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Understand the offside rule

Do you know why the offside rule was introduced in the first place? Before the rule was introduced, the opposing striker often just stood in front of the goal and waited for the ball. From a tactical point of view, of course, this was relatively boring. The long pass to the player, who only had to push the ball in, followed immediately after conquering the ball.

• If you want to understand the offside rule and don't want to look like a fool the next time you have a discussion with your friends, then the first thing you need to do is analyze the game situation. The rule is really quick and easy to explain.
• The prerequisite for an offside position is always that the ball has been played by a teammate. In addition, the moment when the ball is released is crucial. Offside is excluded if you, as the player receiving the pass, are in your own half at the moment the ball is released.

The rule also explained for stupid people

• As I said, the moment you release the ball is crucial! Now imagine a virtual line that is parallel to the baseline and analyze the game situation at the moment the ball is released.
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• If at that moment at most one opposing player is closer to your own goal than you, then you are offside. You need the virtual line to better represent the distances in the case of tight decisions.


Offside and goalkeeper - an explanation

The offside rule of football causes confusion among the spectators again and again. …

• As a rule, the last player to score is the goalkeeper. So if there is no offside, you need another player who is closer to the goal than you. In special game situations, in which the goalkeeper runs forward shortly before the end of the game, a field player can also be the closest player to his own goal.
• Passive offside is also important. Although there is a clear offside position, the game can still continue. The prerequisite for this is that you, as an offside player, clearly signal that you do not intervene in the game.

As you can see, the offside rule is quickly and easily explained, even for stupid people. Often it also helps if you record individual game situations and then decide whether it is offside or not.