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furb posted...

Off sides rules seem weird to me too. I don't mind it in hockey because it is easy to under stand. Puck must cross preset line first before offensive players. Puck goes back out passed it, offense must vacate and reset. I for the life of me can't figure it out in soccer since it floats based on the defense or something.

It's really not that complicated.

An offensive player must have two or more defensive players (usually goalie and one defender) between them and the goal at the time they make a move on the ball in the defending half of the pitch.

If they start onsides and smoke past the defense, they're fine.

If they start offsides and make a move on the ball, not fine.

The torso, head, and feet can trigger offsides but the hands and arms can't.

Actual children figure this out by, like, age 8.