First Touch

About First Touch

A good first touch is the most important skill you can have in my favorite sport (soccer). To me, it's a symbol of everything that makes sports magical: the tiny bits of genius that happen in a second but represent thousands of hours of effort.

Sam Klug is a Columbia College senior majoring in history. He is a Spectrum opinion blogger.

Articles

KLUG: New academy system threatens high school soccer

A ten month academy season will hurt high school soccer programs and players.

KLUG: Integrating intramurals into our lives at CU

Restructuring the intramural sports system may help it gain recognition in the Light Blue community.

KLUG: End the NCAA’s madness monopoly

March Madness is a prime example of the problem with college sports and the NCAA.

Light Blue feels growing pains on the court

This season has been a series of close, but not quites, for the men's basketball team.

NCAA’s place in sports pyramid remains unclear

The NCAA has a lot of rules, but not all of them help the variety of student-athletes they represent.

Light Blue finally out of own shadow

Columbia breaks the habit of dropping close games.