[ayso45-refs] Converting indirect to direct kick

[Bob Henderson]

Go to http://www.ussoccer.com which is the USSF site.
Click on "Laws of the Game" on the left menu
The "Advice to Referees" is about the 6th item shown.

 Bob Henderson
Altair Grid Technologies - PBS Pro

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ayso45-refs-bounces at ayso45.org 
> [mailto:ayso45-refs-bounces at ayso45.org] On Behalf Of Steve Pollitt
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:16 PM
> To: Beau James
> Cc: ayso45-refs at ayso45.org
> Subject: Re: [ayso45-refs] Converting indirect to direct kick
> 
> 
> 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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