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Originally posted by mnref
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Originally posted by Gman34
We've been taught that as soon as the ball is kicked on a PAT, we are to blow it dead. Regardless of what happens after the kick. They want us to blow the whistle as soon the ball is kicked.
Now if R catches a skrimmage kick (not a PAT) and carries it into the EZ, it's still live in Fed isn't it?
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Technically, you have an IW if you blow the whistle before ball goes thru uprights. Apparently some anal coaches have brought the IW up with the high school league clinicians. At our state rules meetings, we were told to wait until the ball went thru...which we were doing anyway.
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I am assuming that you are from MN by your username. I grew up in MN and worked FB for 5 years there. I've lived outside of the state now for almost 5 years and have worked in MO now for 4 years. It is has been my experience that the MSHSL has absolutely no clue when it comes to football. Granted, that was a few years back and they might have changed or improved, but overall, they do not do a good job with FB. Focusing too much on hockey or something
Why would you have to wait to blow the whistle until the ball crosses the plain on a TRY? There is nothing that can happen once the ball is kicked. The only thing I can see coaches complaining about and the state saying to not blow the whistle is if the WH blows it dead immediately after the kick and then the kick gets blocked. IMHO that is a training moment, not a decree that you should wait until the ball is through the uprights or past the plain.