[ayso45-refs] Converting indirect to direct kick

[Beau James]

Steve Pollitt wrote:

>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.
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That's because the ATR is a USSF publication.  Here's the URL:

    http://images.ussoccer.com/Documents/cms/ussf/AdvicetoRef06.pdf

And here's a URL to the one of the best all-in-one-place collections of 
referee reference info:

    http://www.socref.net

Beau

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>>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
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>>    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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