--- title: Football: positions, rules and scoring — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Football: positions, rules and scoring», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Football looks simple, kick the ball into the goal, but the Laws of the Game keep it fair and safe: only the goalkeeper may handle --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Football: positions, rules and scoring # Football: positions, rules and scoring Lesson 41 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/0/) — Football looks simple, kick the ball into the goal, but the Laws of the Game keep it fair and safe: only the goalkeeper may handle the ball, and only in their own penalty area. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/1/) — Juniors in England start small, 7 against 7, then 9 against 9 from Under-11, on bigger pitches as they grow, so every child gets lots of touches of the ball. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/2/) — Picture a striker standing next to the keeper all game waiting for a long ball: the linesman's flag goes up every time, because that is offside. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/3/) — Stay level with the second-last defender, then time your run. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/4/) — A goal counts only when the whole ball crosses the whole line. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/5/) — Shin pads are compulsory, studs-up tackles are fouls, and young players don't practise heading, because their brains need protecting. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/6/) — The goalkeeper is the only player allowed to handle the ball, and only inside their own penalty area. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/7/) — In England juniors play 7v7 at Under-9 and Under-10 and 9v9 at Under-11 and Under-12; small-sided games give every child more touches. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/8/) — Simply put, you are offside if, when a teammate passes forward, you are in the other team's half and nearer their goal line than both the ball and the second-last defender; being level is onside. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/9/) — Just standing in an offside position is not an offence; getting involved in play is. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/10/) — There is no offside straight from a corner kick, a throw-in or a goal kick. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/11/) — A goal counts only when the whole ball has crossed the whole goal line between the posts and under the bar. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/12/) — In a league a win is worth 3 points and a draw 1. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/13/) — In a penalty shootout each side takes 5 kicks, then one each if it's still level; the keeper must keep part of one foot on or in line with the goal line until the ball is kicked. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/14/) — A reckless tackle, like sliding in studs up from behind, is a foul even if you touch the ball first; two yellow cards in one game make a red, and the player must leave. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/15/) — FA guidance in England says primary-age children don't practise heading in training, and it was reported that deliberate heading is being taken out of matches for under-12s. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/16/) — Professional midfielders often cover about 10 to 12 km in a match, in a mix of walking, jogging and sprinting. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/17/) — Shin pads are required by the Laws of the Game; the front of the shin bone has no muscle to cushion a kick. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/18/) — A fair throw-in uses both hands, from behind and over the head, with part of both feet on the ground on or behind the touchline; a foul throw gives the throw to the other team. - ← previous: [Growing and sport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/40-growing-and-sport/) - next →: [Swimming and cycling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)