{"id":10437,"date":"2020-07-23T12:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=10437"},"modified":"2020-07-23T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T17:33:11","slug":"sports-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/sports-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Sports: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Soccer (Football)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Soccer may only be the third most-watched sport in the U.S., but on a global scale, football dominates the world. Throughout history, soccer balls have been made from a variety of materials\u2014think clothing sewn together and stuffed, inflated pig bladders, and more!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Origin of Soccer:<\/strong> Learn more about the history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveabout.com\/who-invented-soccer-3556873\">the world\u2019s most popular sport<\/a>, dating all the way back to 206 B.C.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The 10 Greatest Soccer Nations:<\/strong> Who rules the game? <a href=\"https:\/\/definitivedose.com\/the-ten-greatest-soccer-nations\/\">Find out here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soccer vs. Football:<\/strong> Why do Americans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/soccer-not-football-_n_5492714\">their own name<\/a> for the sport? It may have something to do with the Brits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Rugby<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Another sport widely known throughout the world\u2014with little representation in the United States\u2014is rugby. This full-contact game, often referred to as \u201crugger,\u201d is played on a grass-covered pitch, similar to soccer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Origin of Rugby:<\/strong> Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbyschool.co.uk\/about\/history\/a-history-of-rugby-football\/\">history of rugby<\/a> from the United Kingdom\u2019s Rugby School, known as \u201cthe home of the game.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>League vs. Union: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wucrugby2016.com\/whats-the-difference-between-rugby-union-and-league\/\">Learn the differences<\/a> between rugby league and rugby union, two versions of the sport with significantly different rules and tactics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anatomy of a Rugby Player:<\/strong> What does it take to play the game professionally? See how strong Team Great Britain\u2019s Rugby 7\u2019s captain <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RBomDnyuXMw\">Tom Mitchell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Cricket<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Did you know cricket was the first bat and ball game to be played in the United States? Played as early as 1611, this sport is believed to have originated in England. Fun fact: the longest cricket match ever, between South Africa and England, lasted for nine days!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Origin of Cricket:<\/strong> Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/about\/cricket\/history-of-cricket\/early-cricket\">the history of cricket<\/a> and how it made its way to America.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cricket 101:<\/strong> What\u2019s a wicket? How many players on each team? Why do we need a bowler? Find out more with this <a href=\"http:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/media\/pdf\/110215\/cricket101.pdf\">quick guide to cricket<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Doodle Cricket:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doodlecricket.github.io\/#\/\">Practice your skills<\/a> with the help of some wide-eyed (virtual) friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer (Football) Soccer may only be the third most-watched sport in the U.S., but on a global scale, football dominates the world. Throughout history, soccer balls have been made from a variety of materials\u2014think clothing sewn together and stuffed, inflated pig bladders, and more! The Origin of Soccer: Learn more about the history of the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/sports-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10449,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10437","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10438,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10437\/revisions\/10438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}