offside rule

Each of the English public school games had its own offside rule.

Can the man on the street explain the offside rule?

In particular, they devised the first offside rules, during the late 18th century.

"The offside rule is particularly hard to apply," he said.

The offside rule is also similar to that observed in football.

These offside rules were often much stricter than in modern games.

A cosmetic change to alter the face of the offside rule Talking point.

But he is less enthusiastic about the liberalized offside rule.

This is possible due to the lack of an offside rule or similar restrictions on players field movements.

A far better change to soccer would be to eliminate the offside rule on free kicks.

Some public school games kept a very tight offside rule, thus making forward passing worthless.

There are no offside rules, eliminating the need for linesmen.

There have been some proposals for automated enforcement of the offside rule.

An important feature is the offside rule whereby a player must be behind the ball before he can play it.

Offside rules date back to codes of football developed at English public schools in the early nineteenth century.

There is currently no offside rule in field hockey.

The offside rule was introduced in 1866 into the Football Association rules.

According to the new offside rule, an offensive player can be positioned even with the last defender when a pass is made to him.

Apart from the offside rules, which are so complicated nobody really understands them, that's about it; everything else is fair.

Although not a bug, the offside rule is not enforced.

The two codes shared the unique feature of lacking the offside rule.

Cherry picking is against the rules in association football, where an offside rule prevents this.

During the throw-in the offside rule is not used.

Certain commentators may have doubts about women's grasp of the offside rule, but can the average man on the street explain it?

The offside rule is not observed, and there are no throw-ins or goal kicks.