Ken B.
SRA's
TRAINING CHALLENGE
Posted: 3/30/2015
Learning goals


1) What is Stopping a Promising Attack (SPA)?
2) What is Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity (DOGSO)?
2) What are the relevant criteria to penalize a player for SPA or DOGSO? Where are the differences between both types of offenses?
3) How to create consistency in terms of SPA and DOGSO?
4) Discuss the role of co-operation and communication.


Law 12: The cautionable offense Stopping a Promising Attack is rather a UEFA terminology which does not exist in FIFA's and the IFAB's lawbook. Instead of SPA, Law 12 considers it as a "foul for the tactical purpose of interfering with or breaking up a promising attack" to be classified as unsporting behavior requiring a yellow card. Based on UEFA's guidelines, such a "foul" also includes offenses like deliberately handling the ball when it prevents the opponent taking up an advantageous position or when it prevents a promising attacking move to develop.

https://vimeo.com/119554218
https://vimeo.com/117630426
https://vimeo.com/117630422
https://vimeo.com/117630427

Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity (or even denying a goal) is a sending-off offense and thus must be sanctioned with a red card. It includes infringements "denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offense punishable by a free-kick or a penalty kick", such as tackles, holding offenses but also deliberately handling the ball.

VIDEOS FOR REVIEW SPA AND DOGSO FOR GROUP DISCUSSION

https://vimeo.com/117671693
https://vimeo.com/117671692
https://vimeo.com/117633979