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Offline Fatso

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Can a runner touch the ground with the ball and his other hand simultaneously?
« on: October 18, 2024, 07:50:24 AM »
Runner is losing balance and braces himself by putting both hands down on the ground, one hand is holding the ball....   
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Online Ralph Damren

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Re: Can a runner touch the ground with the ball and his other hand simultaneously?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2024, 08:26:11 AM »
4-2-2 : "The ball becomes dead and the down is ended.
4-2-2a : "....or allows any part of his person other than HAND or foot to touch the ground."

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Re: Can a runner touch the ground with the ball and his other hand simultaneously?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2024, 10:03:47 AM »
Quote from: Fatso on October 18, 2024, 07:50:24 AM
Runner is losing balance and braces himself by putting both hands down on the ground, one hand is holding the ball....
Anything but hand or foot touching ground?  If not, and he's in bounds, how could you put him down?
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Offline NVFOA_Ump

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Re: Can a runner touch the ground with the ball and his other hand simultaneously?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2024, 10:15:26 AM »
Quote from: Fatso on October 18, 2024, 07:50:24 AM
Runner is losing balance and braces himself by putting both hands down on the ground, one hand is holding the ball....


That's legal and does not kill the play.  Need some body part on the ground and the ball is not a body part.
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Re: Can a runner touch the ground with the ball and his other hand simultaneously?
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2024, 04:14:43 PM »
Quote from: NVFOA_Ump on October 18, 2024, 10:15:26 AM

That's legal and does not kill the play.  Need some body part on the ground and the ball is not a body part.

agree
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