frank_ref
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You said "you know it when you see it" which pretty much means penalise anything that looks ugly.
Only if you infer it that way. But that's called 'putting words in someone's mouth'. Hopefully the above post sufficiently clarifies.
How the hell are the players supposed to ever know if referees still can't nail down this simple Law?
I would hope that referees are getting this right - but then I know there are still referees out there blowing for every shout of "leave it!" so I'm not filled with confidence.
Interestingly enough, another one of those we learned in primary school, probably took into our playing days, and didn't learn the reality of until our first refereeing course. So here's an idea...
Why don't we educate players? It's only a tiny minority of them that have actually read the rules [sic] so how can we expect them to know what's in them unless we tell them? And not in the heat of the game, but before. Take two minutes, book in hand, and say, "look boys, grass roots referees have decided we've had enough of certain shouts and debates and so have undertaken a national initiative to educate players as to what it actually says in the good book." And then explain "leave it" and "the throw-in procedure" and "last man", etcetera. I genuinely think they'd find it enlightening and be pleasantly surprised. Every ref does this and two weeks later the picture changes completely...
The ball must come into the FOP from the point where it left, so as long as he throws it back in so that it enters the FOP at the same point that it left then it does not matter how far back he stands.
Not quite. Law 15 states that the thrower "delivers the ball from the point where it left the field of play." Slight difference. To illustrate: imagine he's standing one yard back (from where the ball left the FOP) and delivers at an acute angle; in this case it may not enter the FOP until it's quite some distance from the point it left. Would you call that a foul throw?
I believe you can only be 0.9 metres behind the line at a throw.
Where does this come from? If Law, I'd love to know. Want to make sure I get it right.
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