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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Throw Ins
5 comments:
Anonymous
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Can a defender, off the field of play and making a throw-in, still be considered the second-to-last defender?
If the player is making a throw-in, his team is in possession of the ball and he is not a defender at all, but an attacker. If he throws the ball to an opponent, he is now a defender, but the ball was not last played by the attacker's teammate but by an opponent (the thrower), so the attacker is not offside regardless of whether the thrower is the second-to-last defender.
The defender off the field can still be considered to be second to last defender. While an attacker can leave the field of play and not be considered offside because they left the field, the defender has no such right. Even if the defender runs off the field at the goal line, they are still considered to be on the field, at the goal line. Hope this helps
The Law simply says that the player must be facing the field of play, use both hands, and deliver the ball from behind and over his/her head. At a game I officiated last weekend, one team's coaches were complaining because an opponent appeared to have a 'dominant' hand during the throwing action, and this imparted a spin to the ball. I believed the Law was being followed, and allowed the throws as legal. Does anyone disagree?
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5 comments:
Can a defender, off the field of play and making a throw-in, still be considered the second-to-last defender?
If the player is making a throw-in, his team is in possession of the ball and he is not a defender at all, but an attacker. If he throws the ball to an opponent, he is now a defender, but the ball was not last played by the attacker's teammate but by an opponent (the thrower), so the attacker is not offside regardless of whether the thrower is the second-to-last defender.
The defender off the field can still be considered to be second to last defender. While an attacker can leave the field of play and not be considered offside because they left the field, the defender has no such right. Even if the defender runs off the field at the goal line, they are still considered to be on the field, at the goal line. Hope this helps
The Law simply says that the player must be facing the field of play, use both hands, and deliver the ball from behind and over his/her head.
At a game I officiated last weekend, one team's coaches were complaining because an opponent appeared to have a 'dominant' hand during the throwing action, and this imparted a spin to the ball. I believed the Law was being followed, and allowed the throws as legal.
Does anyone disagree?
David,
I don't disagree provided the ball was delivered in the proper manner and that no intentional spinning of the ball was performed.
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