Soccer Betting - Asian Handicap Secret

Many bookmakers offer Asian Handicap Markets as an alternative to the traditional ?1X2? betting markets. If you take your punting seriously, you should include or develop Asian Handicaps into your punting strategies and explore using it as a viable alternative to 1X2 betting.

When betting on Asian Handicap, there are only two options ? to give handicap or to receive handicap. I personally feel that receiving handicap has a greater advantage than giving handicap.

If you are receiving handicap, you are actually betting on the underdog to win the game or at the same time drawing the game. Your probability of winning is higher than giving handicap. When you give on the handicap, the team you pick has only one option that is to win the game. You will lose your bet even if the team drew the game. In this sense, when giving handicap, you must 100% sure that the team will win. There is no other way for you to win your bet when you are giving handicap except for the team you are taking win the game. As a season punter, I would prefer accepting handicap. By accepting handicap, you have already win the bet before the game even started and it can stay nil-nil after the whole 90 minutes and you still win your bet. There is some strategy in identifying the odds in Asian Handicap.

Most of the time, the opening odds plays a very important role in deciding which team to bet. Bookmakers 99% knows the outcome of each game when they open the odds and offer it to the public. They will usually inflate the odds for the favorite team. It will be wise, after so many years of betting, to accept handicap when there?s a clear signal appear in the opening odds.

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Soccer Rules - The Basics

There are certain soccer rules that every team has to follow.

Coin Toss

The game begins with a coin toss. The team that wins the toss gets the liberty to choose whether it would like to kick off or defend. The team that wins the toss can also choose which goal it would like to defend.

Generally, after winning the toss, the team decides to kick off. In order to make a choice between the goals, various factors needs to be taken into consideration, such as which direction the wind is blowing, what is the position of the sun, the condition of the field and also what time of the day are you going to 0play the game.

The position of the sun and the time of the day is important because based on this, you can choose a goal, ensuring that during the last minutes of the game, sun is not on your goalkeeper?s eyes. However, if you want to reach the right decision, it is always a great idea to have a stroll around the field much before the game begins.

Kick Off

Now, when you make the kick off, make sure that all the players of your team are onside, but at this time, no players from the opponent team is allowed inside the center circle.

After A Goal

Once a team scores a goal, the team that was scored against kicks off the ball against the team that scored the ball.

Re-Starting The Game When The Ball Goes Out Of The Ground

You have three ways to restart the game once the ball goes out of the field - Goal Kick, Corner Kick, and Throw-In.

? When a team attempt to score a goal but misses the target, the opponent team gets a chance for the goal kick. Any player of this team is allowed for the goal kick. This can be the goalkeeper or any other player. The goal is kept on that side of the corner of the goal where the ball had went out through. Moreover, when kicked, the ball must go at least out of the penalty area.

? When a team kicks the ball across their own goal line, it earns the opponent team a corner kick.

? When the ball completely surpasses the touchline, the team that did not touch the ball last earns the throw-in of the ball.

The above are just the basic soccer rules, but this is where both soccer and the coaching soccer start from.

Andre Botelho is a recognized authority on the subject of soccer rules. His web site, Youth Soccer Drills, provides a wealth of informative soccer articles, resources and tips for soccer coaches, parents and players.