How Do You Understand Offsides In Soccer (Football)?
• Learn a little history behind the offside rule. The offside rule originated in football’s early days, in secondary school games; it was introduced to stop lazier players from simply hanging about the goal zone, waiting to take the ball and aim for an easy goal.[2] Under the rules of Eton College (1847), being offside was once known as “sneaking”.[3] Over time, the offside rule has evolved to ensure a good balance of play (at one stage it was so tough that no goals were being scored!); by 1925 FIFA amended the rule so that only two players had to be between the attacker and the goal.[4] In 1990, the rule was amended to help the game flow more freely again, through permitting an attacking player to be level with the second-to-last defending player without being called offside.[5] • Understand what offside means. The reasoning behind the offside rule remains fairly much the same as when it was introduced, namely, it is aimed at preventing an attacking player from waiting for the ball cl
