Football - The Offside Rule Explained
The offside rule has been an ongoing debate for the last few years after an attempt to change it. Now it seems they have finally got it right.
Rules…
• There must be 2 opposing players between you and their goal-line, when the ball is played, to be onside. One of these can be the goalkeeper.
• You are offside if any part of your body, that you can play the ball with, is past the second opposing player (Head, leg and torso)
• You are not offside if you are past the second man and don’t interfere with play. (Interfering with play is obstructing opposing players getting the ball, blocking an opponent’s view, touching the ball after the ball is passed or rebounds back off the post, crossbar or opponent [you can be offside from a shot]).
• You cannot be offside in your own half.
• You are not offside if the ball is played backwards or you are behind the man passing the ball to you.
• You are onside if you are level with the second man.
• You can’t be offside from a throw-in.
• You can be offside from free kicks.
• The goalkeeper can be offside.
• You can’t be offside form a goal kick.
