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Questions & Answers for "Grove" 1 - 10 of Law 11 - Offside 6/11/2025Bob Williamson of Mesa, AZ United States asks...As per the "I am a", if it was "I was a" then I would be all of the above.
11.1 states "any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents half". 11.4 states "If an offside offence occurs, the referee awards an indirect free kick where the o...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 6/11/2025Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...Hello
I'm back because it's necessary to return to an old question:-)
Law change:
When the goalkeeper throws the ball, the last point of contact should be used for the purpose of determining an offside position.
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Read The Full Q & A Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 5/23/2025Greg Newberg of Ventura, CA USA asks...This may seem like a nitpicky question, but I referee with a group who love to spend time digging into the minutiae of the LOTG, and who strive to correctly even the nitpicky things. In the not-too-distant past, I would always give a quick tweet of m...
Read The Full Q & A Law 15 - The Throw In 5/22/2025Michael of Ipswich, Brisbane Australia asks...Good afternoon,
This email is requesting RULE CLARIFICATION on a highly debated argument as of recent and I thought, why not message the source directly.
I currently play in the O30’s competition and have not played for approxi...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 5/17/2025Cliff of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Canada asks...Two players from Team A are in offside positions. A teammate has control of the ball and dribbles it so the ball is closer to the goal line than the two who were offside. If the player with the ball now passes it to either of those players, is an off...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 5/2/2025Crebs Crem of Zagreb , Croatia asks...Hi,
My questions is about goalkeeper's handling the ball for the second time after the ball was released into play.
The attacking team crosses the ball into goal area, the goalkeeper slaps the ball outside the penalty area, cha...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 4/23/2025Larry of Danville, CA United States asks...I’m having a minor debate with a fellow referee and am interested in your insight. Does an attempt to play a ball that should be easily controlled by a defender, but who doesn't actually touch the ball, reset offside? The actual play was as follows: ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/6/2025Axim of Albuquerque, NM USA asks...The goalkeeper for our team does an unorthodox control is maintained when a goalie bounces the ball and then is distributing via the drop kick, any challenging or impeding the distribution should be a violation. Is there a reason why this approach ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 3/30/2025Mario Viteri of Katy, Tx USA asks...If a defender passes the ball to the goalie who is outside the penalty box, then the goalie dribbles the ball inside the penalty box and then picks it up, is that legal?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 3/30/2025Tony Thomas of London , United Kingdom asks...If the referee awards a penalty and VAR overturns it, why does the game restart with a drop ball for the goal keeper?
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