what is the off-side rule in soccer.?
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the offsides rule is when you are past the oposing teams last defender and you are an active participant in the play.
340790
no goal means that even though the ball is in the goal something happened before it crossed the line and therefore making it a void.\n\nOffside is simple, if a player from team (lets call it..) X is closer to the goal Y than a defense player from team Y and receives the ball from a fellow player, it is called offside. \nIt is ok to receive the ball next to the opponent and then run faster to the goal than the defense player though.\n\nI think the inventor of this rule had very slow runners in his team and had to give them a chance to keep up, :)\n\nHope it helped
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I assume you mean soccer since you posted this in the World Cup forum.\n\nI'm impressed that you know it is "offside" not "offsides"\n\nThere are two parts to offside: offside position and offside offence.\n\nOFFSIDE POSITION:\nIt is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position. A player is in an offside position if:\n* he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.\nA player is not in an offside position if\n* he is in his own half of the field of play or\n* he is level with the second last opponent or\n* he is level with the last two opponents.\n\nOFFSIDE OFFENCE:\nA player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by:\n* interfering with play or\n* interfering with an opponent or\n* gaining an advantage by being in that position.\n\nFor any offside offence, the referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team to be taken from the place where the infringement occurred.\n\nAlso, there is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:\n* a goal kick or\n* a throw-in or\n* a corner kick
209149
form a wall for free-kicks.  Its not allowed for penalty kicks.  Number of people will depend on position.  generally use to block flight of ball to one side of goal while goalkeeper covers other
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The year that offside rule came into action was in \n1925.the first game was played with the offside rule was in England between Sheffield & Cambridge,The link below have all the information U want to know about any thing about offside rule & the changes come on that rule,Hope I covered your question.\nGOOD LUCK\n:)
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if a player is beyond the defence of the opposition while the pass has been made to him, he is declared offside. so this player has to be behind the defensive line of the opposition to eliminate such an advantage.
397547
Eliminating offside in the last 30 yards is not a bad idea. I also think it would be a good idea to eliminate offside if the ball is already past the 2nd to last defender. IOW, if it's 2 attackers against the GK, there's no offside. It doesn't come up very often, but really, if you break down the defense that badly, you shouldn't lose a goal because a player is a half-stride in front of the ball. Plus, the point of the rule is to make teams play the whole field; once you've got two attackers past the last non-GK defender, you've done that.\n\nBut before doing something so radical (and if y'all have seen me rant about this, you know what's coming  ), let's eliminate the egregious number of false positives on offside.\n\nOffside is just a call that in many leagues, is horribly, horribly called.\n\nDo that, support CRs who crack down on cynical fouling, and start calling all the shirtpulls, and the game will be better, and boring bunkering will be less successful, and therefore less prevalent.
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http://www.thecoachingcorner.com/soccer/game_rules.html\n\ntoo many rules to put on the page so here is a website for you, hope it helps
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To NOT be offside in Futbol (soccer) you must have at least 2 defenders between you and the gola line in the attacking half of the field when the ball is last played by your team mate or you must be behind the ball forcing the play to come back to you.\nBeing in an offside position is not an offense by itself.  To be called offside, you must be in an offside position AND gain an advantage by being involved in the play or interfering with an opponent.
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the answers above are correct but perhaps next time you should specify which "football" you are refering to. In the middle of the world cup it's kind of assumed by some you are talking about soccer but to others soccer and football are two totally different things. \n\nRegardless, Offsides is pretty much the same in both games, you cross the line to the other teams side before you are allowed to, which would either be the snap or the kickoff.
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It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position.\n\nA player is in an offside position if:\nhe is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent \nA player is not in an offside position if:\nhe is in his own half of the field of play \nhe is level with the second last opponent \nhe is level with the last two opponents \nCommiting an Offside Offence\nA player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by:\ninterfering with play \ninterfering with an opponent \ngaining an advantage by being in that position \nNo Offence\nThere is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:\na goal kick \na throw-in \na corner kick \nInfringements/Sanctions\nFor any offside offence, the referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team to be taken from the place where the infringement occurred.
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Foot ball is meant to be played with your feet, kicking a ball into a goal with 11 people in a team, lol. When a player from the other team is between your goalkeeper and your last man he will be seen as being offside
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when the offensive player goes past the last defensive player (not including the goalie) before the ball is passed to him\n\nhttp://soccersquared.com/rules/soccer-offsides.html
999220
lol wtf? that made no sense at all. offsides prevents an unfair advantage of keeper vs. striker. and "defence move forward unnesasaryly some time and the result is off side-that is unfair." thats called an offside trap, they do it to get an offsides call and regain possesion of the ball. If by "more exciting" you mean the score will be 35-28, then go watch hockey. and dont post on something that should be changed when you have no idea what it is for in the first place. . . For everyone who is posting that offsides traps should not be offsides, quiet yourselves please. Do you not like strategic soccer? why dont we just make the goals 50 feet wide and take away the keepers? and anyone who gets slide tackled and pretends to be more hurt than they are should get a red card? lol why dont we just kill soccer where it stands? because offsides makes it more interesting. so leave it. . . please
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The main consequence of the offside rule is decreasing the size of the "playable field". I believe it is an important rule, so it makes the game more plastic, enjoyable to watch. Without the rule, it would be more physical, those that could run better would have bigger advantage. Also, some of the best plays are about dealing with that rule. Without off-sides, there would be probably more goals, but they would be definitely, much worse-looking.\nIt is interesting to notice that, originally, the off-side rule was even more strict: it was necessary TWO defenders plus the goalie before the ball line to make the play legal. It changed long ago, in the early 1900's. Football originated from the same rules as rugby did, and this fact is an evidence of that.
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Law 11 - Offside - \n\nA player is in an offside position if:\n\nhe is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent \n\nA player is not in an offside position if: \n\nhe is in his own half of the field of play \nor  \nhe is level with the second last opponent \nor \nhe is level with the last two opponents
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the 2nd last opponent is the player of the other team who is not the goal keeper. It'll be declared an offside if a player surpasses the ball and the second last opponent near the D area.