Swedish club discover offside hack as coach looks to exploit IFAB law wording with clever training tip

A Swedish club have written to IFAB after discovering an offside hack that's permitted by the laws of the game.

Torns IF play in the Swedish third tier. And after studying the wording of the offside law closely, have come up with a novel way of beating the offside trap. Richard Ringhov has changed how he coaches his players to pass the ball based on the technical phrasing IFAB themselves use.

The law states that "The first point of contact of the ‘play’ or ‘touch’ of the ball should be used," when determining whether a player is offside, rather than when the ball leaves the foot of the passer. This was introduced after the advent of VAR, but Ringhov has devised a way of decreasing the chances of his players being Offside. In social media video, he is soon coaching his charges to scoop the ball up onto the joint of their foot an ankle, ensuring they are in contact with it at all times.

He then tells one to run beyond the defensive line. When the player tells the boss that he is now 10 metres offside, he is told: "No, you were onside at the first point of contact. That's what counts. it says it on page 93 of the rulebook."

The ball is flicked over the defence to the technically onside forward. he then proceeds to balloon the ball over the bar, as Ringhov says: "Just the hard part left, teaching Ludde how to hit the target."

But rather than Torns giving the game away with their revealing video and causing carnage with offside calls all over the globe, they're trying to help the lawmakers. They have written to IFAB explaining what they've found, and they are willing to look into changing the wording of the law.

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