Patent ID: 8277342
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A63B,A63C

Abstract:
1. A method of playing a game of soccer between two opposing teams each having a plurality of players, the method comprising: providing a field having a field surface; delineating lines on the field surface corresponding to opposing sidelines, opposing endlines oriented perpendicularly to the sidelines, goals situated at the center of each of the endlines, penalty boxes encompassing an area along each of the endlines, goal boxes encompassing an area in front of each of the goals and enclosed within the penalty boxes, two Forward Lines, and two Forward Areas, actively playing the game of soccer on the field surface; and employing, while game play is not stopped, at least one Forward Area Soccer Rule in response to game play inside of one or more of the Forward Areas on the field surface, wherein the step of actively playing the game of soccer is modified by the employed Forward Area Soccer Rule by restricting a number of players allowed in at least one of the Forward Areas.