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[ THIS WAS AIDED MUCH BY AI ENGINES ]
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.... I did invent this version of football game, & I offer it for free to whom, it may concern....
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- Why we need to modify, or invent, a new football version?
* In Basketball, Handball, Volleyball & Some few other games, the match result (score) - almost always - reflects which team was playing better..
In Football (soccer), many times, the match result is frustrating, and even unfair.
Many times, the team that played better -technically- looses, while the "less efficient" - yet a (lucky) one, wins.
Part of this unfairness, is due to the scanty number of gaols, which could be scored uasually, in football matches.
But there are also, other contributing factors, related to the game itself i.e. its design & rules.
That is why, suggestions to modify the game rules, are usually reasonable.
However, suggestions in favor of raising the scoring rates, should not affect the nature of the game radically, as it is the the most popular game, in the world.
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So, we shall proceed, because we want :
- More scored goals.
- More fair game results = the better be the winner.
- More Fun & Excitement = more enjoyable game
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Let's consider what we develop here, a separate or a special (football) game, or a (branched) "version" of the traditional Football game.
Thus, it might then, be sponsored & organized by the FIFA.
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Let's call it -temporarily- one of these name:
The "Timed Limited-Attack 6-Y Football
The "TLA 6-Y Football"
The "6-Y TLA Football"
OR simply :
The "6-Y" (football).
These names emerge from fact that, the principal concern in this game, is about the 6-YARDS area.
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FIRST:
THE LEGACY:
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The game is played on the traditional football playgrounds, with its standard size, linings & goal cage dimensions.
Also, pleyed with the same ball, the same number of players, & the same playing time.
It is -almost- entirely played, with the traditional football rules, except for one modification & a few added rules.
SECOND:
THE MODIFICATION :
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"ABSOLUTE REMOVAL OF THE OFFSIDE RULE"..
THIRD :
THE ADDITIONAL RULES:
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1 - AT ANY TIME OF THE GAME, NO MORE THAN 3 "DEFENCE" PLAYERS MAY EXIST INSIDE THE SIX-YARDS AREA, IN ADDITION TO THE GOALKEEPER"
2 - IN CASE, A 4TH PLAYER ENTERS THE 6-YARDS AREA, AN INDIRECT FREE KICK IS MADE AGAINST HIS/HER TEAM. THAT KICK SHALL BE EXCUTED FROM THE TOP OF 18-YARDS ARCH.
3 - ALL THE OPPONENT TEAM PLAYERS, ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO ENTER THE 6-YARDS AREA, AT ANYTIME .... SHOOTING FOR SCORING, MUST BE DONE FROM OUTSIDE THE 6-YARDS AREA, OR FARTHER.
4 - IN CASE AN OPPONENT TEAM PLAYER, ENTERS THE 6-YARDS AREA, WHETHER TOTALLY, OR PARTIALLY (e.g. by one foot), A FREE KICK IS DONE AGAINST HIS/HER TEAM, FROM THAT POINT.
5 - "OWN GOALS" OCCURING WITHIN THE 6-YARD AREA, ARE APPROVED.
6 - IN CASE THERE ARE LESS THAN 3 DEFENDERS INSIDE THE 18-YARDS AREA, (e.g. as during a rapid counterattack), THE ATTACKER PLAYERS MAY CONTINUE TO ENTER, & MAKE PASSES, INSIDE THE 18-YARDS BOX, AS USUAL.
ONLY, SHOOTING AT THE GOAL, FOR SCORING, MUST BE DONE FROM OUTSIDE THE 18-YARDS BOX, IN THIS CASE.
[ This is, to prevent scoring (boring) easy goals.]
THIS (LIMITATION) IS VALID ONLY FOR 90 SECONDS FROM THE TIME, THE BALL HAS CROSSED THE MIDLINE BACK.
THESE 90 SECONDS ARE THE COMFORTATBLE TIME NEEDED BY THE DEFENDING TEAM, TO RETURN ITS PLAYERS BACK & TO ORGANISE THEIR LINES WELL.
ONCE THE 90 SECONDS HAS PASSED, SHOOTING AT THE GOAL, FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE 6-YARDS AREA, WOULD BE RESTORED BACK AGAIN, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NUMBER OF DEFENDER PLAYRS, AROUND.
[This time-limit Condition, is necessary to prevent weak teams - but with clever goalkeepers - to MISUSE the rule, & forse their opponent players, to shoot, ALL THE TIME, from a distance, ( i.e. from outside the 18-Yards box).
* Technololgy would be needed, to monitor such events & control the timing processes.
These facilities might be used:
[Cameras, Sensors, Count-down alerting watches, & (perhaps) red light lamps - e.g. behind the goal cage, ..etc.]
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SOME CONSIDERATIONS :
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Firstly
Would eliminating the offside rule, make the game boring? Relying , for example, on sending very long passes to the strikers to score (free) easy goals?
No, Because shooting for scoring, would be from outside the 18-yards box, if fewer than 3 defenders exist inside the 18-yards area.
The goal scoring rate, might increase much... and some of them might be easy goals indeed, but it is a feature, that both teams benefit of, equally.
Mostly, the defensive strategies in the new game, would evolve much better, to limit the frequency of easy goals.
Secondly
When a team attacks, and deploys all of its players in the opposing team's field - for example, to compensate for a defeat - this situation here, is a gamble, because any quick counterattack means a guaranteed goal, as there is no defenders in their half of the field.
Is this an unfair feature of the game?
No, because the 6-Y system will force teams to create new playing strategies. This means that when any team needs to go all out in attack, it has to leave some defenders back, in anticipation of quick and dangerous counterattacks... especially with the abolition of the offside rule.
Thirdly:
Applying the offside rule (exceptionally), for this -just- mentioned situation, to prevent quick counterattacks from scoring easy goals, would cause weaker teams to exploit it, as a permanent offside-trap... and disrupt (paralyze) the game.
So, the team that risks all its players in the opponent's field must know that it is taking a big risk... and bear the responsibility for it.
Fourthly:
Isolation of some defenders (the 3 ones inside the 6-yards box) away from the opponent team strikers, would -much- eliminate injuries & fouls, in this critical area.
Fifthly:
High physical fitness, would be -most probably- one of the most important factors that distinguish teams.
Defensive and attacking tactics will also develop according to the new rules of this version of game.
Tactics might witness considerable diversity, leading to exciting and enjoyable styles of play.
Sixthly:
Experimentation and practice, would reveal a lot about this new game.. but I think it will be a successful game:
- In terms of the abundance of goals
- In terms of result fairness : the team of the better performance, is the winner.
- & In terms of high excitement and fun.
I hope that Testing & Experiments, would prove it, as a very exciting "VERSION" of football
It may even gain popularity, near to that of the traditional Football.