Tackle (football move) boots. Referees are encouraged to at the very least caution (yellow card) players who commit such challenges. Additionally, an illegal tackle which is also a professional foul is considered misconduct. The most spectacular form of tackle in association football is the slide tackle, wherein a tackler slides, leg extended, along the ground, aiming to hit the ball away. This form of tackle carries a high risk of committing a foul. "Diving" is association football involves tackled players exaggerating the physicality of tackles, so as to gain favourable decisions from the referee. In Australian rules football, the move commonly described as
Strategic move Strategic move A strategic move in game theory is an action taken by a player outside the defined actions of the game in order to gain a strategic advantage and increase one's payoff. Strategic moves can either be "unconditional moves" or "response rules". The key characteristics of a strategic move are that it involves a "commitment" from the player, meaning the player can only restrict her own choices, and that the commitment has to be "credible", meaning that once employed it must be in the interest of the player to follow through with the move. Credible moves should also be