

One 11-man team has possession of the football. It is called the offense and it tries to advance the ball down the field-by running with the ball or throwing it - and score points by crossing the goal line and getting into an area called the end zone. The other team (also with 11 players) is called the defense.

What is the Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl is pretty much the football finals, where the best teams compete. In the US, it is pretty big thing, parties are held where the main thing would be watching the Super Bowl. Families and friends would invite others to their houses and just have fun.

Levi's Stadium: Stadium for Super Bowl 2016