Football offside / Law 11 completely explained

Here is the complete explanation of Law 11 (offside rule) of football which is officially approved.

[@ericasare4961]

One of the best videos explaining the offside rule. This is my go to video and during the soccer season, whenever I am assigned AR duties, I review before I take to the field.

[@christophersonawane]

Please show this to EA

[@simonlongshore1562]

lol i was thing the same thing tbh

[@vsubhuti]

Who is EA

[@AslamJais79]

@@vsubhuti I think he means to say, as to EA Sports, video game developer.

[@Diddy1970AD]

A very clear explanation of the offside rule, it has helped me clear up a couple of things. Good video thanks for posting.

[@am_madhuu5633]

Clearly explained ..... Now no more confusions 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Abutton121]

Thanks this helped me a lot cleared up a lot of questions that I had about this rule.

[@abrammakgalemele3491]

Well explained. 2010 FIFA Soccer WC South Africa v Mexico at Soccer City FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. On the 37th minute, Vela's "goal" was correctly disallowed. Thanks to you super video, I have found a proper explanation. Much Thanks!!!

[@ericasare4961]

I remember that disallowed goal. People always say "but there is a player on the line". They need to review this video.

[@kunalmangal9709]

So beautiful explaination!

[@vishwajeetrao7936]

Great!! Excellent explanation!🙏🏼

[@ryanrussell4181]

Hoyt Jeter you are correct. A player cannot be ruled offside if the opponent plays the ball to him directly or miscontrols a ball played to him by a a defending teammate. A player is also not offside if he steals the ball from the last defender (usually the goalkeeper).

[@brownfebruary7153]

Lovely piece I have tried to explain this rule to my gals but they don't always seem to get it. This explains it better.

[@ganeshlama3811]

Thank you sir ...need more videos .. 12 laws

[@WunHungLo99]

There are a lot more examples to show the peculiar nature eg you CAN be offside in your own half when you touch the ball having started in the opponents half in offside position and then run back into your own half, touching the ball before anyone else. There is often confusion between a deflection off an opponent (not goalkeeper) where you can still be offside and a deliberate kick/pass or miskick from same defendant where you would not be offside. Whereas any save from a keeper, deliberate or otherwise that rebounds to you in an offside position (when the ball was kicked) cannot be offside. Sorry, the rule itself may not be confusing but applying it in practice often is.

[@modgal]

good explanation!

[@mortezaamiri9261]

thank you it was great explanation

[@waltertheballer14]

This was really helpful

[@chackysbills5129]

great video thank you

[@rumramohamed7834]

This gave me a headache... Not the explanation I guess this is just too much for me to understand.

[@madwibble]

loving the music.

[@KKaKHen]

Great video. Corrected few things I wasn't sure. And this is the current ?

[@TheDare2speed]

good one...thanx fr clearing the idea....:)

[@fireforfirep]

very useful information good video

[@SolihullRog]

8 Jan 2023. I have a rule. If a 'teacher' - of any persuasion - starts his talk by saying the subject is "simple" or "easy" I know that the 'lesson' will be of little use because the 'teacher' doesn't have empathy with his audience. Today Liverpool scored a second goal against Wolves, which VAR judged to be legal. But this article is "officially approved" and the law is "easy/simple" it suggests that the scorer (Salah) was offside. So much for simplicity and so much for the football authorities' control of the laws.

[@99bibibi]

great video!

[@mastera7x]

is this the FIFA trainer programme?

[@MsNovazz]

Alright. Now i understand a bit about offside. It's not hard to understand as you've said, but it's undeniably hard to determine and judging the situation in real play. The referee should fully be aware and very focus on the game as the players are all running fast here and there it might be very confusing to call the offside offence.

[@Deluxeta]

Video looks like it came out of International Superstar Soccer 98...

[@carmenkathymfontanez5754]

No

[@Deluxeta]

Elaborate.

[@TheZodiac454]

Also, you can't be offside if an opponent player passes you the ball.

[@arielaugustosotarchoque8991]

this offside rule is the best solution to the 1990 world cup where the matches were boring and with few goals because the defenders were well protected. to break the defenders line you need physical qualities. with the rule of 1995 there were 7.8 offfsides. with the rule of 2004 there were 4.8 offsides. with the rule of 1921 people stopped going to the stadium with only 2.58 goals. with the 1925 rule the goals increased to 3.69 goals. pele played with this rule. thanks to this rule soccer is interesting and we have the first records with messi and ronaldo.

[@dawood_wani_09]

Thanku dear

[@Haki7Hikari]

I don't know a lot about football so sorry if my question sounds silly. But what if you are in an offside position the moment that a player from the opposite team kicks the ball in your direction. You then kick the ball in the goal. at 5:20 it says that it's offside when the ball rebounds off an opponent. But if it didn't rebound, if the opponent was actualy playing, he kicked it while you stood offside, you ran to the ball and shot it in the goal.Is it also offside or is it only offside if the the ball comes from you own team? I think that for the rest I finally got what offside means. Thanks for the video.

[@Kardanwelle1994]

It depends on the situation: If the pass of your opponent player to you (while standing offside) was unintended, it's offside. But if the pass was played to you in a controlled manner, it is not offside. The referee has to decide if the was pass was played willfully or not.

[@Haki7Hikari]

Kardanwelle1994 Thank you for the help. So it the opponent player passes the ball in my direction because one of his teammates was standing very close to me. Then would it be regarded as offside? Because he didn't intend me to get the ball.

[@yowoody85]

Kardanwelle1994 If you receive the ball directly from an opponent you canNOT be offside, regardless of intent.

[@Haki7Hikari]

yowoody85 thanks, that cleared up a lot. I think I can assume I finally know what offside means.

[@WillTheTimeCome2]

Haki7Hikari It does not matter intended or unintended. If it's not a rebound than it's not an offside, no matter close or far from you your opponent is. There is one more interesting thing. Suppose you are in an offside position. Suppose your team-mate does not want to give you a pass (forward direction), but he decides to give the ball back to your team's defender or a goalkeeper of your team (backward direction). But the ball suddenly rebounds of one of your opponents and moves to you. How do you think, is that an offside? Actually, that is NOT, because the initial after-pass direction was opposite (before the rebound). This is a real-life example.

[@edondaki]

someone can help me please..Where can i buy this DVD or CD complete Football Laws?

[@dipakbagda9171]

So it means you go in opponent's half and goal then you were offside and goal cancelled

[@jola689]

OK, I have a question:what if breakaway player has ball - loses ball (player gets in front of the ball by mishandle) and comes back to get ball before defender gets there? is player offsides? or in same context shoots the ball it hits the goal bounces behind player (still no defender there) player comes back to get ball to try another shot? Thanks!

[@klieu90210]

No, because he is not considered to be "interfering with active play", because the ball would not have been passed to him by a teammate.

[@maciejzuk7756]

I'm seriously surprised to hear that a player receiving a ball from a goal kick can't be penalized for being in an offside position. All this time I believed that the goal kick functions here on the same basis as an indirect free kick.

[@caydaruusmaxamed3232]

Thanks

[@AleCaptain]

Please update the video till about deviations (2013)..

[@gurpreetsekhon4530]

thank you

[@DukeBlueDevil4life]

Ok an attacker is in an offside position, the defender, who has the ball goes to clear the ball, it hits another attacker, who is onside, in the back, the ball then goes to the attacker who was originally offside when the defender played the ball. Is the attacker offside, because it was defender who played the pass originally and it just took a deflection????

[@AnoirR]

Any two players from the opposing team, goalkeeper or otherwise are considered as the last two defenders.

[@thehowells7064]

A player who is offside but not distracting the opponent. At 4:48 the player is clearly a distraction to the goalkeeper. If you are offside you are causing a distraction to defenders and goalkeepers as the player can later become active when play has caught up.

[@akashdeepbrar637]

thnx sir

[@calligraphyguildofcolumbus5849]

My understanding is if it has accidentally deflected off the defender, to the left forward, yes, they would be offside. However the defender had control of the ball and intended to clear the ball, just not where he wanted it to go. Since the ball was not a pass from his own player, the left forward would not be offside. That is how I remember the rule from when I took my ref class. Can any ref instructors address this, please?

[@lardyl]

Agreed. The video commentry suggests that the law as currently formulated is "Not Controversial" What? How can a player not gain advantage when offside and in the field of view of the keeper or a defender? The defending player will be distracted if they are open to receive a pass! How does that defender know if they are offside/not? It's hard enough for the officials to know, never mind the defenders. Of course the attacker in the offside position gains advantage. So they should be flagged.

[@Guide1104]

6 : 00 is offside or not offside

[@Hoyt]

Questions. What if the defense team plays the ball back and the player was in an offside at that time. And he gets the ball. Is that off-sides. So as long as the defender has possession then plays it to the goal keeper you can not be offside even if you were in an off side positions. So you can steel the ball and shoot. Correct.

[@vishnu3367]

Yes u are crct.After 8 yrs bro.Long time! I never even had a smartphone eight years back. Or else i would have certainly replied.☺️

[@therealxunil2]

This is a good video, but I find it humorous that it is described as "as easy as 1-2-3", and then spends the next 5 minutes detailing all the minutiae that determine 1 and 2. As I am finding out, the job of the AR in making offside calls is not an easy one.

[@calligraphyguildofcolumbus5849]

OK, a right forward is carrying the ball up the side, crosses the ball to his left forward, who is onside at the time of the pass, but moves beyond the 2nd to last defender, to receive the cross. The player was onsides at the time the pass was made. Instead of a successful cross, a defender intercepts it.The left attacker, is now in an offside position. The defender misclears the ball, sending it sideways, to the attacker, who was onside when the teammate passed the ball. Ref called offside.

[@ElaborateTiger]

1:57 I never knew you could be offside if you and the person you're passing to are beyond the last defender. I've never seen an offside given because of that! So does that mean all the sweaty goals I concede in Fifa 13 are really offside?

[@24magiccarrot]

It's only offside if the player you are passing to is infront of the ball, one aspect of the offiside rule that the video failed to mention is that a player can only be offside if the ball is played forward.

[@Diandredofus]

24magiccarrot the video didn't fail to mention anything. The rule says that attackers closer to the goal line than the ball are offside. If the ball is played backwards then that condition isn't met.

[@DukeBlueDevil4life]

not offside, if when the attacker played a through ball to his teammate, and his teammate was onside when this happened, then he is onside even if it deflects of a defender or if the defender intercepts and plays a ball back

[@johnmcleod8846]

I am puzzled. In the case of a free kick, should an attacking player be be deemed offside (a) only if he was in an offside position when the the free kick made contact with the ball? or (b) if he was onside when the free kick was taken, but raced a defender to the oncoming ball, leaving only the goalkeeper between the ball and the attacking player? If (b), as was in the case of one of Arsenal's goals in today's FA Cup semifinal, then - in the words of Charles Dickens, "If that is the law, then the law is an ass". We seem to have come to a situation where a TV watcher is in a better place to judge then the linesman. With current technology, couldn't - make that shouldn't - referees and linesmen also have a colleague in the stands?

[@diamondcutterandf598]

John McLeod (a).. its all about when the passer's foot makes contact with the ball.

[@carmenkathymfontanez5754]

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[@TensaiBoy]

6:48 if B passes to A, is A offside? Based on 6:26 he should be offside because he is nearer to the goal than the ball right?

[@SarveshParakh]

Yes.

[@TensaiBoy]

thanks

[@SarveshParakh]

u r warmly welcome :)

[@Youtube..Enjoyer]

he is offside

[@vsubhuti]

Excellent thanks for this why fifa can’t f ing make videos like this

[@dawood_wani_09]

Love from kashmir

[@virgilvirgil1]

@KaitouKiddo0416 yes

[@ahmedsolayman7162]

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[@zixtow]

ammm i didnt know about the goal kick!!

[@accobra4272]

Now explain what happens if a player that's taking a cross gets carried off the pitch and then returns and touches the ball.....

[@nobodydares4933]

4:03 is it offisde to pass to ur teammate there

[@PieTopia]

no it's not

[@haythamelshafie2164]

PieTopia can you explain because I don’t know why that’s not offside

[@PieTopia]

@@haythamelshafie2164 because if the player passing the ball is already in front of all the defenders *except goalkeeper* then he can pass it to anywhere

[@haythamelshafie2164]

PieTopia ohhhhh

[@12Dave12]

@@PieTopia Thats not correct...it IS offside....in that case the offside line is drawn on the ball, so the receiving player is in front of the line: its offside. It wouldnt be offside if the player receiving the ball is behind the ball...or if its not involved in the play.

[@ShreemantoLahiri19]

Finally the guys in my society will understand what an offside is xD

[@allancouceiro9905]

anyone else here after Lukaku's goal for Belgium against Russia?

[@kedyjohn1848]

You can not be offside from a goalkick ? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@MS-kw7ji]

can a pass back be off side??

[@24magiccarrot]

No because offside only affects the team in possesion. If a defender has the ball and an attacker runs behind them and the defender then passes back to the goalkeeper the attacker is no offside, he would only be offside if a team mate passes to him.

[@fighter1604]

No, exactly!

[@Firos81]

oozm

[@Metalpazallteway]

What if it's a goal punt and not a goal kick? Offside?

[@NathanHeaver]

Yes

[@craigcharles3343]

This one rule alone (offside) is what makes soccer so confusing and subjective, especially to the fans. It's places too much burden on the officials which can cause the perception of bias. It also leads to lower scoring games. Soccer to me is a great game in dire need of one major rule reform...law #11. I know it wont' happen but it should.

[@Helix426]

Imagine how boring the game would be without the offside rule. Offensively, you would put one tall, stout teammate right in front the opposition's goal all the time, and the rest of you would just kick the ball toward him/her. Defensively, since you always have an opponent BEHIND your back line, you wouldn't wanna crept forward. Dickless version of American Football...

[@m0skit0]

Craig Charles All sports have subjective rules. Offside is inherited from rugby, and does make sense.

[@AFCA-vn9bl]

+m0skit0zindahouse offside makes sense..

[@m0skit0]

AFCA 1900 Thanks for repeating what I just said.

[@m0skit0]

Greg Charles You meant to reply to Helix426 bro.

[@pacothesheep]

Not if the player you're passing to is behind the ball.

[@moses2276]

some parent was going nuts because their was someone offsides near the sideline when an onside opponet recieved a pass and scored...that guy is a tool

[@royadams3075]

Football offside rule should only apply to the halfway line and scrap all these imaginary lines that have to be drawn.

[@gdesouza6264]

You forgot another rule... If the ball is in motion! I've been called offsides so many times because Refs did not know this rule.

[@ElaborateTiger]

Oh right. Still, the offside rule is wrongly implemented in Fifa 13 because you can pass to a person in front of you when you've beaten the defenders.

[@iR3V3NJARZ]

I tryed explaing this to my gf today! Haha

[@nessy1387]

What if both Offenders passed the defenders?

[@jayken548]

It's very offside then.

[@AnnieMaryJohn]

@@jayken548 what is the importance of this rule?

[@jayken548]

@@AnnieMaryJohn so that players won't camp near the other post ? 😂😂

[@AnnieMaryJohn]

@@jayken548 i have 1 more doubt ... what do u mean by parking the bus?

[@jayken548]

@@AnnieMaryJohn parking the bus is when the team mostly plays defensive with like all the players behind the half line. Bw you joke about around asking these ?

[@ElaborateTiger]

Don't have a capture card sorry :-/.

[@erosbryan]

Still don't get it

[@pacothesheep]

Pretty sure you cannot do that in FIFA 13......Post a video on that.

[@amartrtovac961]

-Ofsajd !! -Šta ofsajd,nije ga ni tako !? :DD xaxa

[@Mukul_G]

Didn't get it

[@Le_Corsaire]

Why do you even mention corners..? It seems obvious that you can't be offside since the ball is kicked from the very end of the pitch so the player who receives it will never be closer to the goal than the corner.

[@msolec2000]

+Peur1386 Late, but here's the answer. You can take the corner kick from any spot inside that quarter circle in the corner. That leaves enough space for someone to be nearer to the goal line than the ball. :)

[@takethedeepestbreath1191]

+msolec2000 but no, its a rule even if no defender stands in penalty box there cant be offside, also from goal kick there is no offside

[@msolec2000]

***** I know, I was only saying why corner kicks needed to be mentioned. :)

[@Le_Corsaire]

thanks!

[@mayengamaige7177]

Oooo

[@mcPoPh]

People explaining something should never, never say "this is easy" or "simple." If it were easy, no explanation would be necessary. Biting into an apple is simple and easy. Anything harder than that is not "easy." OK?

[@njerzynek]

not nearer to the goal! if it was your line would be arched!

[@srinivasan9432]

Background sound disturbing to voice

[@karankala8073]

for me i think football should not have offside

[@wertube6]

but then they could have half of a team crowding the goal and that would multiply the number of goal opportunities by a lot

[@karankala8073]

same to side

[@Wuvixx]

+Loocher Tuntrakul Very smart.

[@Renegade_rm56]

+Loocher Tuntrakul for me I think you are stupid

[@rajeshdeotare8869]

best explaination But Rule is Waste

[@johnmcleod8846]

P.S. I am not a Liverpool supporter :-)

[@vika0194]

Rule has changed a lot since 2011 so this video is not suitable

[@rockyroll4021]

Im telling you the Offside rule is a wrong rule because it spoils the defenders and discourages the attacking team from doing their best. Who introduced it? Its a disaster for football. Remove it! Every player must put in his effort to attack and defend their stake in the game.

[@iPompeoooooo]

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[@zcadwresx]

Make the goal mouth smaller. In hockey they allow players to be in front of the goalie blocking his view of play and they allow deflections right in front of him or her. It would be unfair to allow this in soccer but not if they made the goal smaller. Also the pitch is to big. The players look tiny and therefore in my opinion of course is the reason why there doesn't appear to be a whole lot of action going on. Upopular post but atleast I am explaining my view instead of just hating on it.

[@salvadorm5046]

I'm very glad that you could express yourself on the beautiful game in such a civilized manner.

[@TheBlurayHacker]

The pitvh is definitely not big , it is perfect for runs in the attacking areas, and wide enough to prevent clogged midfield

[@Diandredofus]

You're saying that a 100mx60m pitch is too big to fit 23 people? Are you nuts?

[@user-go8wi5hq2u]

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[@marcoyoda6839]

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