Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
1. Balkan Symposium In Sport Sciences, Makedonya, 30 Mayıs - 02 Haziran 2013
A player is in an offside position if he/she is closer to the opponent's goal line than both the
ball and the second-to-last defender, but only if the player is on his opponent's half of the
pitch. Offside rule applies to half court. If the offside rule is revised and applied to onethird of the pitch, offside area will be narrowed. Such a modification of the rule will
provide to active play area to expand. The purposes of this study are to measure and
evaluate if whether there are alterations in terms of distance covered, and match analysis
parameters between matches which played with offside rule and revised offside rule. A
home-away league organized for the study. For every match, one competition played with
offside rule and other played with revised offside rule. Total, slow, mediate and high speed
distance covered increase significantly in competitions with revised offside rule. Short pass
and dribbling increased significantly in competitions with revised offside rule while long
pass and offside decreased significantly. Consequently, by the revising offside rule, active
area enlarged and it makes the game more dynamic.