Camron,
I agree 100% with everything that you wrote in that last post. There is judgment required here.
I definitely think that you need to take into consideration how far the ball is from the endline when judging whether or not it should be deemed live. Though, as you've just written, it certainly doesn't have to be OOB for it to be deemed live and the throw-in count started.
I didn't mean to convey that the kick by itself is enough to make the ball live. I was also envisioning that the ball was close to the endline. How close? That's a judgment call by the the official. A few feet should suffice. I do firmly believe that under normal circumstances the kick would occur during a live ball.
Thanks for taking the time to follow up on this issue with your interpreter. Everyone on this forum knows that you care about doing a good job.
Some of the scenarios you came up with earlier gave me a good laugh.
