Wed Aug 28, 2002, 02:15pm
|
|
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.
Posts: 8,089
|
|
Quote:
Originally posted by rainmaker
Quote:
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.
|
I love to tell a coach that obstruction is only a foul in soccer. He keeps their mouths shut for about 30 sec.
__________________
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials
International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Toledo, Ohio
|