What happened to football’s forgotten rule?

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It's in the laws, but it's never applied. Here is football's forgotten rule, explained.
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@sombor894 10 ай бұрын

we know it exists because of fifa

@itsdungitv 10 ай бұрын

Ong

@followhim.8543 10 ай бұрын

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@reun1clus 10 ай бұрын

@@followhim.8543nobody cares 😂

@hoas4444 10 ай бұрын

@@reun1clusI care mf

@hoas4444 10 ай бұрын

@@Ex-memegoditaWar doesnt means killing is protecting your nation I guess?

@thhhhms 10 ай бұрын

Ironically one of the few things the fifa games decided to keep realistic is ignored by the actual footballing world 😅

@followhim.8543 10 ай бұрын

@tenshou2791 10 ай бұрын

@@followhim.8543pretty sure jesus didnt pay for you to comment a useless message randomly

@0trul 10 ай бұрын

it's not related

@tlawal7 10 ай бұрын

@tenshou2791 this is not useless. Its true

@lebronjamesat39 10 ай бұрын

@@tenshou2791You can scroll past bro

@Elliot-T 10 ай бұрын

As a someone who played under 16's Sunday league as a goalkeeper in the early 00's. I can say this rule was most definitely enforced when the referee was the manager of the opposing team.

@trevorkew6097 10 ай бұрын

😂

@HundredSlot 9 ай бұрын

That sucks. Alot 😂

@shush665 9 ай бұрын

The ending got me😂😂

@Sujay95 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂 bruh

@stalfithrildi5366 9 ай бұрын

The kinda games where 500 foul throws are given

@joewatson6178 10 ай бұрын

It should be upped to 10 seconds and properly enforced. 6 seconds is too short that it goalkeepers can get away with it

@sule.A 10 ай бұрын

Anytime after 6 seconds the ref can award a time wasting induced card

@joewatson6178 10 ай бұрын

@@sule.A but they don’t do it enough. And it takes several time wasting attempts before they actually get carded.

@Metallic_Hydrogen 10 ай бұрын

@@joewatson6178spot on. On all occasions I've seen a keeper carded for time wasting, it's been after the 88th minute, when they've continually flouted the rule all match long. If only refs woul book them soon after blatant time wasting became apparent, then for the remainder of the game, that tactic is stripped from the offending player.

@snoopyguy21 10 ай бұрын

It's basically 10 seconds. At six seconds the referee will point to his watch. Around 10 seconds ref will walk towards keeper as a show of force and maybe put whistle in his mouth. Usually by then the keeper has gotten rid of the ball.

@joewatson6178 10 ай бұрын

@@Metallic_Hydrogen Liverpool Everton comes to mind when Pickford would lie on the ball for 20 seconds within the first 10 minutes of the game. If the Ref can tell it’s time wasting it should be penalised as soon as. Getting a yellow card in the 88th minute just wastes more time

@TheGoldenBoot-cz1do 10 ай бұрын

This is far from forgotten that timer shows up in fifa like 100 times a match

@followhim.8543 10 ай бұрын

@snoopyguy21 10 ай бұрын

Yes. However FIFA forces the keeper to kick the ball. It will not allow you to concede a free kick like this.

@mihaimiha1727 9 ай бұрын

@@followhim.8543no.

@sas7432 9 ай бұрын

@@snoopyguy21because an indirect free kick in the box will be very impractical and complicated to apply

@snoopyguy21 9 ай бұрын

@@sas7432 no it wouldn't. That's normally where an indirect free kick happens. It's written into the laws. It's been done many times before. You can already use the other players to touch the ball before the kick is taken so unless that's been removed, it can be done.

@Standard____ 9 ай бұрын

‘Few people know it exists’ FIFA: Imma end this man’s whole career

@ddgaxelnilsson7855 9 ай бұрын

I swear I’ve seen keepers hold onto the ball for 30+ seconds but not even be given a yellow card.

@jepulis6674 6 ай бұрын

Moroccon gk held it for an entire game in WC

@olivierm1378 9 ай бұрын

This rule was egregiously used in an olympic semi-final women's football match in 2012 between Canada-USA. As a Canadian and a massive football fan being well aware that this rule is NEVER applied in pro football, you can imagine how I and the rest of the country felt when the eventual goal lost us the match.

@cltmck 8 ай бұрын

The keeper apparently was warned previously and kept holding onto the ball. Also, a Canadian player stomped on a US player's head earlier in the match so maybe a bit of karmic justice.

@Human1ty 7 ай бұрын

@@cltmckCanada was also significantly lower ranked than the USA, which makes the whole situation suspicious. Also, from what I remember, the USA keeper was usually holding the ball longer than the Canadian one, and in that specific instance was the quickest either of them had released the ball. There may poetic justice somewhere there, but the referees definitely made a biased decision on that play.

@tkondobby 10 ай бұрын

Should be used more often in my opinion

@followhim.8543 10 ай бұрын

@tonyh6522 10 ай бұрын

@@followhim.8543 what

@jontyrenouf 9 ай бұрын

@@followhim.8543why?

@keksdeeXD 9 ай бұрын

no. when a corner happens, the keeper gets to the ball and falls on the ground, 2 seconds pass, takes over 5 seconds for the opponents to make space and for your teammates to go up, takes even more for them to make a run or create space for themselves.. etc. this rule isn't used because its really dumb when everyone is next to the goalkeeper, it is literally impossible to kick the ball in 6 seconds and get it somewhere meaningful

@Sujay95 9 ай бұрын

@@followhim.8543reported for spam

@MrNoob42069 10 ай бұрын

It exists in fifa though😅

@followhim.8543 10 ай бұрын

@paulsimonin6465 10 ай бұрын

@@followhim.8543my brother you STINK

@AmySuper4 10 ай бұрын

But there aren’t indirect free kicks in FIFA

@MrNoob42069 10 ай бұрын

@@AmySuper4 yea the keeper will kick it automatically

@pointer8536 10 ай бұрын

@@MrNoob42069😅

@liamgbooth 10 ай бұрын

Another addition to that rule that is even more forgotten: Opposing players must vacate the penalty area before the countdown starts.

@user-ds5ub9kn8y 9 ай бұрын

Ah really? And usually, an opposing player ‘fixes’ their socks or stuff and stays behind the goalie

@stronzotestadicazzo 9 ай бұрын

never heard about this, hard to believe it's true given the fact that there were some goals scored when players were hiding behind the keeper and when the keeper put the ball down inside the box they came from behind the keeper and scored

@macacomauricio1293 9 ай бұрын

Obviously the players ain't gonna teleport of the area the second the keeper grabs the ball

@ThisIsReMarkable 9 ай бұрын

Where does it say that? IFAB laws mention nothing of the sort. All Law 12.2 has in relation to when the countdown starts is that it's in effect when the keeper begins "control" of the ball and then proceeds to definite when a keeper is in control of the ball.

@ThisIsReMarkable 9 ай бұрын

That said, opposing players must vacate the 18yd box on goal kicks. With the exception being that a goal kick can be taken with the other team in the box if they wish to take it quickly.

@trevorkew6097 10 ай бұрын

Definitely applied in Sunday league…everyone starts shouting as soon as the ball is in your hands!

@ThrE3-GeS 9 ай бұрын

I played in a regional sunday league, never saw this rule beeing applied. Sorry

@glen1555 10 ай бұрын

Not an obscure rule, there's a guy who sits near me who'll count to 6 then shout come on ref get him booked

@Leonbjrs 8 ай бұрын

LMAOOO

@mfbias4048 9 ай бұрын

‘6 SECONDS REF’ Red faced, the words with spit and venom. He stands with veins popping next to his sitting meek wife who is smiling abjectly Usually a bald man. There is about 3 near me

@HustlerHorstRuediger 7 ай бұрын

Then he's kind of an idiot because you don't book a goalie for that.

@TheDanzomanzo 7 ай бұрын

As he should. I disagree with the booking part, but the principle of timewasting should never be forgotten.

@pizza_planet 9 ай бұрын

When he said "this secret rule" I knew it, I knew it was going to be that 6 second rule.

@slovesc.t.i.d4381 4 ай бұрын

Same

@dominiccooper8967 10 ай бұрын

Fifa taught me this 😅

@_PanchoVilla 10 ай бұрын

This rule isn't obscure. Time wasting has evolved to flopping and etc.

@zacweston-edwards8849 10 ай бұрын

Americans and their “flopping”

@followhim.8543 10 ай бұрын

@CatharticSense 10 ай бұрын

The average football game is actually only 55 minutes, counting time the ball is in play.

@glen1555 10 ай бұрын

Everton's Jordon Pickford is good at flopping

@_PanchoVilla 10 ай бұрын

@@zacweston-edwards8849 if you're going to hold onto your prejudices as a premise for your argument then try again and troll me correctly-I'm Mexican.

@jordantamai5192 9 ай бұрын

I've counted beyond 30 seconds in some matches. Then they place the ball on the ground and "look for a pass" before belting it to nobody 😅

@formerctgovernordannelmall1452 9 ай бұрын

Learned this rule even when I was doing my certification for basic travel/premier refereeing. Always made sense as one of those “you’re probably never going to need to use this rule, but just in case some rare misbehaved goalie is stalling or giving you lip about it, you’ve got an actual rule you can reference to justify putting a stop to it” and like the video said, it’s usually a one-off thing that doesn’t happen again, removing the need to ever implement the free kick

@AndrewMcDreamy 9 ай бұрын

There are several rules like that that are much more vague so why state 6 seconds? That's my issue with the rule. We have so many debates with the handball rule each season (as a referee) and the rule is updated almost yearly but this 'obscure' rule never gets updated. It's laughable, do better IFAB.

@HJDSimon 7 ай бұрын

Rare?? You say you're a football referee but apparently you've never watched a single match. They go over 6 seconds almost every single time

@formerctgovernordannelmall1452 7 ай бұрын

@@HJDSimon Even if they hold the ball longer than six seconds, it’s never so prolonged that it’s an issue of stalling where a ref has to intervene. I never said goalies don’t hold the ball, I said that it’s a rule that never needs to be enforced. Bro literally just wants to argue in KZbin comments. I was, indeed, a certified referee regardless of how incredulous you think that is. It’s really not that high a bar of entry.

@nolikeygsomnipresence270 10 ай бұрын

There is a rule that it's actually *never* been applied: dangerous play can (and very often SHOULD) be whistled against the player who is going to a challenge with the head. The rule explicitly states that the free kick can be given against the player who endangers their own body, and yet it's never been used that way, although it should. Headers have no place at hip-height or lower. Don't put your head where it can be kicked, because it is football, and the game is all about bloody kicking. Players want to take care of each other, but don't put your HEAD where it can be kicked, for god's sake.

@GuinessOriginal 10 ай бұрын

But it’s perfectly fine to do an overhead kick right next to someone’s head

@kjn3350 10 ай бұрын

@@GuinessOriginalNah, I've seen failed bicycle kicks punished.

@williamdavies5957 10 ай бұрын

@@GuinessOriginal I actually think this needs to be punished, someone going for a bicycle kick in a crowded box is just flat out dangerous imo.

@GuinessOriginal 10 ай бұрын

@@williamdavies5957 Ronaldo scored his overhead kick in the cl quarter final in exactly that way

@mikesantiago14 9 ай бұрын

@@GuinessOriginalhe didnt hit anyone or even come close. when players do, they are punished by the ref

@stevencooke6451 7 ай бұрын

I remember it being applied in the 2012 Olympics in a semi final game between Canada and the US. It led to a tying goal, and the US went on to win in overtime.

@ccityplanner1217 Ай бұрын

An example of the rules of a game functioning like the actual law.

@gilkersh6357 7 ай бұрын

Actually as an experienced referee myself the new rule states that the referee is to encourage the goalkeeper to release the ball after 6 seconds - the indirect freekick is only awarded if the player egregiously exceeds that time

@MazFeffer 7 ай бұрын

i remember it was used in the London 2012 Olympics semi finals between Canada and the US, the game was tied 3-3 and the free kick was given to the US inside the box and the missed it, but it was a hand ball and they scored the penalty. very entertaining.

@AD0de 9 ай бұрын

Guy's... They're keepers, they can't let it go.

@ReidTheRulesGuy 9 ай бұрын

As a ref, I always count down from 6 and make them get the ball out. In practice I really end up giving about 8 seconds but I'll still call it

@MrFullyShit 5 ай бұрын

This was used in the Turkish League against Galatasaray 1 or 2 years ago. Keeper hold the ball more than 6 seconds in the extra times, ref gave an indirect kick and they actually managed to get a penalty and equalized in the last seconds of the game.

@ZeroNiteLite 9 ай бұрын

I learned this when i trained to be an amateur ref back in 2004... If i remember, 6 seconds is the minimum that you can award a free kick. Think the rule says something like "they MAY commit an offence if they hold onto the ball for more than 6 seconds" so the ref has some discretion....but cannot give a indirect free kick for anything under 6 seconds....could be wrong this was nearly 20 years ago 😅

@EliezerFernandes 9 ай бұрын

I remember this rule being applied in Brazil when I was younger. Didn’t even notice they don’t use it anymore.

@hisham_hm 10 ай бұрын

In the 2009 Copa do Brasil finals, Corinthians was so infamous for time wasting that at the Porto Alegre leg, Internacional fans counted "1 2 3 4 5 6" whenever the Corinthians goalkeeper held the ball and STILL the ref wouldn't apply the rule. Inter sent the refereeing association a DVD with all instances where Corinthians didn't follow the rules and to this day Corinthians fans taunt Inter fans saying "put it on the DVD". They're proud of being champions by breaking the rules.

@thehiddenone181 8 ай бұрын

As a Liverpool fan, I remember when Mignolet did that. It was a Europa League game. I think he held the ball for 21 seconds. Under no pressure either. I think the timer for most refs nowadays start when there's no one around the keeper.

@saltedgerman 10 ай бұрын

I'M ALWAYS SHOUTING THIS AT THE TV WHEN THEY DON'T CALL IT ESPECIALLY WHEN TIMEWASTING IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM IN THE MODERN GAME AGHHH

@PhilipMichalke 9 ай бұрын

Only when the side that I´m against does it though hahaha

@shalomadepoju7475 10 ай бұрын

Damn! EA Sports really don’t deserve the credit, but here we are.

@tonymontana1702 7 ай бұрын

I remember some strict rules regarding goalkeepers holding the ball were created after some keeper-psychopath used to hold the ball for minutes by dropping it to the ground then picking it up and then repeating the cycle. If only all players were fair, we wouldn't have to restrict the goalkeepers' freedom.

@DidYaServe 7 ай бұрын

I remember when they introduced this. Very briefly, they hurried keepers into releasing within six seconds. Barthez had some good fun with it, dropping the ball and dribbling if I recall.

@tristancropley4630 10 ай бұрын

Whenever you mention it in a game people shout “that rule doesn’t exist anymore” 🤦🏻‍♂️

@Aikisbest 9 ай бұрын

THIS SO MUCH! I've been wondering this for so many years!

@Buq666 10 ай бұрын

I played college soccer in the US and the refs there need this reminder. One particular red would harass me the entire game about it and half the time it would make me hold on to the ball longer just because I had no idea why he was yelling at me… I’ve always known this was a rule but some refs love to power trip by enforcing it to the word of the law

@jeremiaas15 7 ай бұрын

I'd think the rules about throwing the ball in are less known- both feet on the ground, the ball must start the motion directly behind the player's head, and the player can't enter the pitch as a result of the momentum on the throw.

@Caylemmm 9 ай бұрын

I feel that this rule should definitely be enforced far more strictly because a lot of games are slow now thanks to keepers flopping onto the ground and killing all the momentum in the match

@kpm5743 8 ай бұрын

I remember this being introduced and always have it in the back of my mind. You often see goalies drop the ball to their feet (at which point it no longer counts) - before this rule, they just held it in their hands forever until people started kicking off. At least by them dropping it, any attackers force them to kick it away

@kerolokerokerolo 6 ай бұрын

I've actually seen it apply quite some times. I've been watching football for +25 years and I can defintely see that it's been quite a while since the last I saw it being used. It always makes me angry when some goalkeepers do it to loose time when their team is winning

@camero0n 7 ай бұрын

In my elite club settings the ref gives us a countdown from 6 every time the keeper picks up the ball

@sophiam642 9 ай бұрын

In 2015 it won a World Cup for the USA. Not directly causing the win but it was a very large part in it.

@Aremumyke 6 ай бұрын

Brother in arms... Garri for breakfast and Dinner😂 Loved the vlog style with you narrating what goes on. At this point, everyday's routone is the same but there's something always different.

@DaleEarndhardt 8 ай бұрын

Whenever I used to play football with this one kid who’s dad for whatever reason told him about this rule, he’d apply it as soon as he’d start losing. After a while we just started agreeing as we would normally but then would snipe the ball at him as hard as possible and continue on with our game. Moral of the story, don’t be that kid

@dangerdenis3647 7 ай бұрын

-picks up the ball -drops the Ball after 6 seconds -picks the ball again -repeats -refuses to elaborate further

@calvinkuch9283 4 ай бұрын

It was egregiously enforced in the semi finals of the Olympics in London in the Canada versus US game. In extra time they gave a free kick to the US when nobody had seen that Royal used at a high competition in forever.

@OVelhoRonaldRios 2 күн бұрын

It should be mentioned that at some point it was 6 SECONDS or 4 STEPS walking with the ball in their hands. Then they gave up officially with the steps things. The 6 seconds still remains but it's never enforced.

@LillyVonT 7 ай бұрын

My favorite part of Berbatov was him counting with his fingers and when he got to 7 he’d start flailing his arms wildly

@007feck 8 ай бұрын

They’re gonna start enforcing it this year - alongside one for holding up set pieces throws etc

@matthewcantrell5289 4 ай бұрын

That’s a good rule. Only applied when it really needs to be, so it acts in the spirit of the rule. Not just another line in the fine print to be abused to one’s advantage.

@samsolopeeps 10 ай бұрын

I would like it actually applied a bit more

@davidkelly499 9 ай бұрын

Almost every football fan knows this rule

@kidkieran77 8 ай бұрын

I remember it being enforced more when it first became a law. Shearer definitely scored one for England and a few for Newcastle.

@VojtechTMana 7 ай бұрын

Yeah like 6 years back, when I was reading the rules for some reason, I came around this rule and since then I always count and 90 % of the time the goalies hold it longer. Sometimes it’s ridiculous that they can hold it for like 20 seconds. We definitely need this rule to be enforced. Maybe give more seconds, but damn, anything above 15 is way too long

@syirodigibit912 6 ай бұрын

I remember that one of legend striker who has one of the most powerful shoot the the time which feared many of legend goalkeeper, ever took a freekick inside penalty box. He shooted the freekick directly into the goal net with a very strong kick The legendary striker was Gabriel Omar Batistura

@syirodigibit912 6 ай бұрын

Batistuta

@mrbojangles7577 7 ай бұрын

I can remember back in the 70s there was a 3 step rule for goalkeepers.

@kieranbennett7453 10 ай бұрын

I love how everyone knows this rule exists purely from a tiny logo in the corner of the screen in fifa. I have to appreciate how simply the rule is explained by a picture (a 6 inside a stopwatch) and everyone understood it with no further explanation.

@magiccouponsREAL 7 ай бұрын

Videotape is amazing with this soundfont

@Asrtyulg 3 ай бұрын

In us high school and club play this happens from time to time. Usually upwards of 30s to a minute of holding with a warning. And almost never on the first offense.

@user-jt1jv8vl9r 6 ай бұрын

I swear there was a rule restricting how many steps a gk could take once they had the ball on their hands.

@SaturnusDK Ай бұрын

It should just be replaced by a simple rule that if no opposition player is in the penalty box a GK cannot catch or hold on to the ball for any reason. This replaces this current rule, and the backpass rule.

@StinkyBeanvr 5 ай бұрын

Everyone should know this rule

@penaltygallery 8 ай бұрын

Before this rule gks were allowed a certain number of steps instead (whilst holding the ball) and this change was thought to make the game quicker

@refowen 7 ай бұрын

the IFK is awarded at the spot where the keeper was called and its penalty AREA, the penalty box is where one goes for 2min for slashing

@fitz12ify 9 ай бұрын

In 2008 my team Liga Deportiva universitaria had a goalkeeper expert in time wating (he was alredy a veteran that made a mark of his game this wasting), his name was José francisco Cevallos. He was really aware of this rule every time he held the ball you could see him counting the seconds with his free hand.

@christophergallagher3845 9 ай бұрын

Back in the day it was like a 5 step rule . Why goalkeepers would bounce the ball during run up to kick it back up the pitch

@benjamingomez8189 10 ай бұрын

I still remember this rule being called against Jorge Campos in the 1998 WC, with some of the seconds being while the ball was still in the air and out of his hands against the Netherlands

@sophiefortnite1869 8 ай бұрын

Everyone at fratton Park knows about it. You quite often hear thousands of people counting if the keeper is taking too long

@Amartiano7 10 ай бұрын

Football video games always have it😂😅

@Ehan57 10 ай бұрын

Fifa 😂

@followhim.8543 10 ай бұрын

@freyoleitfus 9 ай бұрын

As a goalie, I know it well having tried forever to hold the ball as much as I could whenever the game was about to be done and we were winning by one goal only.

@brubrulani 9 ай бұрын

I had a ref that did this to me. He counted it from when I caught it and I was still on the ground😂

@lyndondcosta 5 ай бұрын

This rule is Popular on Futsal especially in Maldives

@luckymosola8196 8 ай бұрын

I always thought it was 16 seconds for... some reason.

@JuampiRotger 8 ай бұрын

A former player in Argentina, current Paraguay manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto, used to stand outside the box and count with his hands up while protesting to the referee. It was hillarious.

@rodrigovillate6463 6 ай бұрын

That's why keepers bounce it, they null the rule and you rarely see them waste time like that, they send it away quickly or just hug it in the ground and that way you waste time without that risk

@meleekunis2196 10 ай бұрын

Tell that to everyone Canadian during the London 2012 games. Absolute robbery.

@celtic69 10 ай бұрын

Another rule thats very rarely applied is obstruction, if you run the ball into the corner and continuously shield it to waste time that should in theory be obstruction as there’s no attempt to play the ball from the attacker. But refs just allow it for some reason.

@alangoudie1308 10 ай бұрын

Obstruction actually did get removed. I was shouting intintyr wind for years before I figured it out!

@robertjamesmcleod 10 ай бұрын

I can understand that though as it takes skill and effort to keep the ball in the corner. The goalkeeper holding the ball for 12secs every time is just ridiculous

@tomijota621 10 ай бұрын

as far as I know, it would be obstruction if youre literally holding onto the ball with your feet or any part of the body. if youre just shielding it, the ball is still "in play"

@felipegamino 10 ай бұрын

What? Obstruction is stopping/impeding an opposing player from getting to the ball without the attempt to play the ball. Like if player A is running toward the ball and player B steps in front of player A with no attempt to play the ball (like a screen in basketball) that’s obstruction. What you’re describing IS allowed. Because both players are fighting for the ball.

@sususegar 10 ай бұрын

That's not obstruction. Clearly you're being bitter that it's been done to your team before. It's still considered as playing for the ball, as the teams attempt to respectively retain/regain possession. No one is sitting or laying on the ball to prevent anyone else from legitimately challenging for the ball.

@bettytigers 9 ай бұрын

Conversions in extra time to decide a game, rather than penalties after is my idea. The defending side has to allow free passage of the ball towards their net when a free kick is awarded in the normal way for a normal foul. If the ball enters the net it only counts as a point, and the points only count if no goals are scored in the conventional way during the normal extra time. Goals scored will always trump conversion points.

@jarzhinio 7 ай бұрын

In amateur football teams are constantly reminding the refs about the 6 second rule. Also there's a rule that the goalkeeper cannot drop the ball and start to dribble with it, then pick it up. You never see that penalised in professional football, but professional keepers never do that.

@matta.4707 6 ай бұрын

En Argentina conocemos esa regla, y muchas veces el jugador más cercano al arquero, levanta las manos y le cuenta visiblemente los segundos con los dedos. Si bien nunca se cobra infracción, aunque se pase los 6 segundos, esta maniobra se utiliza para presionar al árbitro implícitamente.

@JoshAston23 10 ай бұрын

Until 1997, the rule was that GKs could only take 6 steps while holding the ball before they had to release it. As backpasses were also allowed until '97, GKs could basically hold onto the ball for an infinite amount of time (apparently it took 100 years for players to start adopting this method of gamesmanship before new rules had to be introduced)

@Djiehh 7 ай бұрын

I remember when it was introduced to replace the old rule which restricted the number of steps the keeper could take while holding the ball. Time wasting is one of the things that make watching football tedious,so I would love to see this rule enforced more regularly. I generally don't understand why football is more or less the only sport that treats its rules more like suggestions and eyeballs a lot of the game's aspects. Imagine if basketball games were officiated like football games, the shot clock would be useless, buzzer beaters wouldn't exist, it would be general mayhem.

@AeonQuasar 9 ай бұрын

Back when I played in the lower leagues it was so much focus on this it was insane. The other team was often standing with stop watches to tell the ref immediately when I passed the 6 seconds. Sometimes it was really difficult to get it out at 6 seconds. You stop a shot with a diving save. Once standing up 3-4 seconds was already gone, then all the other players had to get to their positions or at least out of our half. Then finding the player that was available wasn't always clear. If you changed your mind while trying to pass it was even worse and the objection from the other team was astunishing. It was a nightmare untill the ref started to get more relaxed about the stupid rule. I got a few free kick against me the first year after it was implemented but I don't think we ever conceded a goal for it.

@nickwoodward819 7 ай бұрын

"BUT IT'S A RULE, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT"

@yt.personal.identification 9 ай бұрын

When it was first brought in, it was definitely enforced. It stopped a lot of time wasting. Since enforcement has wained, keepers have gradually increased the time they hold the ball, to the point it is getting ridiculous again. It needs to be enforced again properly.

@Ksknight100 9 ай бұрын

The backpass law changed this law somewhat. Most keepers will handle the ball and then drop it to kick it... once dropped they cannot pick it up again; so the 6 second law was introduced in 2000 to replace the "four steps law". Keepers very rarely hold the ball for 6 seconds, in fact hardly ever these days. And bouncing the ball is not considered handled control.

@niconeedsanap8130 4 ай бұрын

this is the proof i need to show to my classmates during recess

@fendysusanto876 7 ай бұрын

Second touch in penalty box is awesome

@Tslmao 7 ай бұрын

This was used in finland a week ago when keeper held the ball for 22 sec before the free kick

@flakberg1 8 ай бұрын

In the junior leagues of Sweden our keeper got sent off after getting 2 yellows for holding the ball for too long.

@Alphoric 7 ай бұрын

How about the rule where offside is completely broken as its counted from when the passer touches the ball and not when it’s actually passed meaning the passer can hold the ball on their foot and the attacker can then run offside and as long as the passer doesn’t drop the ball they can chip the ball up to the attacker in the offside position and it won’t count as offside.

@eduardoruiz-burruecosgarci4999 8 ай бұрын

Really fun fact: the last time this rule was applied here in my country, Spain, specifically in Primera División, was against Sevilla FC, in a 2001 match against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda Stadium. And the last time this rule was applied in Spanish professional football was in a 2017 Segunda División match, against... Sevilla Atlético, Sevilla FC's reserve team, against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda Stadium. It sounds incredible, but it is absolutely true! 😅😂😂😂

@utubeape 6 ай бұрын

It should be applied to Throw -ins too. and a 6M rule for walking further up the touchline

@PPNComedy 6 ай бұрын

This rule is one of my biggest pt peeves in Football. I know it's there, but it's never followed and I bloody hate it

@isaacsingleton9187 9 ай бұрын

When I first started playing, and got assignd to the GK role, I reseached all the GK rules so I would have less chance of making rule-based mistakes, and strictly held myself to the six second rule for the longes time, until I realised nobody else actually does it lol

@ethanpierce2014 8 ай бұрын

As a referee, it’s such an annoying rule to have time deal with. A keeper will make a save, grab the ball, get up, and look for who to send it too within a reasonable amount of time, but the other teams coach will start yelling about how he’s time wasting

@BIDMIM 8 ай бұрын

I remember the Mignolet one, because the opposition keeper kept doing it but was never penalised. Mignolet had barely held the ball 4 seconds and the referee gave the free because the opposition fans were screaming so loud for it.