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Did you know …

• on a dropped ball, the ball is not in play and may not be touched by players until after it touches the ground?

When is offside position determined?

Offside position is not determined at the time the ball is received by an attacker, but rather it is determined at the moment the ball was last played by one of the attacker’s teammates. If, for example, an attacker kicks the ball high in the air toward the opponent’s goal while none of his teammates are in offside position, but then a second speedy attacker penetrates the defence and receives the kick behind the second-last opponent, the speedy one is not offside.

What should the ruling be if the ball simply ricochets off an attacker in an offside position?

Quickies

Did you know …

• to restart the match after play has been temporarily stopped inside the goal area, the ball is dropped on the line of the goal area running parallel to the goal line at the point nearest to the spot where the ball was when play was stopped?