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Kids are playing soccer with all kinds of weird goal sizes, the standard one at the schools I've seen was about 50% the size of the "real" ones. Nobody really t

by ajuc 6y ago

Kids are playing soccer with all kinds of weird goal sizes, the standard one at the schools I've seen was about 50% the size of the "real" ones. Nobody really talks about it because it doesn't matter as long as it's the same size for both sides. Kids are also often playing with 1 goal and 1 goalkeeper and 2 teams trying to score (you have to move past half the pitch after regaining possession before shooting)- that way on 1 field you can have 2 games going on at once and only 1 person has to be the goalie in each of these games. And we've played soccer on random backyards - you just put 2 backpacks as the goalposts and you're ready to go. I think the focus on rules and dimensions is very american, kids just want to dribble and shoot, the score and the minute details aren't important :). As for replay they were introduced in high-level football last few years. It's called VAR and most fans hate it because it spoils the celebrations after a goal is scored and you have to wait to know if it's really a goal or not.

veggieburglar 6y ago
Not only that, but VAR has consistently produced some shocking and unexplainable decisions. They haven’t quite gotten the implementation correct. Offside calls are improved, dangerous tackle/red card reviews are improved (for the most part, there are still some unexplainable decisions), but handball calls are still shambolic. It’s still a human referee up there in the VAR booth and they don’t have to explain their decision making at all. That’s my opinion, at least- I mostly watch the Premier League.
- ajuc 6y ago
  Premier league has one of the worst VAR I've seen in top 5 leagues. I think Bundesliga does it the best (but still not perfect). > handball calls are still shambolic. that's because handball calls are interpretation of intent and slow motion won't help you with that. So then they changed the rules to ignore the intent and it became a valid strategy for a striker to try to shoot the ball at a defender arm for penalty.
  - veggieburglar 6y ago
    I agree that the rule change is problematic, but no matter what the rule is, it is still unevenly enforced.

by ajuc 6y ago

veggieburglar 6y ago

Not only that, but VAR has consistently produced some shocking and unexplainable decisions. They haven’t quite gotten the implementation correct. Offside calls are improved, dangerous tackle/red card reviews are improved (for the most part, there are still some unexplainable decisions), but handball calls are still shambolic. It’s still a human referee up there in the VAR booth and they don’t have to explain their decision making at all. That’s my opinion, at least- I mostly watch the Premier League.

ajuc 6y ago
Premier league has one of the worst VAR I've seen in top 5 leagues. I think Bundesliga does it the best (but still not perfect). > handball calls are still shambolic. that's because handball calls are interpretation of intent and slow motion won't help you with that. So then they changed the rules to ignore the intent and it became a valid strategy for a striker to try to shoot the ball at a defender arm for penalty.
- veggieburglar 6y ago
  I agree that the rule change is problematic, but no matter what the rule is, it is still unevenly enforced.