SOCCER Tips, Trick and Guide

First off, the striper is usually located in a box, and is stored away in an area that only the soccer coach has access to. There are a lot of things you need to know about how to work the strip machine. Because it is all needed to be put together before use and taken apart after the use. First off you will need to get permission from the coach for the lock box key. You must unlock the lock and change the position from locked to open.

When you open the box and remove the striper you may only remove one box of paint. It may not sound like a lot but one box of paint goes a long way. The second step is lining up the striper. You must unfold the handle and tighten the screw to keep the handle straight. Open the box of paint and place it in the box sized carrier at the rear end of the striper.

Move the handle so that the lower end fits into the two remaining screws at the bottom of the striping machine. After you tighten the two remaining screws securely, you may begin to wheel the striper to the field. Now, the next step is lining up the field where you may have to do some measurements and some math (if there are no old lines) before starting out.

You may now take out one can of paint and shake it very well until you can hear what sounds like a ball rattling around inside the can. Once you hear that it means that the paint inside is all mixed up and ready to go. Insert the paint can into the tray towards the front of the striping machine. The wide part of the nozzle will be perpendicular to the direction of travel.

The sides of the paint holder will fit into notches on both sides of the opening in the tray. The front and back of the can will lie on the front and back of the tray. Squeezing the handle on the striper will now let out a flow of paint onto the field. First, before doing anything you need to look for the previous lines on the field and position your machine. After that is done you may start squeezing the handle and begin lining up the field.

There should be two touch lines that are on the sides of the field. Two goal lines that is located at each end of the field. As all games there must be a half way line that is right down the middle. There should be two penalty areas that are the bigger boxes at each end of the field and two goal areas which are the small boxes at each end of the field. There shall be two penalty arcs which looks like a half circle at the top of each penalty area.

One center circle is required in the very middle of the whole soccer field. There should be only two penalty marks which are 9 inch diameter circles midway between the top of the goal area and top of the penalty area at each end of the field. One center spot is included in the dimensions, a 9 inch diameter at the exact center of the field, four corner arcs that are three feet from each corner. And last but not least there shall be two coaches' technical areas which is a box extending 30 feet down the touch lines from the center of the field and located three feet from the touch line.

by Mirsad Hasic