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Are these sentences correct:

1-There was a player of the opposing team in front of me dribbling whom seemed a good idea.
2-The player dribbling whom seemed easy managed to take the ball away from me.

3-There is a rule following which seems rather hard.
4-The rule following which seems hard is not always respected.

5-There was a player beside me passing the ball to whom seemed an option.
6-The player passing the ball to whom seemed an option slipped and fell.

[pugachevV]

If you put a comma after "rule" in #3 i.e. There is a rule, following which seems rather hard, that we must not eat after 6p.m.(for instance).
Is OK
4. Is OK except it needs commas:
The rule, following which seems hard, is not always respected.

The other sentences don't work and it is not clear what you mean to say.
For example, they can be changed as follows:-
1.There was a player of the opposing team in front of me to whom dribbling seemed a good idea.

2.The player, to whom dribbling seemed easy, managed to take the ball away from me.

5-There was a player beside me to whom passing the ball seemed an option.

6-The player, to whom passing the ball seemed an option, slipped and fell.

I have changed your sentences as little as possible so they make sense. I hope this may be what you intended.

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pugachevV has pretty much covered everything, except I think you need to say dribbling past instead of dribbling to. (Dribbling is running with the ball keeping it under control, and you'd want to skip past the opponent.) I don't think you can dribble another player, but I'm not an expert on football terminology!

So assuming you're talking about an opponent who seems easy to beat, I'd change 1 and 2 to these:

1. There was a player of the oppposing team in front of me whom dribbling past seemed a good idea.
2. The player, whom dribbling past seemed easy, managed to take the ball away from me.