I'm wondering how it is posssible to calculate the amount of ball possession that each of the two teams has in a game of football. We often see a statistic such as 65% - 35% for example. Is it the amount of time that the ball is in one half of the pitch compared to time in the other? Or, does someone keep a stopwatch running clicking it on and off based on some judgement as to which team has possession? If so, what happens during fast paced possession changes and times when no-one has possession? Must be quite subjective and imprecise-- unless there is a simple rule of thumb....?
209906
posession is calculated by telling the amount of time a team wins possesions to when a member of the opposition team finally gets to touch the ball
556614
when you are behind the last definder on the other team, but if you have the ball then your not, or if you are running for a ball past the last definder then you ok! it is that simple nad i'm 100% correct and i better be cause i have a game to day to make to the campionship! hope this helped! :D
192252
Offsides happens when an offensive player is between the goalie and the last defensive player and in front of the ball WHEN THE BALL IS PLAYED by his teammate.  He does not have to play the ball, but has to be part of the play.  It can be rather complicated but I hope that helps you understand.\n\nThat is not the exact rule, but it can be found here:\nhttp://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Tips_Dictionary_Terms_O.shtml#offside_rule\n\nand here:\nhttp://www.fifa.com/en/regulations/regulation/0,1584,3,00.html\n\nOh and the first answer is not even close to being right.
258128
Not in this instance. A scoring situation usually results in a goal, and it takes less than 2 seconds. if we got as far as the scoring situation, and the game wasn't stopped before, the injury must have just occured (mere logic). A skilled striker will score way faster than the opponent will discover his injury (if we are talking about something that happened almost at the same time). Obviously, if you have to dribble around the keeper, and someone is seriously injured, you shouldn't complete the play. But it is normal to take a shot.
609989
it is when a player gains an advantage when they are behind the second to last defender.  the goalkeeper counts as a defender.  if a player is offside when the ball is played, and they gain an advantage from being in an offside position, an infraction occured.  they don't necessarily have to play the ball though.  a perfect example was in the USA - Italy match when the DaMarcus Beasley goal was disallowed because Brian McBride was in an offside position and obstructed the goalkeeper's vision.  Also, a player cannot be offside on his own half of the field.\n\nIf the player who was offside is determined by the referee not to be involved in active play, then it is not an infraction. This is called passive offside.
601088
The time added on for stoppages in play.  You know when the guy is rolling around in "pain" while all his teamates are getting a drink of water?   Well, time is money and they pay for that rest in "stoppage time' added at the end of each half.  This also prevents teams from wasting time as well.  BTW- It's not always 5 minutes, it varies with the "rolling around in pain" part.
606294
The time shows what time the game is scheduled to be played (when the game has not yet started).\n\nIf the game has finished, then the score is shown - the numbers in parentheses after the final score is the score after the first half.
384369
a college football game = four 15 minute quarters, but like Pro games you can't compute the average time. this is due to exchange of ball control, and  and time outs.  To guess, I would think it takes 3.124 hrs. to complete a game that lasts only 1 hr.  and homecoming might extend this by .5 hrs given half time activities.  so I say 3.124+ .5= 3.624 hrs. average.  lets round down to 3.5 hours. and you owe me 10 pts.
157575
Foot ball is meant to be played with your feet, kicking a ball into a goal with 11 people in a team, lol. When a player from the other team is between your goalkeeper and your last man he will be seen as being offside
561572
What makes the offside rule especially complicated is that a player can be in an "offside position" without being offside. Two things are necessary to be "offside":\n\n1st - The player must be in an "offside position" at the moment the ball is "played" by a teammate. To be in an "offside position", a player must be on the opponent's half of the field & closer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball & the second-last defender. A player is not in an offside position if he is on his own half of the field (i.e. the half his goalkeeper is on), or even with the second-to-last defender or the last 2 defenders. (The goalkeeper is usually the last defender, or one of the last two, but he might not be; the rules just refer to the last 2 defenders & don't mention the goalkeeper). This is often difficult to call. (For example, if a player is even with the Second Last Defender & thereby in an "onside position" but runs past the Second Last Defender a split second after his teammate makes a through pass. In this example, the player is not offside because he was in an onside position at the moment the ball was played.)\n\n2nd - The player must be involved in "active play" by either:\n\n    * gaining an advantage by being in an offside position, or\n\n    * interfering with play, or\n\n    * interfering with an opponent
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Very simple in fact.\n\nA person is considered offside if he is in a position where there are not at least 2 players between him and the opponents goal line.\nThese can be ANY 2 players though usually one of these will be the goalkeeper.\n\nThe rule is applied at the moment the ball is PASSED to the player and NOT when he receives it.\n\nSo, if a player in "onside" when a player kicks the ball to him but then advances up the field and the ball reaches him in an offside position then it is ok.\n\nThe reverse also applies. If he is in an offside position when the ball is passed to him and then heads back onside to get the ball then he is still considered offside.\n\nThree more exeptions to the rule.\n\n1. A player can not be offide within his own half of the field.\n\n2. A player is not offside if the ball was passed back by the opposition.\n\n3. A player is not offside if he is behind the ball when it is kicked to him. For example, a player managed to ran to the line and then passed back to a team mate. He can't be offside.
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Imagine a door with two guards:\n\n* If you stay outside and don't try to pass the guards, you're okay.\n* If you try to pass the guards without a key, you'll be arrested.  \n* If you have a key and try to pass the guards, you can enter.\n\nThe offside rule is the same.  \n\n* If there are two opponents between you and the goal (two guards between you and the door), you're onside\n* If you go past the opponents without the ball (past the guards without a key), it's an offside foul.\n* If you have the ball and go past the opponents (you have a key and pass the guards),  you're okay.
589626
Your aim as a coach is not to have a particular tactic, but to adapt your tactic to the opposing team. If they were a weak team, and if they would play extremely defensive, then you should field as many strikers as possible. But 4-2-4 is highly unbalanced, as you have few players in the midfield, which is the most important position in the game. Besides, Since Sir Alf Ramsey started using wingers in his 4-3-3 formation, 4-2-4 and other attacking-minded formations have not been used. Teams are now more interested in not losing, so they'll even use 5-3-2. or 5-4-1.\n\nOf course certain balanced formations such as 4-4-2 or 3-5-2 are good for almost any opposition
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"A sport has an objective scoring system not based on a human's judgment."\n\nFirst, who's definition is that?\n\nSecond, every sport has human judgement in it. What do you think umpires and referees do? Do you think the difference between ball/strike, safe/out, inbounds/out of bounds, \ntraveling/not traveling, etc. objective?
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In football, the foward movement is calculated by yardage, which is shown on the field in lines. You have four opportunties or "downs," to move the ball at least ten yards, which is why 1st down is normally understood as 1st and 10.  \n\nAfter every ten yards of movement you are given four more opportunities. If you cannot move the ball in three downs ten yards, on the fourth down the team normally elects to punt.  If the team chooses not to punt and tries to gain the yardage necessary for a first down and does not make it, the other teams gets the ball at that spot. \n\nIt is better, depending on what point you are at in the game, to punt on the forth down. \n\nEach play whether running or passing is to move the ball down the field so the more yards the better your opportunity to score. So If, for example on your first play you throw the ball 25 yards, you start at first down again. If on your 1st play you move the ball 3 yards. It would be 2nd down and 7 yards to go until another first down.
627030
There are six people on one side, plus a goalkeeper. They are arranged three people near the goal and three people closer to the halfway point (when on offense). Of course the goal keeper tends to stay in the goal!\n\nThere can be more people on a team, just depending at which level you are playing. But only seven in at a time, and you can sub when you need to.
607277
Im not sure about that. A win is a win wheter its 1-0 or 6-0. A team is allowed to play how they want if they play outside the law they will have players sent off and lose.