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Originally posted by otis3zeb
Your Right,
That is the only thing I get mixed up on, I have the right call, but not the right terminology. thanks for the input. and what are your guy's mental checklist?? maybe that will help me out too!
Tim
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This is something I sent to my football crew to help them understand.
Here is the all-but-one principle again (summarized). All fouls except one are penalized from the basic spot. Fouls commited by the OFFENSE that occur behind the basic spot are penalized from the spot of the foul.
To simplify this, we need to know TWO spots for every penalty we call.
1. The Basic Spot.
2. Spot of the foul.
What is the spot of the foul?
This the location where the foul occurred. We mark this spot with our penalty flags.
What is the Basic Spot?
The basic spot depends upon the action that occurred during the down Here is how you determine the basic spot.
* For fouls that occur simultaneous with the snap, the basic spot is the previous spot (the place where the ball was snapped).
In other words, if a team commits a foul because they failed to correct something they could have corrected before the snap, we have a live-ball foul that is simultaneous with the snap. Fouls that fit this description are illegal shift, illegal motion, illegal formations, etc.
* For all loose-ball
PLAYS, the basic spot is the previous spot.
Loose ball plays are any play where there is any loose ball that originates from in or behind the neutral zone except an illegal forward pass. Legal forward passes, kick offs, punts, field goals, illegal kicking (treated as a fumble), fumbles/muffed snaps, and backward passes are all included as a loose ball play if the loose ball originated from behind the neutral zone. This also includes any run or runs that precede these acts. A play with any of the above actions continues to be a loose-ball play until a player secures possession of the ball.
* For running plays, the basic spot is the spot where the run ended. A running play is all other actions that are not covered in a loose ball play. For enforcing penalties remember, a run ends when 1) a player is downed, 2) a runner goes out of bounds, 3) a runner fumbles the ball after being beyond the neutral zone, or 4) a runner throws an illegal forward pass. REMEMBER: JUST BECAUSE THE BALL IS LOOSE DOES NOT MEAN WE AUTOMATICALLY HAVE A LOOSE-BALL PLAY. It is still a running play if an A player fumbles the ball beyond the neutral zone (i.e. after gaining positive yardage). Getting the spot of the fumble beyond the neutral is important and is a proper use of the beanbag.
If I have any mistakes in the above info, I know others here will correct them.