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Football Officiating => National Federation Discussion => Topic started by: Learning-More on October 08, 2020, 10:21:57 AM
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While reviewing material "some where true false question" to better understand the rules on Free Kicks I found a question that has me confused and appears to be false. Here is it... "Team K executes an on-side kick from their 40. The ball is rolling along the ground at K's 48, where team R player steps into the neutral zone to recover the kick. A team K players use both open palms to push team R player backward and away from the ball... this is a foul by K that results in a 10-yard penalty that team R may have enforced from the dead-ball spot where R recovered the kick." ?? Any comments :sTiR:
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Look at 9-3-8.
10 yard penalty from the previous spot.
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True statement. Two rules come into play:
9-3-7:
ART. 7 ... No member of the kicking team shall initiate contact to (block) an opponent on a free kick until:
a. The legal kick has traveled 10 yards;
b. The kicking team is eligible to recover a free-kicked ball; or
c. The receiving team initiates a block within the neutral zone.
10-4-2
EXCEPTION:The basic spot may, at the option of the offended team, be the succeeding spot for fouls by K during a legal free or scrimmage kick down (other than kick catch interference) prior to the end of the kick when K will not be next to put the ball in play.
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I was pretty sure I understood 9-3-7, my confusion is the penalty enforcement. From the response and reading the rule wouldn't "R" have the option of having the ball re-kicked with penalty yardage marked off OR does "R" get the yardage marked FROM the spot of the foul OR where "R" actually recovered the ball? I noticed the word "MAY" in the question, hence my questions.
^talk
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"MAY"
Exactly- they may. The may also elect other enforcement options but there is nothing false about the statement/question
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aWaRd Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.
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yw
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FYI, if the situation dictated an onside kick, R's best choice would be to choose the enforcement spot where the kick had ended with R in possession. Previous spot enforcement would only allow K to again try to recover an onside kick.