My tolerance for foul throws is a sliding window based upon age and abilitySorry @JamesL I'm new here. OK, well I feel bad for penalising my U13s for so many throws last week. I'm sure in our training we were told about the trajectory. Thank you for clearing that up.
Suggestion: before your next game, at the Respect handshake, tell the players you had to penalise a number of foul throws last week, then demonstrate what is OK.Sorry @JamesL I'm new here. OK, well I feel bad for penalising my U13s for so many throws last week. I'm sure in our training we were told about the trajectory. Thank you for clearing that up.
No need to apologise. There was a recent debate on the forum w/respect to foul throws and it usually throws up a good ol' debate.Sorry @JamesL I'm new here. OK, well I feel bad for penalising my U13s for so many throws last week. I'm sure in our training we were told about the trajectory. Thank you for clearing that up.
Not really. Because by the sound of it, you've been "spotting" foul throws that weren't.Thank you. They are one of the easiest things to spot, though
I still maintain that in my training I was told to watch out that the ball was not thrown directly at a player's feet, but rather up in the air. Now that you good chaps have corrected me, and I have read the IFAB rules very carefully on this, I know not to worry about it. I can still spot if the ball is not behind the head or the feet are off the ground or whatever. I would say that in youth football - U12s and below - it is important for them to know how to do a throw in correctly because otherwise they have an advantage if they are allowed to do it badly because no one can throw very far at that age, and if they are allowed just to lob it in from in front of their head, that's unfair.Not really. Because by the sound of it, you've been "spotting" foul throws that weren't.
Law 15 is the simplest of all and is rarely not complied with.
So long as the position of the feet are legal and the ball comes from behind and over the head with both hands - then it's not a foul throw, irrespective of whatever coaches, players or even other referees might tell you.