Goalkeeper
The only player who may handle the ball inside their own penalty area. Handling is still limited: a deliberate kick from a teammate’s foot cannot be picked up.
Link Frames
Read the frame. Join the pitch.
Six frames sit on a small pitch. You choose the order. A correct frame beside another sealed frame becomes a link and lifts momentum. Four seals open the next circuit.
Field atlas
The ideas behind the frames
Centre-back
The pair, or the three, keep the line flat. An offside trap works only when they step together. One defender who stays deep keeps an attacker onside.
Full-back and wing-back
A full-back in a back four defends first and overlaps when there is cover. A wing-back in a back three is often the team’s only width.
Single pivot
The player screening the centre-backs. They cut the pass into the feet of a dropping forward and give the centre-backs time to step.
Number 10
Receives between the opposition midfield and defence, facing the goal. The value is the pocket, not a shirt number printed on a list.
Winger
Can stay wide and cross, or tuck into the inside channel so a full-back becomes the widest player. Both choices change the shape without a substitution.
False nine
A centre-forward who drops toward midfield and pulls a centre-back out. The space left behind is the cue for a runner from wider or deeper.
Striker
The player on the last shoulder. Timing the run matters as much as the finish, because offside is judged when the teammate plays the ball, not when the striker arrives.
4-4-2
Two banks of four and two forwards. The midfield line is four, not a triangle. Width can come from the wide midfielders without a winger ahead of them.
4-3-3
Three forwards: two wide and one central. If the wide players tuck inside, the full-backs have to become the players who hold the touchline.
4-2-3-1
The 2 is a double pivot in front of the back four. Three players then work between the lines, with a single striker ahead of them.
3-5-2
Three centre-backs hold the line. The wing-backs in the band of five supply almost all of the width, so a tired wing-back is a hole on that flank.
Advantage
Both arms sweep forward and play continues. The foul is not cancelled. A caution can still be shown at the next stoppage.
Indirect free kick
One arm stays straight up until a second player touches the ball. A goal cannot be scored directly from this kick against the other team.
Direct free kick
The referee points the direction and does not hold the arm up. The kick can go straight into the opponents’ goal.
Penalty
A clear point to the penalty mark. The kick is taken from the spot, with the other players outside the area and behind the ball.
Offside flag
The assistant, level with the second-last defender, raises the flag straight up. The position was fixed when the teammate played the ball.
Corner and goal kick
A point to the corner arc means the defending side last played the ball over its own goal line. A point back to the goal area means the attacking side did.
Whole of the ball
A goal, a throw-in, a corner, and a goal kick all wait until the entire ball has crossed the line. Touching the line is still in play, or still short of a goal.
Kick-off
Opponents stay in their own half and at least 9.15 metres from the ball. The ball may be played in any direction once it is kicked and clearly moves.
Throw-in
Both hands, from behind and over the head, with part of each foot on the touchline or on the ground outside it. The thrower faces the field.
Goal kick today
The ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves. It does not have to leave the penalty area first, so a teammate inside the area may receive it.
Corner
Opponents remain at least 9.15 metres from the ball until it is in play. A goal may be scored directly from a corner.
Penalty feint
Feinting during the run-up is allowed. Stopping to feint after the run-up is complete is not. A goal from that kick is disallowed, and the restart is an indirect free kick to the defending side.
Offside exceptions
A player cannot be offside from a goal kick, a throw-in, or a corner. Being level with the second-last opponent is onside. Hands and arms are not counted in the position.
Cabinet
Marks on this device
Brief
How a circuit is read
1. Pick a frame
Each circuit lays out six frames. The cue and the heat are visible before you open one. Hot frames use a shorter clock and swing momentum further.
2. Answer on the clock
Four answers sit on the frame card. A correct read seals that square. A miss or a timeout breaks it and drops momentum. Momentum starts at 46 and cannot pass 100.
3. Make a link
If the frame you just sealed shares a side with one already sealed, that edge is a link. Each new link adds momentum. The order you choose is part of the read.
4. One whistle hold
Each circuit allows one hold. It freezes the clock on the open frame and does not reveal an answer. Leaving the screen also pauses the clock.
5. Seal the circuit
Four correct frames seal it and open the next circuit. Six circuits run from shirt positions to the laws themselves. If momentum hits zero, the remaining frames close.
6. Keep the card
The full-time card stores the reading, the streak, the links, and the marks on this device. Run a circuit back whenever you want a cleaner sheet.
