[ayso45-refs] Converting indirect to direct kick

[Steve Pollitt]

Thanks.  This was very clear.  Beau do you have a URL to the advice?  I
was looking all over the FIFA site yesterday but didn't find it.


> For a corner kick, direct free kick, and indirect free kick, the ball is
> in play
> as soon as it is kicked and moves.
>
> The Advice to Referees covers this topic in it's best clear and
> unambiguous style:
>
>     13.5 BALL IN PLAY
>
>     The ball is in play (able to be played by an attacker other than the
> kicker or by an
>     opponent) which it has been kicked and moved.  The distance to be
> moved is minimal
>     and the "kick" need only be a touch of the ball with the foot in a
> kicking motion.  Simply
>     tapping the top of the ball with the foot or stepping on the ball
> are not sufficient.
>
>     When the restart of play is based on the ball being kicked and
> moved, the referee must
>     ensure that the ball is indeed kicked (touched with the foot in a
> kicking motion) and moved
>     (caused to go from one place to another).  Being "kicked" does not,
> for example, include
>     an action in which the ball is dragged by continuous contact with
> the foot.  Being "moved"
>     does not, for example, include the ball simply quivering, trembling,
> or shaking as a result of
>     light contact.  The referee must make the final decision on what is
> and is not "kicked and
>     moved" based on the spirit and flow of the match.
>
>     The referee must judge carefully whether an particular kick of the
> ball and subsequent
>     movement was indeed reasonably taken with the intention of putting
> the ball into play
>     rather than with the intention merely to position the ball for the
> restart.  If the ball is just
>     being repositioned (even if the foot is used to do this), play has
> not been restarted.
>     Likewise, referees should not unfairly punish for "failing to
> respect the required distance"
>     when an opponent was clearly confused by a touch and movement of the
> ball which was
>     not a restart.
>
>     The referee must make the final decision on what is a "kick" and
> what is "not a kick"
>     based on his or her feeling for the game - what FIFA calls
> "Fingerspitzengefuhl" (literally:
>     sensing with one's fingertips").  The bottom line is that not
> everything that produces
>     movement of the ball is a kick and thus would not legally put the
> ball into play in any
>     of the kicking restarts.
>
> The language in this section has changed considerably in the past couple
> of years.
> In particular, the comment:
>
>     Simply tapping the top of the ball with the foot or stepping on the
> ball are not sufficient.
>
> was added, along with much of the following discussion.
>
> I think it is reasonable to conclude that the "tap the ball" maneuver,
> which had become
> increasingly common and was being permitted under the "minimal movement"
> clause, has
> been ruled insufficient to restart play.
>
> Keep that arm raised, and at an appropriate opportunity, explain this to
> the players.
>
> Beau
>
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