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ST Jimbopoll: What rule in any sport is one that you admit you just don't understand?

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Sep 11 '13, 09:51

For the most part: Offsides in soccer

Responses:

I still don't understand what a down is, and why it resets to first down. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 10:28 2
- I was this way for many years. - Beryllium Sep 11, 10:32
- It took my wife about 3 full games to 'get' the downs concept when she was just learning. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 10:31
and the offsides rule in soccer is simple enough - znufrii Sep 11, 10:08
I still do not know why some movement on the line in football is not a false start. -- nm - GregW Sep 11, 10:06
Other than sports I don't follow, I'm pretty sure I get all the rules. - Krusty Sep 11, 10:02
Most of them. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 11, 10:02
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Cricket is 100% indecipherable to me. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 10:00 7
- Then you're a bit of a thickie. Now if you'd mentioned any one of the indecipherable rules of cricket - Roger More Sep 11, 10:33 1
  - The scoring. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 10:52
- I think it's an elaborate practical joke on Americans. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 10:12 1
  - I've had thoughts similar to this. "they're joking, right?" -- nm - amanda hk Sep 11, 10:17
- I watched it while in Australia and figured out 90% of it. - spamlet Sep 11, 10:10
- It's simple: Raj Rajhan edged a Humble snorter to the slips where Suarav Ganguly dived to his right to pick up a low snatch - prayformojo Sep 11, 10:06
- I'm all down for tea time.. other than that though.. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 10:01
Why Harvard even bothers showing up to play Yale in football --nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 09:59
Illegal snap in the NFL. -- nm - Inigo Sep 11, 09:57
The NCAA -- nm - David Sep 11, 09:55 3
- poll winner. (have they comment on the SI stuff nubby posted on FB?) -- nm - amanda hk Sep 11, 09:57 2
  - Their reactions are interspersed throughout the columns. Thus far, they are saying "we doubt it". -- nm - David Sep 11, 10:01 1
    - I look forward to their investigation ending sometime around 2017. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:02
Not really a rule, but a play. I must have learned and then forgotten many times what "pick and roll" is -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 09:54 5
- Here... -- (link) - Krusty Sep 11, 10:06
- *picks nose, rolls it up, sticks it under chair* -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 09:55
- In basketball -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 09:55 2
  - the "pick and roll" in competitive sex wrestling is very different.. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 09:55 1
    - "That was a nice pick and roll." "Again? Didn't they just pass the ball and then shoot?" -- nm - con_carne Sep 11, 10:04
not really a rule, but how to score Holds in baseball -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 09:53 4
- Basically it's like getting a save but not in the ninth inning. You need to pitch for an inning in w/a lead of three runs or less, come in with the - Krusty Sep 11, 10:11 2
  - And of course, you need to be a rellief pitched. A starter can't get a hold. -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 10:13 1
    - Wow, relief pitcher. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Sep 11, 10:18
- and I'm still trying to get a hold on rugby - znufrii Sep 11, 09:55
illegal formation. i never catch it, has to be pointed out to me. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 09:52 3
- usually this has to do with the number of men on the line of scrimmage. It's why guys in the slot are usually a yard or 2 off the line. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:00 2
  - i guess i'm just not neurotic enough to be counting players on the line every time a play goes off. -- nm - colin Sep 11, 10:03 1
    - The related penalty (illegal motion) is a lot easier to spot - Strongbad Sep 11, 10:04
Offside for me also, but in Hockey. I don't get the Blue and the red lines -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 09:52 3
- No offensive player can enter the offensive zone (between the blue line and the goal) until the puck does. - spamlet Sep 11, 09:57 1
  - The centre red line is used to determine is icing is applicable. -- nm - Shaun Sep 11, 10:38
- back in the olden day before HD, nobody could see the puck on TV screens. The blue and red lines were there so announcers could tell viewers - colin Sep 11, 09:54
I understand everything except Cricket. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 11, 09:52

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