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Originally posted by lmeadski
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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by lmeadski
A ball held between a players legs is considered a kick ball? Really? Can someone supply case and point, please? Thanks.
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There is no definitive ruling in the FED rule book re: this particular play. We've discussed it before a few times.
I'm on the side of the people who would call it a violation. I think that the purpose and intent of the rules is to have the game played with the hands and not the legs or the feet.
And....as you posted in the linked thread below, you will find the following in "Naismith's Original 13 Rules":
#4- "The ball must be held in or between the hands; the arms or body must not be used for holding it".
Whointhehell am I to argue with Naismith? 
http://www.officialforum.com/thread/24810
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Don't get me wrong here. I have no preference either way. I just want to be able to cite to a coach, if needed, why I called a violation on a kid who is sitting on the floor, no hands on the ball, but with the ball resting squarely between his/her thighs.
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lmeadski, for clarity, in the situation I had the ball was not merely resting between the thighs. It was being held between the thighs, against the nascent effort of an opponent to dislodge it with her hands.