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Title: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: UmpSC on June 08, 2016, 10:07:14 AM
Anyone ever have this happen to them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTW0sQlxHt8
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: Ralph Damren on June 08, 2016, 11:29:44 AM
That's soccer for ya'  tR:oLl tR:oLl tR:oLl tR:oLl tR:oLl tR:oLl tR:oLl tR:oLl tiphat:
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: bossman72 on June 08, 2016, 12:52:08 PM
Yes, a couple times actually.  Thick grass of youth fields.

All you do is step on the coin.  It will properly show whichever side is most past 90 degrees.
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: Kalle on June 08, 2016, 12:58:51 PM
Most soccer referees catch the coin, I guess precisely for this reason.
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: Ralph Damren on June 09, 2016, 08:14:23 AM
Quote from: Kalle on June 08, 2016, 12:58:51 PM
Most soccer referees catch the coin, I guess precisely for this reason.
I didn't think you were supposed to use your hands in soccer :)...
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: AlUpstateNY on June 09, 2016, 08:48:06 AM
Quote from: Kalle on June 08, 2016, 12:58:51 PM
Most soccer referees catch the coin, I guess precisely for this reason.

So do a lot of football referees.  If, somehow, you miss it, calling it on the ground is a built-in Plan B.
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Post by: bama_stripes on June 10, 2016, 07:46:38 AM
I always tell 'em "If I drop it, we'll do it again."

I've caught 684 consecutive tosses.
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: Rulesman on June 10, 2016, 10:18:49 AM
Quote from: bama_stripes on June 10, 2016, 07:46:38 AM
I always tell 'em "If I drop it, we'll do it again."
:thumbup :thumbup
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: VALJ on June 10, 2016, 01:40:32 PM
That's what our guys do, too.
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Post by: Legacy Zebra on June 10, 2016, 02:57:05 PM
Texas says to let the coin hit the ground. But depending on field conditions I still catch it every now and then for some SV stuff.
Title: Re: Heads or Tails? Nah, gimme the edge....
Post by: yarnnelg on June 11, 2016, 07:48:13 PM
And regardless of the coin toss, the Germans and English are still fighting.