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Originally Posted by ranjo
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I posed the question to our state interpeter and got the following response:
GREAT question! I had to look up the actual wording used in Rule 4 to define kicking. The definition says that kicking the ball is intentionally STRIKING the ball with any part of the leg or foot. In the play as you described it, the player did not "strike" the ball but simply used his legs to gather or collect it. In my opinion, no violation occurred.
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I guess you do what you have to do if that's what they're telling you. I think it is pretty bad if a state interpreter has to even look that up without knowing it off the top of his head.
I think he is being too literal about his definition of striking.
Ask him to determine if it is really a held ball then.
4-25-1 A held ball occurs when: Opponents have their
hands so firmly on the ball that control cannot be obtained without undue roughness.
If that is what the definition says, then how can it be a held ball?? Legs aren't hands.