New rules for NFHS

[rommel22]

Two things.

First, RILAX, I'm not sure what you are interpreting here from the new offside rule with the failure to advance rule? If the team clearing the ball goes offside while they are still in their defensive half of the field, then the opposing team gets the ball right where it is (provided the ball is not in the attack box, then the ball is moved outside the box.) The only time the ball is moved to the center is if the team that goes offside is in their offensive half of the field. Then the ball is moved back to the mid-field line and given to the opposing team at that point.

The reasoning behind this is that officials usually take a while to call the offside, because they want to make sure the team is actually offside before they blow the whistle. Officials will count the players a few times first, to make sure they didn't miss anyone, and then call the violation. The problem with that is by the time they make the call the ball has usually moved pretty far into the offensive zone. With the old rule, when you make a call that results in just a turnover (technical foul on a team in possession of the ball) the ball was awarded to the opposing team at the spot where it ball was when the whistle was blown. With this rule changes, the ball will know be awarded where the violation actually took place (the mid-line.)

Second, the new rule that allows the goalie 5 seconds to get back to the goal on all restarts is an important change from this stand point. The way the old rule reads, the goalie was only given five seconds to return to the goal if he was chasing a shot out of bounds. Under all other restarts, he was not suppose to get this five seconds. So, if a goalie took control of the ball and ran all the way down the field and he lost the ball out of bounds, on a violation, or any other way that caused a whistle to be blown and the ball turned over he was not supposed to be given five seconds to get back to goal on that type of restart. With the new rule, the goalie is now given five seconds to get back to the crease on all restarts, not just when he is chasing the ball out of bounds on a shot on goal.