Can someone please explain the off side rule 2 me please??

Question

I know im female but who cares i wanna know!

Answer 1

Happy to explain! And please, there are men out there that don't understand offside either, but are embarrased to admit it!

An offensive player is offside if no defenders (save the goalie) are between him and the opposing goal WHEN THE PASS IS MADE.

The offside is dependent upon the moment of the pass. In fact, during a disputable offside call, as you watch the World Cup, you will see TV analysts look at that moment in slow motion. "Was he behind the defender?" the analyst will ask.

You will see sharp offensive teams time the pass and the "break" perfectly, so that the receiver is well ahead of the defense when the ball arrives.

The offside rule was established to prevent cherry picking - in other words - to stop offensive players from waiting near the goal until an opportunity to score presents itself.

They are now required to wait, with at least one defender closer to the goal!

Answer 2

One way to explain it is that when a player receives the ball from a teammate (puck in hockey) that player must have a defender between themselves and the goal. However if the player doesnt pass it,then the player can go all the way to the goal or shoot the puck without a player being between them and the goal. The purpose of the rule is so a team cant have just one player standing around the goal waiting for a pass. If the player receives a pass and there is not a defender between them and the goal. The play is stopped. In football offsides is when a player crosses the line before the ball is snapped.

Answer 3

As simply as I can; to avoid being "offside" in soccer you must have two players between yourself and the opponents goal at the precise time when a ball is played to you. The two players does not necessarily have to include the goalkeeper.

It can get complicated in that some interpretations are that level with the last defender with only one opposing player ahead of you can be accepted, whether an attacking player is "interfering" with play, but this is when it all comes down to the referee's interpretation of the rule. There are also times when a player cannot be offside, for example from a throw-in.
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

What does being female have to do with anything?...First off you must be on your oppositions side to be off-sides. You may always always always touch the ball and dribble past the last defender and not be off-sides. However if you touch a pass from your team (or the other team) behind the last oppositions field (non-goalie) player then you are offsides. Many teams play the "trap" which is they play their last line of defenders close to the mid-line or over the "18" (the larger square around the goal) in order to make the other team off-sides. The "trap" is considered sportsman like to some people because it is a tactically play and has nothing to do with skill.

I use to be a ref. and I hated making the off-sides call--it's one of those annoying rules! But defiantly necessary as no one wants the goalie to be one on two or one on three-etc all by him/herself.

Enjoy the world cup games!

Answer 5

This happens when the ball is kicked forward and a player from the same team is behind the last defender..
i.e there is nobody from the other team between him and the goalkeeper when the ball is kicked forward

Have a look on this website for some other rules explained

Answer 6

offside is when there is a player behind the last defender (i.e. the area between him/her and the goal) when the ball is played (kicked) there is also the new rules involving whether said player is interferring with play or in the eye-line of the goal keeper but that just starts getting really complicated then.
and who cares that ur female?? I know more about football than my boyf.

Answer 7

off sides is when the player that is receiving the ball or in the play of the ball is in front of the last defender. he can't get any advantage over the defender.so even if he is only like two or 3 feet in front of the defender then he if offsides. If the defender is not receiving the ball or is not in the play of the ball then the offside wont be called.

Answer 8

Very simply and in a non technical manner:

The 'Offside' rule is:

When the ball is kicked or headed forward the attacking player must have one player of the opposite team and the goal keeper of that team further forward that the attacking player!

The position of the attacking player is judged at the moment the ball is touched by a member of his own team.

Answer 9

10 points please! :o)

The football offside rule explained for girls:

You're in a shoe shop, and you're second in the queue for the till.
Behind the shop assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you simply MUST have.

The female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them with desire.

Both of you have forgotten your purses. It would be totally rude of you to push in front of the first woman if you have no money to pay for the shoes.

The shop assistant remains behind the till waiting. Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and sees your dilemma.

She prepares to throw her purse to you. If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper in front of you and buy the shoes.


At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and, *whilst it is in flight* you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse and then buy the shoes.

Always remembering that until the purse has *actually been thrown* it would be just plain wrong to be in front of the other shopper.

pmpl I hope this helps!

Answer 10

The offside has been over complicated in recent years but basically if an offesive player is between the last defending player and the goal when the ball is played to him then he's offside