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Table football, known as foosball [a] or table soccer in North America, is a tabletop game loosely based on association football. [1] Its objective is to move the ball into the opponent's goal by manipulating rods which have figures attached resembling football players of two opposing teams.
The back-pass rule is considered one of the most popular and successful rule changes in the modern game. [6] As well as preventing dull play, it also required goalkeepers to become more proficient with playing the ball with their feet, [12] and has been cited as the start of the evolution of the playmaking "sweeper-keeper". [3]
The game is traditionally played in pubs and clubs throughout Australia on Anzac Day, in part to mark a shared experience with diggers (soldiers). The game is traditionally played with pennies, because their weight, size, and surface design make them ideal for the game. Weight and size make them stable on the "kip" and easy to spin in the air.
Law 12.3 The player's details are then recorded by the referee in a small notebook; hence a caution is also known as a "booking". A player who has been cautioned may continue playing in the game; however, a player who receives a second caution in a match is sent off (shown the yellow card again, and then a red card).
Similarly to association football, the game begins with a coin toss to determine which team will kick off to begin the game and which goal each team will defend. [2] The options are presented again to start the second half; the choices for the first half do not automatically determine the start of the second half (i.e. it is possible for the same team to kick off both halves). [3]
Three-sided football. Omegaball (three 5-a-side teams in simultaneous competition with each other on a circular field) [2] Walking football; With elements of another sports: Elephant football; Motoball; Roller soccer; Some games, such as football tennis, footvolley and teqball, although use a football and avoid the use of hands, are not goal ...
The Baltimore Ravens were called for three illegal formation penalties on their opening drive against the Kansas City Chiefs thanks to an emphasis on where offensive linemen line up — ironically ...
During the game, the officials are assisted in the administration of the game by other persons, including a clock operator to start and stop the game clock (and possibly also the play clock); a chain crew who hold the down indicator and the line-to-gain chains on the sideline; and ball boys, who provide footballs to officials between downs (e.g ...