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What would the exceptions be in this situation? All deliberate handballs are handballs. This was not deliberate. Any handball that causes a goal or a goal scoring opportunity is a handball. This is definitely not that. Can you expand on what else needs to be considered in these situations...

One of the "mentors" said...defenders need to know not to keep their arms out.

So my son was in a scrimmage this weekend and his coach, who I would consider a friend, was reffing the game. A very common play...an attacker plays a through ball or hard pass near the defender. The defender attempts to intercept the hard pass, the ball hits his foot, and pops right up and...

Yes, that's exactly what I wonder. The "pass" definitely had enough to go into the goal, so is that a goal scoring opportunity?

So a player plays a way too strong of a through ball to his teammate right down the middle. The GK runs up and scoops up the ball before the forward gets anywhere near him. The problem is that the GK had a brain freeze and was outside the box by 4 yards when he scooped it up. The ball...