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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
I need to be educated. What is “off side?”

Basically. If

(a) you are on the half of the field where the goal you score on is

and

(b) the ball is behind you. That is, you are closer to the goal you score on than the ball is.

Then,

at least two players from the opposite team must be closer to the goal than you are at the time a pass is played to you.

The rule is made to stop basket hanging, cherry picking, e.g. standing next to the other goalie waiting for a pass.

You can mostly assume that the goalie is on the goal line, so you mostly look at where the defender closest to the goal is when a pass occurs.

The black line on the TV replays they are showing is a line drawn through the defender who's closest to the goal he's guarding.

If an offensive player is in the black, he's offside.

This is a basic description. There are some variables involved, but if you can get a grasp of the basic rule you should be able to understand the calls most of the time.

103 posted on 06/23/2010 8:31:27 AM PDT by longjack
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To: longjack

USA is running out of time.


104 posted on 06/23/2010 8:38:03 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: longjack

USA has to go for it now, however, big danger of giving up one here.


106 posted on 06/23/2010 8:40:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: longjack

Thank you so much for your explanation and time.

What you wrote was very helpful.


214 posted on 06/23/2010 11:19:22 AM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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