NFHS - OFFICIATING SOCCER:
OFFSIDE RULE ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
When a player is in an offside position, the game should be stopped for offside and an
indirect free kick awarded to the opponent. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
The goalkeeper is always one of the two defenders needed to be nearer the goal line than the
ball so an attacking player is not in an offside position. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
At the moment the ball is played an attacking player is in his/her own half of the field and
breaks forward. The player receives the ball 5 yards into the attacking half and there are not
two or more defenders between him/her and the goal line. The referee should allow play to
continue. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
An attacking player is in an offside position and runs back to his/her own half of the field to
receive a pass. Play should be allowed to continue. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
An indirect free kick for an offside infringement can never occur in the attacking team's own
half of the field. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
A player is in an offside position when a shot on goal is taken. The goalkeeper parries the ball
to the player who scores. The goal should be disallowed for offside. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
A shot on goal is taken and goes into the top left corner of the goal. At the time of the shot an
attacking player was in the goal area, near the right side. The referee should allow the goal
since the player was merely in an offside position. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
A shot on goal is taken from about 16 yards from the goal. The ball rebounds off the goal
post to an attacking player who is on the edge of the penalty area and does not have two or
more defenders between him/her and the goal line. The referee should allow play to continue.
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
OFFSIDE RULE ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
When a player is in an offside position, the game should be stopped for offside and an
indirect free kick awarded to the opponent. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
The goalkeeper is always one of the two defenders needed to be nearer the goal line than the
ball so an attacking player is not in an offside position. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
At the moment the ball is played an attacking player is in his/her own half of the field and
breaks forward. The player receives the ball 5 yards into the attacking half and there are not
two or more defenders between him/her and the goal line. The referee should allow play to
continue. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
An attacking player is in an offside position and runs back to his/her own half of the field to
receive a pass. Play should be allowed to continue. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
An indirect free kick for an offside infringement can never occur in the attacking team's own
half of the field. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
A player is in an offside position when a shot on goal is taken. The goalkeeper parries the ball
to the player who scores. The goal should be disallowed for offside. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
A shot on goal is taken and goes into the top left corner of the goal. At the time of the shot an
attacking player was in the goal area, near the right side. The referee should allow the goal
since the player was merely in an offside position. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
A shot on goal is taken from about 16 yards from the goal. The ball rebounds off the goal
post to an attacking player who is on the edge of the penalty area and does not have two or
more defenders between him/her and the goal line. The referee should allow play to continue.
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
