[ayso45-refs] Hand-ball or Double touch

[Beau James]

Srinivas Ketavarapu wrote:

> I was a spectator at a U10 game on Saturday. My daughter's team had a 
> throw-in when the ball went out of bounds on the side line. The girl 
> that took the throw-in threw the ball properly but it went straight up 
> into the air (when standing on the line) and she caught it again.
> 
> Did the ball ever enter the field of play?

That is the key question, because it determines the answers to the rest
of the questions that follow.  Definitely a scenario where the referee
would appreciate good input from the assistant referee!

You have stated that the player was in a legal position for the throw-in,
so the first question is, did *any part* of the ball break the plane of
the outer edge of the touch line?

If it did, then the ball was in play from that instant.  The next question
is, when the player caught the ball, was the ball still in play, or had
*all* of the ball *completely* crossed back over *all* of the touch line?
That is, was the ball caught while it was still in play, or when it had
gone back into touch?

If the ball was properly thrown, entered the field of play, and was caught
while still on the field of play => Restart is DFK (deliberate handling).

If the ball was properly thrown, entered the field of play, then exited
the field of play before being caught => Restart is a Throw-in for the
other team (not the one that took the first throw).

If the ball was properly thrown, never entered the field of play, and
was caught outside the field of play => Restart is a retake of the
throw-in (ball was never in play).

> Is it a foul? hand-ball or 
> double touch? What is the appropriate restart - direct free kick (for 
> handling) or indirect free kick (for double touch)?

It could never be "double-touch".  If the situation is a foul, deliberate
handling (the more serious infraction) would prevail.

Beau

> Thanks.
> 
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