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Originally Posted by wyo-referee
K kicks off and ball lands on 25 and K attempts to field it on the run and doesn't control it and ball skips and rolls and finally recovered by R at 5. R's coach wanted the ball at 25 for first touching. I gave him ball 5. I can't find in rule book where i did wrong. My reason was that the ball has gone 10 yards and hit the ground, it's a free football for anybody to recover and it wasn't batted.
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During a free kick, first touching can only occur in the 10 yard neutral zone.
You got it right, don't sweat it.