Understand Offside in Soccer (Football)

RCP reverted edits by 175.22.13.102 (talk) to revision #20286317 by Bobbyfrank ←Older revision Revision as of 01:53, 23 June 2016 Line 1: Line 1:−{{fa}}Despite being one of the shortest of the seventeen Laws of football, the offside rule, Law 11, is probabt misunderstood of all. The law dates back to secondary schools in the 19th century, which created it to stop players "sneaking" near the opposing goal and waiting for a pass.<ref>The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia, p. 19, (2006), ISBN 978-0-7534-5928-7</ref> The offside rule has changed several times since then to adjust the pace of the game, but the purpose remains the same. Most recently, FIFA adjusted the rule in 2005 to avoid offside penalties for players not involved in the current play.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/apr/13/the-question-why-is-offside-law-genius</ref>+{{fa}}Despite being one of the shortest of the seventeen Laws of football, the offside rule, Law 11, is probably the most misunderstood of all. The law dates back to secondary schools in the 19th century, which created it to stop players "sneaking" near the opposing goal and waiting for a pass.<ref>The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia, p. 19, (2006), ISBN 978-0-7534-5928-7</ref> The offside rule has changed several times since then to adjust the pace of the game, but the purpose remains the same. Most recently, FIFA adjusted the rule in 2005 to avoid offside penalties for players not involved in the current play.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/apr/13/the-question-why-is-offside-law-genius</ref>   [[Category:Soccer]] [[Category:Soccer]]