I watched a tape of the England vs Germany 1966 World Cup Final the other day and the thing that struck me the most was how many of today’s players can’t make a solid tackle without leaving their feet. And some players, such as Paul Scholes and perhaps David Beckham, are actually pretty brutal when [...]

After playing and watching football on almost a daily basis for many years now, it seems that some people still have difficulty understanding what constitutes handball.
It is of course another controversial football rule that’s basically up to the interpretation and discretion of the referee. But one thing should be made clear, the rule deals with [...]

While football’s a physical game that’s played on the pitch, it’s also a thinking person’s game that can often be won and lost on the drawing board. This is because like a chess match, the sport is open to many different tactics, and one of the most important strategies in soccer is to know which [...]

If you’ve seen David Beckham bend the ball around a defensive wall and into the top corner of the net, you know how dramatic free kicks from 30 yards out can be. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing someone maneuver the ball around, over, or even under a wall and hit the net. This is [...]

If  you’re one of the few who already understand the offside rule, the next thing to learn is how to stay onside when attacking and how to play somebody offside when you’re defending.
Because the offside rule is wide open to interpretation, it’s important that you stay in an onside position as often as possible. Many players [...]

After watching the England vs Andorra game on June 10th and seeing an England goal called back for offside, I realized it’s still a rule that baffles many supporters. In fact, the offside rule in football has to be one of the most misunderstood rules in all of sport.
An offside call can lead to endless [...]

Heading is considered to be a skillful part of the game which comes naturally to most football players. But over the years, more and more people are questioning the health effects of constantly heading the ball. In fact, in 2002 a British coroner ruled that former England World Cup player Jeff Astle died at the [...]