Its called Offside, or being in an offside position. Being in an offside position, in and of itself, is not a foul. The foul occurs when the ball is PLAYED to the PERSON in an offside position. You can be "passive", not involved in the play, in an offside position and there is no foul.
You cannot be in an offside position in your own half.
No, you are not considered offside during a throw in, a corner kick, or a goal kick.
No. Only the parts of the body that can play the ball are considered in the offside determination.
In soccer, a player is offside if he is in an offside position and becomes involved in play. In hockey, a player is offside if he is in the attack zone (fully across the blue line) when the puck enters the same zone. Please see the related questions for detailed information about each sport.
The offsides rule in soccer prevents a player from standing by the goal and waiting for passes. When the ball is kicked, you cannot be behind the last defender (not including the goalie).
"offsides" means that the ball was being passed to you when you where behind the last defender of the opposing team. When you are offsides, the play stops and the opposing team gets a free-kick from where the ball was passed. This prevents "cherry-picking".
You cannot be offside from a corner kick
Yes in novice hockey there are offsides calls.
There is no offside in field hockey.
Offsides is a 5 yard penalty.
Committing an Offside Offence -A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of their team, they are, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by the following: >interfering with play >interfering with an opponent >gaining an advantage by being in that position
An indirect free kick is awarded to the other team. Indirect meaning that they cannot shoot at goal. things you should note:player cannot be offside if in his or her own half,cannot be offside if he or she receives the ball directly eg from a corner, offside free kick not awarded if player is not affecting play, e.g lying injured