TheRefereeFrom2003
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Never seen a kick off like it!
Home team for every kick off (which was quite a lot, was a high scoring game) would just take a run up and boot the ball. Their player had a great kick on them, and kept putting it in the opposition corner every time. Away team would go mental, claiming he can’t do that. Whilst I’d never seen anything like it, I believed it was allowed in law and stuck to my guns and allowed it. Was a good tactic tbf, it put the opposition under pressure immediately. Suddenly they were taking a throw in trapped in their corner.
When I went home I checked the law and couldn’t find anything that says this isn’t allowed. After all, you can score a goal from a kick off, why wouldn’t this be allowed. It was just very unusual.
I have seen a similar tactic before, one player passes it back to the player with a big kick who launches it forward. But you tend to see the kick off is only ever played back these days. Not a kick off literally being taken like a rugby game!
This is allowed in law though right? Has anyone seen anything like this before?
Home team for every kick off (which was quite a lot, was a high scoring game) would just take a run up and boot the ball. Their player had a great kick on them, and kept putting it in the opposition corner every time. Away team would go mental, claiming he can’t do that. Whilst I’d never seen anything like it, I believed it was allowed in law and stuck to my guns and allowed it. Was a good tactic tbf, it put the opposition under pressure immediately. Suddenly they were taking a throw in trapped in their corner.
When I went home I checked the law and couldn’t find anything that says this isn’t allowed. After all, you can score a goal from a kick off, why wouldn’t this be allowed. It was just very unusual.
I have seen a similar tactic before, one player passes it back to the player with a big kick who launches it forward. But you tend to see the kick off is only ever played back these days. Not a kick off literally being taken like a rugby game!
This is allowed in law though right? Has anyone seen anything like this before?