[ayso45-refs] Hand-ball or Double touch

[Jim Miller]

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Thank you,

Jim Miller

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ayso45-refs-bounces at ayso45.org
> [mailto:ayso45-refs-bounces at ayso45.org]On Behalf Of Beau James
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:17 PM
> To: Srinivas Ketavarapu
> Cc: ayso45-refs
> Subject: Re: [ayso45-refs] Hand-ball or Double touch
>
>
> 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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