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Old Wed Aug 28, 2002, 02:48am
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Originally posted by eroe39
Be careful Rainmaker, because a player cannot step into an opponent's path without giving that opponent time and distance to avoid contact.
You're right, but if there's no contact, it's not a foul, for instance if the other player dodges, or stops. I'm not recommending that players should be stepping into each other's paths willy-nilly, just pointing out that the ref can't call anything if there's no contact. In soccer, a foul can be called without contact, if the stepper-in is just trying to body-block, without playing the ball. At least, at some levels.
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