wat is offside in footbal. how does it work?

Answer 1

when a team member/s is over the line of scrimmage of the opposing team.

Answer 2

There must be 2 opponents between a player and the opposing goal the moment the ball is played to him, not when he receives the ball but if a player is behind the ball he is not offside, neither if he receives the ball direct from a corner, goal-kick, dropped ball or throw-in or is in his own half. The vital thing is 'the moment the ball is played'. So if a player is in an offside position but recieves the ball in an onside position he is still offside. Sorry if it's confusing!

Answer 3

When the ball is passed on an attacking play, draw an imaginary line through the defender closest to the end/goal line, parallel to the endline and from one touchline to the other. If a player on the attacking team is over this line (that is to say, he's closer to the endline than any defender), he is in an offsides position, and cannot participate in the play in any way. Screening the goalie or threatening the goal counts as participation for this purpose.

If the attacker receiving a pass was "behind the defense" when the ball was played, the linesman/assistant will raise his flag, indicating that the player is offsides.

Offsides is tricky to explain in text - see the link below for diagrams and the offsides trap.

Answer 4

in american football, offsides is when a player is lined up in the neutral zone when the ball is snapped. there is an invisible line right in front of the ball, if a player lines up past the line and the ball is snapped, it is considered offsides.

for soccer, offsides is when a player is past the last defender (not counting) goalies when the pass is made. it only matters where the player's body is the moment the ball is struck. so if a player is offsides (past last defender) comes back onsides after the pass was made, or goes offsides after the pass, it is still considered offsides. a freekick is given to the other team.

a pass back is never considered offsides, only forward passes are offsides. for example if 2 players beat the last defenders, and a pass is made back from the forward player back, then that is not offsides.

just some clarification, for offsides, draw a line across the field from one side to the other side. the last defender is the line. any player past it at the moment of the pass, is offsides.

Answer 5

rblaze is almost correct in regards to soccer/football. However, it is when the ball is passed, not when the player makes contact. So if the player is in an offside position (nearer the goal s/he is attacking than the second to last defender) when his/her teammate passes the ball, and the attacker moves into an onside position to receive it, s/he is still offside.

You can also be called offside if you are in an offside position and somehow affect the play (for example, block the goalkeeper's view, or impede the progress of a defender) even if you do not touch the ball.

Answer 6

Basically it is where the attacker is closer to the goal then the ball and the ball is played if that makes sense lol!! The reason tht it is in place is because otherwise a player can stand with or behind the opposing goalkeeper and be passed the ball and net it and there would be no need for defence, and it would just be a game of goals rather then the wonder goals like Steven Gerrards that make it the game it is.

Hope this helped!!

Answer 7

Offsides is when a player lines up on the opposite side of the neutral zone (where the ball is) It happens more with defense than offense

Answer 8

At the point the ball is forwarded by, let's say person A, to person B inside the goal box, there must be a defender between person B and the goal. This prevents "cherry pickers" or someone who just hangs out in the goal box as the ball is on the other side of the field.

Answer 9

offside is when the ball is played to a player who is behind the defenders of the opposition.......otherwise every team would just boot the ball to their own players who just stood on the oppositions goal line....it's not the easiest rule to understand or describe....as I've just proved.

Answer 10

Do you mean american football or soccer? In soccer it is when an attacking player has less than two opposing players (including the goal keeper) between themselves and the goal line when they first make contact with the ball.

Answer 11

An attacking player cannot be in an advanced position of the opposing team's last defender when the ball is kicked to him from his team mate.