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Since my "over-the-back" thread became so popular I decided I'd share another pet-peeve. There is a LONG standing belief among coaches, players and fans that contacting the ball with a player's foot is ALWAYS a violation. The rulebook CLEARLY says that such contact with the foot (or any part of the leg below the knee) MUST be intentional to be a violation.
About the ONLY intentional act of kicking I've ever seen is when a defender sticks out his/her leg to deflect a bounce pass between opponents. Other than that, MOST if not all other calls for kicking the ball are accidental.
Since we know what the rules say, WHY do so many officials call the violation when no violation exists?
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