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Old Wed Mar 21, 2007, 10:28am
rockyroad rockyroad is offline
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Originally Posted by rainmaker
If lead felt he/she needed to make this call, he/she would need to see enough between to see that the defender had arms clearly straight up, or straight out. In the OP, that's pretty obvious, but in a simliar play where the defender's hands might not be in view from behind, ref wouldn't know if there was some hand action prior to the torso contact.
True...but in this play on the video??? L could certainly have made that call without having to see between the players...that's a great rule of thumb (being able to see between), but it is by no means an absolute and this video gives a very clear picture of an instance when there is no need to see between...