In this article, you will learn 5 awesome soccer rules and some fun facts about soccer positions.
Rule 1: NO HANDS.
Soccer is a sport using your feet. Your goal is to pass around and play through the defense to score a goal and your other job is to defend your goal. But while defending and playing you CAN NOT use your hands UNLESS you are a goalie or you are throwing the ball in. Goalies can use their hands to grab the ball before it goes into the goal. And when the ball goes out of bounds you can grab it and throw it in.
Rule 2: Throw-ins
Throw-ins happen when the ball goes out of bounds. If your team kicks the ball out then the other team gets to throw it at one of their teammates. And if their team kicks the ball out then you get to throw it into one of your teammates. The three rules that go with throw-ins are: It has to be over your head. You have to throw the ball in over your head or they will blow the whistle and the other team gets the ball. You also cannot step over the line and into the field when you throw it in or it will be the other team’s ball. The last rule for throw-ins is you cannot lift your leg. Both legs have to be on the ground or, you guessed it, it will be the other team’s ball.
Rule 3: Free Kicks and Corner Kicks
Free kicks happen when a foul occurs if someone fouls you(Which I will explain in the next paragraph) then you get to kick the ball from where the foul happened, and this is a good thing because you can kick it to their side so you can get a head start and score. Also if free kicks happen in the goal box then you get to kick the ball into the goal, and the only person stopping you is the goalie, the other players have to stand outside the box, so it’s really easy to score. How corner kicks occur, is when the ball goes out of bounds in the corner of the goal. If the other team kicks it out you place the ball on the corner of the field and kick it. And if you’re lucky one of your teammates will be in the center and they will kick it into the goal.
Rule 4: Fouls
As I explained in the previous paragraph, foals give people a big advantage in soccer so make sure you try not to be too aggressive. Fouls are when someone hurts another player or they grab onto their arm or something like that. Fouls can happen in a lot of different ways. And if you get too many fouls the referee will give you a yellow card which means you have to sit out for the rest of the game. So make sure you’re careful when taking the ball from other people because you don’t want to hurt them too much.
Rule 5: Offsides
Offside is something a lot of people don’t understand or don’t get so I am going to try to explain this very well. When you play an upper position it can be hard to see where the half line is. And offside can happen a lot for you. Offside is when one of your teammates has the ball and you are behind the defense on their side, that’s not offside until your teammate passes to you. When your teammate passes to you and you are behind the defenders the referee will call an offside and the other team gets a free kick.
Rule 6: Positions
This isn’t a “rule”. But there must usually be 11 players on the field when you are ages 11 and up. The positions are forwards, midfielders, defenders, goalies, and wings. And there are multiple of those positions. I could explain what all of the positions are and do but that would take up too much space.
In conclusion, I hope you learned a lot about soccer and now you can get better and grow with these rules. These rules will help you to succeed and I hope you use them well.
