can you explain the off-side rule to me?

Question

without using beer mats and boxes of matches?!

Answer 1

the attacker must have at least 2 defenders in front of him before the ball leaves the foot of the attacker who is passing to him.
i think cause i need beer mats and matchboxes to explain it properly lol xx

Answer 2

easy.

It can only occur in the opponents half of the pitch.

It can only occur if the ball is passed to you and you are on the other side of the LAST defender. The other side being the side furthust away from the half way line.

So in essence, the 4 defenders have what is like an imaginary line which they try to all stay on, only they move up and down in a line going across the pitch., If they all move suddenly forward just before the ball is passed to you, and you are the wrong side of them, you are OFFSIDE. This is called the offside trap.

But, if any one of them moves forward a little too late and the ball had already been kicked by your teammate towards you before you was on the wrong side of the defender, then you was not offside when the ball was kicked and you have caught the defence out and play resumes.

It is a game of cat & mouse, however not every team's defence plays the offside trap. It can be a difficult way to play, especially if your against a clever forward with pace.

Answer 3

Hmmm, that's a tough question. Sorry but you need beer mats and boxes of matches. I know offside play when i see it but it's really hard to explain but here goes, all you blokes ready for a laugh? If a player passes the ball to a team mate and he's beyond the last defender it's declared offside, unless they're both in the penalty box, i think. I'm questioning myself now. Aww, we need beer mats. I'll have given the blokes a laugh at least

Answer 4

Parkesmatt has given the best explanation.

It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position.
That position being less than two defending players between the attacker and the goal as the ball is passed forward.

The player is penalised if he receives the ball in the opponents half whilst in that position as the ball is passed forward.

The player will not be penalised if he is in that position but is in no way affecting the game by either:-

1. Interfering with play by blocking vision .
2. Using dummy tactics to gain an advantage.
3. receives the ball from a rebound off the posts or goalkeeper when in an offside position immediately prior to it.
4. Receives the ball off a deflection by an opponent.

A player in the said position will not be ruled offside if he:-

1. Is in no way interfering with play.
2. Receives the ball from a corner kick.
3. Receives the ball from a throw in.
4. The ball is passed backwards to him by his own player.
5.Receives the ball from a back pass.

Answer 5

A player is offside when he is in a more advanced position than the second last player on the opposing team.

A player is only penalised when he is in an offside position when the ball is kicked by a team mate.

However recent rule changes make the rule morecomplex., The player must either be:

1) Active (Receive the ball)
2) Gaining an advantage by being in an ofside position (Collecting the ball from a rebound)
3) Interfering with an opponent (In an opposing player's vision

A free kick is given when these rules are breached.

Just to make it more complex:
A player is not penalised if he received the ball directly from a throw in, corner or goal kick, if he is behind the ball or in his own half.

Answer 6

If a players locker is full of strawberries, he is in an offside position, unless he smells of elephant wee, in which case the referee must phone the pope for an official adjudication. This can take anything up to 250 years. Also if the player owns the ball, if cannot be offside, otherwise he will go home and take his ball with him, so there.

Answer 7

As above but a player who is not deemed to be interfering with play will not be offside if he doesn't touch the ball and isn't interfering with play by for example being in the direct line of vision of the goalkeeper.

I watch football regularly and there are plenty of men who don't understand the offside rule now!

Answer 8

Steph,
When a couple of teams of silly blokes get together to kick a bladder around a bit of grass, the whole scenario is beyond me. Oh I teach water skiing, so am not immune to exercise, but I think in applying a foot to a bladder to a team-mate, if said team-mate is in front of an oppostion bloke at the time of kicking said bladder, it is deemed offside if anyone noticed, so you have to start again.
In water skiing, the rule is simple.
Last one standing wins.
Much easier.

Answer 9

OK the offside rule only applies in the opposition half of the field you cannot be offside in your own half of the field no matter what. if you receive the ball in the opposition half of the field and your ahead of all opposing players you are deemed to be offside you must be behind or level with at least one player when the ball is played to you .. i hope that clarifies it for you

Answer 10

if you are in the oppositions half and you are between the last defender and the keeper, you are in an offside position. If the ball is played forward, you are offside

if you have the last defender and keeper in front of you, and the ball is played, you are onside.

if you are in your own half when the ball is played, you are not offside.
if you are between the last defender and the keeper, and the ball is played backwards (i.e. from the by-line) you are not offside

You cannot be offside from a throw in, or a corner kick (initial ball)