can anyone explain me clearly whats the offside rule in football?

Answer 1

When a player is attacking, he must be behind a player of the offensive team at the moment the ball is leaving the foot of the guy who gives him an assist. So basically, there must be one player of the offense between the attacker and the goal keeper at the moment the ball leaves his team-mates feet.

Answer 2

American football: "Offsides: A player is on the wrong side of the ball at the start of a play. Five yards. Replay of down. Similar fouls: Touching an opponent before the snap is encroachment; lining up alongside the football instead of behind it is a neutral zone infraction."
Soccer: The application of the offside rule is best considered in three steps; Offside position, Offside offence and Offside sanction.
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Offside position
The red forward on the left of the diagram is in an offside position as he is both in front of the second last defender (marked by the stippled line) and the ball. Note that this does not neccessarily mean he is committing an offside offence.
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The red forward on the left of the diagram is in an offside position as he is both in front of the second last defender (marked by the stippled line) and the ball. Note that this does not neccessarily mean he is committing an offside offence.

A player is in an offside position if "he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second to last opponent," unless he is in his own half of the field of play. A player level with the second last opponent is considered to be in an onside position. Note that the last two opposing players can be either the goalkeeper and an outfield player, or two outfield players.

It is important to note that being in an offside position is not an offence in itself.
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Offside offence

A player in an offside position is only committing an offside offence if, "at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team", the player is in an offside position and in the referee's opinion is involved in active play. A player is not committing an offside offence if the player receives the ball directly from a throw-in, goal kick or corner kick.

In order for an offside offence to occur the player must be in an offside position when the ball is touched or played by a team-mate; a player who runs from an onside position into an offside position after the ball was touched or played by a team-mate is not penalised. Similarly, a player who is in an offside position when the ball is touched or played by a team-mate may potentially commit an offside offence even if they run back in to an on-side position before receiving the ball.

Determining whether a player is in "active play" can be complex. FIFA issued new guidelines for interpreting the offside law in 2003 and these were incorporated in law 11 in July 2005. The new wording seeks to more precisely define the three cases as follows:

* Interfering with play means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a teammate.
* Interfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent.
* Gaining an advantage by being in an offside position includes playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or crossbar or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position.

In practice, a player in an offside position may be penalised before playing or touching the ball if, in the opinion of the referee, no other team-mate in an onside position has the opportunity to play the ball.

The referees' interpretation of these new definitions is still proving controversial until this day, largely over what movements a player in an offside position can make without being judged to be interfering with an opponent.
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Offside sanction

The sanction for an offside offence is an indirect free kick to the opposing team, at the spot where the offence occurred. Most referees use their discretion and let play go on if the "offended" team already has the advantage or ball, in order not to slow down play with redundant free kicks that achieve the same purpose of giving the advantage or ball back to the "offended" team.

Answer 3

Wrong rb_cubed. Offsides is a 5 yard penalty that is called when a defensive player crosses the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped. If he hits an offensive player in the process he receives an "ENCROACHMENT" call against him which results in an additional 5 yards added to the penalty. A false start is basically the same thing but reversed. it is when an offensive player moves before the ball is snapped.

Answer 4

I'll try. An offsides is when a player touches the ball to make a pass and one of his team mates is already passed by the defenders. An offensive player can't be ahead of the defense when the passed is made. He must be at least even with him. This does take time to learn but if you look for it, you'll learn.

Answer 5

Offsides is when an offensive player is closer to the goal than at least 1 defender of that goal. Technically there are supposed to be two defensive players between an offensive player and the goal- the goalkeeper and a defender.

Answer 6

Off sides occurs when an offensive player, w/o the ball gets behind the last defensive player excluding the goal keeper.

Why am I answering this when I don't even watch football/soccer.

Answer 7

When a player in the line-up moves before the ball is snapped to the quarterback.

Answer 8

that is the dumbest question. go look up some rules for soccer.

Answer 9

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