About Learn The Pitch

Learn The Pitch exists for a specific reader: someone who didn’t grow up watching soccer, who has friends or family who do, and who has Googled basic questions only to find articles that assume too much.

Every article here answers one question. The first sentence is the answer. Everything after is context.

We’re a small independent project. We don’t take FIFA money, federation money, or club money. Sources for every rule are linked at the bottom of each article — usually IFAB, FIFA, or a competition’s official regulations.