if you run before the ball is hiked are you offside?
550331
1. yes 2. incompletion 3. next down 3rd, subtract 4 from the number of yards you needed at the start of 2nd down for yards needed for 1st down 4. 4
1106697
Yes. It was offside when they scored.
634298
If you are not interfering with the play, it is not off-sides. But, even if you don't go for the ball, but you are impeding a defender or the goalkeeper it can be considered off-sides because then you would be interfering with the play.
995457
http://www.answers.com/topic/offside-law\n\nplz 10 pts
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The Offside Rule and Offside Trap in Football(Soccer) \nIt 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 \n\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 \n\nNo Offence\nThere is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:\na goal kick \na throw-in \na corner kick \n\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.
485107
if the offense is behind the defense before the ball
755634
Yes there are rules like you can't kick the ball and have it go out of the playing area on the full, if a ball crosses the line and the umpire deems it was done on pourpose you give away a free, No tackle below the waist or above the shoulders, to pay a mark the bal has to travel at least 15m, when a person marks the ball unneccesary contact on them gives them 50m penalty (take the kick 50m further up the field, if inside your forward 50 the kick from the top of the goal square) you can also only run 15m before the ball must make contact the ground (ussually bounced)\n\nThat is all I can be bothered saying ther are any hundreds of rules and regulations. look for umpiring sites to find the rest
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The offside rule is to prevent players from lurking past their opponents last defenders in order to wait for a pass to put into the goal. It's meant to give the defending team a fair shot at defending. \n\nSo this is the offside rule: At the moment a player plays the ball to a forward, he (the forward) must not be closer to the goal than the last defender. He must be behind or at least level with the defender. At the moment the ball is kicked forward to him he can move as he wishes. At that point it becomes a foot race between the defender and the striker and each has an equal chnace to play the ball. \n\nTeams also try to catch players in an offside position by moving all of their players forward just before the ball is played forward. This leaves the opponent's strikers (aka forwards) stranded in an offside position and unable to play the ball. This is known as an "offside trap".\n\nThe rules at this year's world cup states that the referee will not raise the flag until the player in an offside position attempts to play the ball. So you can stand there all you like, but until you atempt to play the ball, the flag will not be raised.\n\nI hope this helped!
676221
They are used as a visual 'marker' for the referee and his / her assistants to determine offsides. You can't be offside if you begin running from your own half. On a muddy pitch the post helps to spot the halfway line.\nThe referee's assistants also take a half of the pitch each to run the line, so this is their demarkation.
859638
Yes, but that secario would never occur where you would want to do that because:\n\nA) If you are in field goal range (Roughly on the 40Yrd Line or closer) a punt would easily go into the endzone. You're better trying for the field goal if u can make it or just punt if u can't. A fake fieldgoal-punt would still be a touchback so no use in faking.\n\nB)If you are out of range they will obviously send a man back to return the short fieldgoal so it is essentially the same as a punt.\n\nYes you can but it wouldn't help you.
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It is sometimes quite confusing!\nGenerally the offensive player cannot wait for the ball behind the last defender not counting the other team's goalie.  If that offensive player shows just a little part of his body or more behind the imaginary line where the last defender is before the ball is kicked and sent forward.\nThe confusing part is whether the offside player is actively or will actively play the ball or not determine whether it is an offside or not.  To me even though the offside player is not actively playing the offside ball, he can distract the defender enough to affect the play, it should be an offside.\nIf the ball is touched or deflected by the defender before the offside player receives the ball, it is still an offside.  But if the defender is trying to control the ball but the ball somehow gets through him or her, it is not an offside.  \nMay be better not to have an offside rule.  It should be the defenders' job not to leave a guy unmarked close to his goal.\nJust me!
999241
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.
566009
The rule was changed so that play would not be interrupted unnecessarily. Like you, I didn't quite get it. I looked up "new offside rule" on Google and came up with the link below. It seems to explain it quite well.
730591
well an offside position is a positon wen an attacker gets da ball wen all da opposin players r be4 him....|\n                                                               |\n                                                               |\n                                                               |  attacker recievin ball\n                                                               |\n               all defenders here                   |\n                                                               | \n                                                               |\nthis is offside
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The biggest problem with the Offside Rule is that it is judged by a human - the linesman. He/she may not be able to judge both when the ball is played forward and what position the players are in at the same time. Do they watch the ball then quickly scan the line? Or do the watch the line and listen for the ball to be kicked?\nI've always thought that two linesmen in each half would help with deciding whether there is an offside infringement or not.\nIf both linesmen raise their flag then there should be no doubt. If one raises his/her flag then the ref should make the decision based on what he/she sees. If one linesman is closer to the play than the other then his decision should be used.\nTwo linesmen in each half  would also help making decision about penalties, fouls etc as one of them would be closer to the play and would have a better view. Also during corners etc the linesman on the opposite side could take up a position behind the goal line and be better placed, along with the ref to see any infringements etc that might take place in the box.\n\nOf course this will never happen as it means doubling the number of employees that have to be paid.\n\nAs for whether the offside rule should be scrapped. NO. Would lead to chaos.
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If "offside" is called in your age bracket, you can teach this simple version: You are not offside if you are doing any of the following:\n\n   1. Are in your own half of the field (your half is the half your goalkeeper is on). Or,\n\n   2. Are even with or behind the ball. Or,\n\n   3. Don't go past the "Second Last Defender" (The goalkeeper is usually, but not always, the last defender; this might be the case if the goalkeeper is out of goal). Or,\n\n   4. Receive the ball direct from a goal kick, corner kick or throw-in. (But you can be offside if you receive it direct on a "free kick"). Or,\n\n   5. Are the ballhandler (the ballhandler can be closer to the goal than the ball if he has his back to the goal).\n\nWhen my forwards "push up" without the ball, I tell them to stay 2 steps behind the Last Defender (not counting the goalkeeper) so they are less likely to be caught offside or to be accidentally called offside.
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Well it is exactly when a player is behind the defenders of the opposite team, but this is not always an offside, the player has to be behind the players at the time of playing the ball towards him, if the player was not in offside at the play of the ball then he can run after it and score a goal which will be be completely legal.. In some cases when a shot is going to the goal and the player in offside gices it an attempt to change its way and score a goal, the goal will be illegal goal and an offside has to be given to the other team. An offside is a way the defenders can limit the the activity of the forwards, therefore u might find a tactic in soccer called the offside trap in which they move and put a forward in offside just when the ball is about to be played to him.\n\nCome on man u cant get any better answer than this choose me plz