Soccer-Chi One-on-One Game

First Soccer-Chi(TM) one-on-one game ever! Result 1-l tie at Willington Oaks Apartments in Willington, Conn. /John Henneberger photo

If there is access to a soccer field, one-on-one Soccer-Chi matches can be played in half of a penalty box, with 18x18 yard dimensions. Two-on-two matches can be played in a whole soccer-field penalty box.

In the case above, Dave and I approximated the 18x18 yard dimensions.

Dave has chronic knee pain in one leg, but he scored the first goal in this 10-minute session, and held me to a 1-all draw.

Soccer-Chi™ recommended equipment

The recommended equipment for Soccer-Chi training and workouts can fit in a single shopping bag. The equipment features a soccer ball, eight small orange cones for goal posts and playing-field corner markers, a referee whistle, a red card, and a yellow card. /Christopher Cheney photo

Soccer-Chi™ Rule Book

Soccer-Chi(TM) is a version of The Beautiful Game modified for safety-first. Soccer-Chi(TM) workouts can have as few as one participant, and games can range from 2 to 20 players.

Soccer-Chi™ Rules:

1. No rough contact: Violations draw yellow or red cards. Drawing two yellow cards or a red card results in 5-minute side-lining.

2. No goalie, and hand-ball violations draw yellow or red cards.

3. No heading: Violation draws foul call and referee-directed restart of play. 

4. Scoring: (a) goal created with two objects on ground to serve as goal posts; (b) to score, ball must roll over goal line; and (c) to score, ball cannot knock over or displace goal posts.

5. Referee: (a) generally, the oldest player on the field of play serves as ref, (b) an experienced fan on the sideline can serve as ref, and (c) if there is an odd number of players on the field, the oldest player present takes on role of ref.

Recommended Equipment

Soccer ball, eight small orange cones for goal posts and playing-field corner markers, referee whistle, red card, and yellow card.

/Christopher Cheney photo