Soccer Rules for Beginners

Video Transcript

"Okay, rules of the game. First of all as most of you probably know by now there are no hands in soccer. But what does that mean? Not only the hand, but the whole length of your arm. For example, this is a hand ball, this is a hand ball, this is a hand ball. Up here on your shoulder, it depends on the referee, but usually it’s not. But anything from your fingertip to the beginning of your shoulder is a hand ball. Let’s talk about restarts. First thing we are going to talk about is a kick-off. At the beginning of the game, beginning of the half and after a goal is scored. If it happens at mid-field the opposing team that gets scored on gets the ball or whoever wins the coin flip at the beginning of the game gets the ball and the ball has to travel forward before it can travel backward for a kick-off to be successful. If a ball is out of play at your end and you are defending it the attacking team that touched the ball last, you get a goal kick. In which the ball is placed on the 6 yard box, 6 yards out. It is kicked, usually by the Goal Keeper. Now for a corner kick if your defending team touches the ball last and it goes out of play at the goal line there is a corner kick awarded which the attacking team will get the ball in the corner and will send it into the box in hopes for a scoring chance. If the ball is touched out of play on the sides of the field a throw-in will be awarded."