@@lonestarr1490 I don't think that should be counted though , its not exactly vital to the game if we're really being honest. Referees should do a better job of enforcing players not to move forward on free kicks
@@sercangok523 Imean, I never ever asked anyone, I just rationalized it in my head knowing all the other rules and also observing and watching games. Then this video came up and I was like "Huh, I thought it was for that one but never checked, has to be something else then if a video was made about just about this." But I'm not dissapointed, the knowledge of how wack the old rules were was what I gained.
Something my coach taught me that helped as a striker was to use the D as a guide for shooting at the goal in a tight situation because any angle on the D is a shot on goal.
If you kept it between a point on the D and the near side of the penalty spot then yes it would be goal bound. Otherwise from more wide out areas the angle is obtuse enough to completely miss the goal even if it passes through the D. It is still a great tip shooting front on!
Maybe I'm misunderstanding but that doesn't seem true. Any angle on the D runs through the penalty spot not the goal. Draw a line from any point on the D thru the spot and you'll see that most of the angles miss the goal. It would only work if your straight on to the goal but then why would you need a guide?
@@samuelmcneill2816 Most of their geopolitical videos are fine for the most part (I'm sure there are some that are biased, but I haven't seen any yet). The domestic politics videos have a lot more bias though.
As the new Premier League season is underway, could you explain the new VAR rules compared to last season and how they might improve the flow of the game? I understand it to a point but no one has yet explained this in detail with an easy way to comprehend. I look forward to your take of the new rules.
VAR has no rules, they decide one thing in La Liga and another in the EPL they dont have a consistent universal set of rules they go by the rules already established in the game, the rest is solely on the ref.
I knew the circle marked the encroachment boundary on PKs, but isn’t the D also useful in open play as a reference point for players so they know exactly where they are on the field in relation to the goal without looking up?
Well, it has no rule function in open play, but yes, it most likely helps players while playing near the goal. I do wonder how the game might change if we had more lines on the pitch like American football. We might see a difference in the number of long shots taken, or an increase in accuracy of crossing from deep positions, because players will have a marker point from which to cross.
As a former goalkeeper in my school football team ..I can say that the D box is quite a help to determine where the goal keeper is standing in regard to the goal post while watching the game in front and without having to turn side or back to identify his position. Well, goalkeepers have always been subconsciously or consciously minding his/her position in front of the Goal post so as to cover it from the strikers to score.
You know what's funny? When I was a young GK I was told that only could not carry the ball to drop kick it in the D, but could, in fact, throw it instead from there. Me, being of rather spindly arm and much to partial to the long arc of the drop kick, never tried, and fortunately never found out the hard way.
It's a circle segment with center in the penalty spot. I think the 2 semicircles around the posts are also poorly represented if their centers are the posts (which is logical to assume since the idea should be to determine a certain distance to the goal).
2:05 Either it's not a true half circle or not every spot on it is exactly 10 yards from the penalty spot. If I remember correctly from school such a spot on a (half-) circle can only be the exact half of the diameter, and would therefore be the middle between the spots where the half circle meets the penalty box (on the line of the penalty box) and not inside of the box
I think Tifo shouldn't have used a diagonal view in that last illustration; if you look at the D from above on a real pitch, you see that the curve is drawn from the position of the penalty spot, not a half circle where the full circle would be touching the penalty spot (as it appears in the illustration). So the real 'D' is not a full half circle, as you correctly assumed.
Thanks for this, I keep getting asked, all the time, the same question and Im amazed at just how many people dont know this or have simply not given it a thought.
I actually like the Idea of putting lines across the field. Then freekicks and penalties could be moved horizontally to a position of choice. It would make the game more tactical and interesting I think.
As a keeper, i use the semi circle to help centre myself and my positioning in open play to determine the best angle for a save or closing down the attacker instead of looking back at my goalposts or the six yard box
One of those things where if you ask me for an answer, I wouldn't be able to provide one, but once you tell me the answer, I'd say, "Oh yeah, I actually did know that."
Guess this was always felt like common knowledge to me as I officiated in addition to played the game growing up, but a good history lesson on when modern field markings came into play nevertheless.
If I’m not wrong that half-circle is used for giving enough space for the penalty takers when they need a run to gain more power for the kick. If you notice during a live penalty no other players are to be inside the box including the Ds area before the ball is kicked
The rules you talked about are still applied nowadays in Beachsoccer. There is a penalty line across the whole pitch even dough the pitch is of smaller dimentions.
what about the hash line on the end line midway between the corner flag and the penalty box. I think it’s 10 yards to help ref gauge encroaching on corners.
Amazing how few people know this. A friend of mine has been a football reporter for over a decade and he had no idea until we spoke about it a couple of months ago
Any free kick has a 9,15 meters radius banned zone for opponents (unless the opponent is on the pitch limit) except for the goal kick. The kick-off and any kick after a goal is a free kick.
in the wake of psg messi i think it would be really cool to see an analysis on what its like and how to play as lionel messi, maybe dive into the psychology of how he and defenders play different knowing hes probably the greatest player to ever play the sport. stuff like that. great video as always by the way
You can't have ur run-up to take a pen outside that penalty arc. And other players can't enter the box or arc until the pen has been taken. Bonus question: Why do corners have flags?
Originally it was to let the players have a smoking break without unduly bothering the penalty taker. Also,it encouraged both sides not to drop their stubs in the box.
This is how Son scored yesterday's goal gainst City. He didn't even look at the goal. He already knew where he had to shoot by using it as a reference. :)
if it was a semi circle and the penalty point was not in the middle, then the penalty point is not the same distance from all points at the semi circle. This bothered me so i looked it up and the "D" isnt a semi cirlce. Because its center is marked by the penalty spot it would be a semi circle if it went to the same length the penalty spot is at. Now i was confused not just by the wording as "semi circle" but also because they actually animated a semi circle, dont get me wrong i love these videos but thats not accurate enough when that is literally the one thing the video is about and they do it wrong for some reason.
I think they need to add lines on the goal line to aid goalkeepers who have to save a penalty. Keepers are supposed to keep one foot on the line but it's rarely inforced.
Thought it was to limit where free kicks could happen. As if it was inside that area, the barrier it would be too close to the goalkeeper so they would shoot from outside that D
So defenders are not allowed to enter the D when a penalty is about to be taken. Is that it ? The small box is for goal kicks I take it but what is the use of the centre cricle ?
Fun fact... the D is exactly 16 yards long from point to point where it touches the penalty box. So if anyone ever asks you to run 16 yards on a soccer pitch, you'll know where
I have never known why this D is there. I have always Just accepted it being there for no reason. But I still have one question. Why does the outline of the penalty box has to be more 10 yards away from the penalty stop?
It is 10 yards away only where the penalty arc intersects it. Between those intersections is closer than 10 yards and farther than that elsewhere. What do you mean?
It is similar to the purpose of the central circle. Every free kick has a 9,15 meters radius banned zone for oppononts to stay in, but would be impossible to have it permanently marked everywhere in the pitch - with today's technologies, it could be projected on the pitch instead of the very innacurate method used by the referees to determine the barrier distance.
It’s the same case for the central circle... it’s only function is to avoid encroachment when returning the ball to play after a goal or in the beginning of either half
