Recently the Ontario Soccer Association held its first RUG and PUG (Regional and Provincial upgrade groups) weekend at various locations around the province. At one of the sessions, an interesting question was posed to the group about what might happen when a goalkeeper handles the ball illegally to deny a goal.
Like many of the other decisions under the Laws of the Game, it is both complicated and incredibly simple, and to understand the reasoning behind the answer to the question, a brief history of the misconduct of denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity must be looked at.
FIFA Soccer and Futsal Laws
A discussion of the FIFA Laws of the Game for both soccer and futsal, with their applications, interpretations, and confusions by a Canadian referee from Ontario.
Thursday, 20 November 2014
Friday, 11 April 2014
Soccer 13/14 Law 16 - The Goal Kick - Stationary or not?
I came across an interesting discussion the other day about goal kicks.
The discussion was specifically about whether the ball needed to be
stationary at a goal kick. It was presented such that the Laws of the Game did not
state that the ball needed to be stationary at goal kicks, but did for all other kicked restarts.
With a bold statement like that, it almost necessitates looking things up in the Laws of the Game book.
With a bold statement like that, it almost necessitates looking things up in the Laws of the Game book.
Friday, 7 February 2014
Soccer 2013/14 Law 12 - Hanging off the crossbar (Updated)
Something that was brought up after the prior Law 12 discussion was how FIFA's Laws of the Game apply to a situation where a player hangs off the crossbar during the course of play. This player could, of course, be a goalkeeper, a defender, or even an attacking player.
So... what do we do? My immediate instinct is to blow the whistle and stop play, but why? There's nothing outright in the Laws of the Game for either soccer or futsal that directly discusses a player using the crossbar as an aid to play.
So where does that leave us?
So... what do we do? My immediate instinct is to blow the whistle and stop play, but why? There's nothing outright in the Laws of the Game for either soccer or futsal that directly discusses a player using the crossbar as an aid to play.
So where does that leave us?
Labels:
Football,
Football 2013/14,
Futsal,
Goalkeeper,
Law 12,
Soccer,
Updated
Monday, 27 January 2014
Futsal 2012/13 Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct (as applies to the GK)
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