Part 1 Basic considerations Motivation for this book. To reveal methods that are profitable? The scientific exploration of football and, as a consequence, recognition for it is perhaps more appealing. The game with probabilities that no one can escape. All of life is like that, everyone is at the mercy of it. The quest for…
ForewordA few theses about footballThe Goals Part 1: The rules 1) The offside2) The penalty kick3) What is a penalty?4) Fair Play5) Free kicks6) The backpass rule7) Striker’s foul8) Goalkeeper protection9) The advantage rule10) Time Play11) The Three-Point Rule Part 2: Coverage 12) Preliminary considerations13) The Poll Results14) The true prophets15) Being smart is everything16)…
1) The game of footballa. Why do you play?b. Individual or team sportc. Exercise or mental sportd. Football is number 1, plain and simple.e. Football in the past – todayf. The role of the media, the Olympic idea?g. What makes a game exciting?i. As a performerii. As a spectatorh. What else makes it worth watching?i.…
Foreword A few theses about footballThe Goals Part 1: The rules 1) The offsideOffside is one of the central rules of football. Abolishing it is not really an option, as all the tactics that have been developed and perfected over a good century would have to be thrown overboard. So it can only be about…
1) The game of footballa. Why do people play?What drives people to play any game at all? The play instinct is quasi innate. At some point rules are added. Then comes the idea of comparing oneself in competition. Often one remains loyal to a sport as an active player. b. Individual or team sportTeam sports…
As nice and simple as it may sound to improve football, to make it more exciting, more attractive and fairer. There are some gigantic hurdles to clear out of the way. The mere awareness of having recognised these and being able to present them to the reader in advance should already make a small contribution…
Football is certainly one of the biggest sports worldwide. One reason for this is probably this: it is the game that anyone can play, without any major fuss, in almost any place. This ensures a long shelf life. Nevertheless, the question is what does the spectator himself think of “really big football”? Professional football is…
Questions on the topic “New, unknown, unexplored things about the game of football”. Critical, on the subject of football being more exciting, more attractive, fairer.1) What makes football the number one sport?2) Football is so big, so gigantic, what is there to improve?3) Surely the fans need the hot topics of discussion every day?4) Increasing…
The book is supposed to be about football. There are four sections in total. The first section is about the football rules, their application and interpretation. There is a basic statement that the rules are to the disadvantage of the attackers in many situations. On the one hand, this must be well justified, and on…
Topic: Football should be improved.1) What do you mean by improve?Of the game and the rules (worldwide): Improving here means: more exciting, more attractive and fairer.Of the reporting (a German problem): Objective, exciting, audience-oriented, emotional. Don’t emphasise mistakes, but rather the best and highest performances.2) Isn’t football the number one sport worldwide?Football is the number…
