Indoor Soccer Rules
-Playing off the walls.
The soccer rules regulations, ball can strike or come into contact with one or more walls without a stoppage in play. This allows a continuous game that is free flowing and easy to watch.
If the soccer ball goes over the walls which are situated around the perimeter, or contacts the ceiling, play is stopped and other team is awarded a free kick at the location where the soccer ball left the arena or made contact with the ceiling.
-Contact rules in Indoor Soccer
The rules that are utilises in a standard game of soccer apply in in the game or indoor soccer. For example there is no charging of the elbows from behind etc... Visit soocer drills, for more info
-The Indoor Soccer Offside Rule
Because the playing area is so small and to enable the game to flow with little stoppages there is no offside rule. This is similar to how field hockey is played.
-Indoor Soccer Substitution.
Also like field hockey and some other games to keep the game high paced there is unlimited substitutions otherwise known as “rolling subs”
As said above many leagues allow unrestricted substitutions while the soccer ball is “out of the playing area” although some allow them when the game is in progress, provided that one player leaves the arena before another steps on. Some leagues only allow shift substitutions.
-Indoor Soccer Card Rules.
Like the traditional yellow and red cards of normal football.
Sometimes a card of a third colour is introduced. Once again I will refer to field hockey here, the green card in hockey represents a “warning”, such as a bad tackle or stick check. In indoor soccer however it is often the blue card.
However unlike hockey indoor soccer include the penalty box rule, and being issued this third card requires the penalized player to sit in the box for a prescribed period of time during which his or her team plays with less players and hence are disadvantaged.
-What are indoor soccer Zones?
Many leagues have adopted an ice hockey-like zone rule which requires a step wise advancement up the feild. The soccer ball may not cross more than a certain forward distance toward the goal without being touched by a player. This is a rule implemented so that it is better to watch for the spectators. There are less straight “random shots” at the goal and more general game play.
-The indoor soccer ball.
Many leagues play on hardwood floors so a non marking felt covered ball is used. Also the soccer ball is generally bouncier and much harder to control.
-The crease.
More similarities with feild hockey( if you are familiar with the game you with no what the “circle” means. It is actually a half circle from which you can only score from within. It surrounds both goals at either end.
With reference to indoor soccer-
Some leagues enforce a special zone inside the goalkeeper's box called the crease. No player may shoot the soccer ball from inside the crease unless that player entered the crease already having the soccer ball.
-Multi-point scoring.
(Ignoring the stepwise rule here)
‘Some leagues’ value goals scored from a greater distance to be worth two or three points which is very similar to sports like basketball.
- Three-lines rule.
In an attempt to keep the ball on the ground the three line rule is introduced. The lines are easily spaced along the court and the ball cannot pass these without touching the ground.