SOCCER
SOCCER
In addition to offering traditional soccer, Special Olympics soccer offers individual skills competition to allow athletes to train and compete in basic soccer skills. The development of these key skills is necessary prior to advancing to team competition. These skills include dribbling, shooting, and the run and kick. A player's final score is determined by adding together the scores achieved in each of the events.
Special Olympics athletes can also participate in Unified SportsŪ soccer team competition. Special Olympics Unified Sports is a program that combines Special Olympics athletes and athletes without intellectual disabilities (partners) on sports teams for training and competition. In Unified Sports soccer team competition (eleven-a-side, seven-a-side, and five-a-side) the roster shall contain a proportionate number of athletes and partners. During competition, the line up shall never exceed six athletes and five partners at any time (three athletes and two partners for a five-a-side). Each team shall have an adult non-playing coach responsible for the line-up and conduct of the team during competition.
As in all Special Olympics sports, athletes are grouped in competition
divisions according to ability level, age and gender.
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