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Goals - The Bread and Butter of the Beautiful Game!

This is the Scoring Goals Page of the How to Play Soccer-Soccer School on Spain-Football.Org.

Scroll down the page for the rules, tips and techniques, videos, book recommendations and lots more interesting stuff!

I know this should be obvious, but goals are counted as valid when the ball has crossed the goal line and the space that is defined by the posts and the crossbar.

What's more, the goal only counts if the team who scored it hasn't committed a foul in the process.

So that's the basics out of the way!

And The Winner Is . . .

. . . the team that has scored the most goals. If the two teams score the same number, then it's a draw - and with the current three points for a win system, generally both teams are unhappy!

A Quick Victory

If the game ends in a draw, in certain competitions - Cup competitions, particularly - there are a variety of rules to determine the winner. Sometimes away goals count double, there's extra time or even a penalty shoot-out. The deciding goal - known as the Golden Goal - has now fallen out of use.

Strange Case!

If the ball deflates in mid-air just before crossing the goal line, the goal is not counted as valid!

Did You Know . . . ?

That if player puts the ball in play and scores without any of his teamates touching the ball.

- It's a goal if it's from a kick-off, a goal kick, a direct free kick or penalty or from a corner.

- It's not a goal if it's from an indirect free kick, from a direct free kick if it's an own goal or from a throw-in.

You Are the Ref

What should you do if a player commits hand ball to stop the ball from going into the goal?

The player is sent off and you blow a penalty.

And if, despite the hand ball, the goal is scored anyway?

The player gets a yellow card and the goal is counted as valid.

More Sites With Soccer Resources

As I do more and more research on the Internet on football-related topics I come across an more and more pages with soccer resources. Here are a few of the best ones I´ve found so far but with time this could turn into a complete section on different aspects of the art of playing and coaching. Click on them and see what they're like - your browser should open a new window, so if you don't like them you can always come back!

KITBAG really has just about the best range of football kit and equipment available on the Net. They're particularly good for exclusives. For example, Kitbag was the first company to have David Beckham Milan shirts on sale - TRULY IMPRESSIVE!

Blast The Ball is quite simply the best video available for learning all about kicking a soccer ball – covers everything from techniques, aerodynamics, parts of the ball etc. The promotional video is certainly worth watching as it is a lesson in itself.

Total Soccer Fitness is a free fitness course that comes in five email instalments and is ideal for players, parents and coaches alike.

Soccer Tutor is a set of 250 Soccer Drills endorsed by Adidas, Umbro and Leyton Orient amongst others. If you coach a youth team and want to work on their soccer skills, this selection will keep you in ideas for season after season as your players advance from beginner to professional. It´s particularly useful if you plan on taking your your FA or UEFA coaching licence and even if you're only interested watch the demo video – it's excellent. The guy that does the voiceover is so obviously a football professional. Game of two halves, innit?

The Fastbreak Soccer Practice Book Although not quite as intuitive as Soccer Tutor also contains Soccer Drills, this ebook is worth having a look at if only for the free Training Schedules available in PDF format.

Elite Soccer Coach is a very handy guide for football coaches and comes with two more ebooks on Fitness and Formations.

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