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Originally Posted by jchamp
Shouldn't that read "either the ball's initial direction is towards the opponent's goal line or it is not"?
We get ourselves wrapped around the axle on this "arm going forward" bit. It helps to determine whether a pass has started, but whether the pass is forward or backwards depends on something else entirely.
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No, not at all. If the ball is in the hand, and the arm is going forward, this is deemed to be a forward pass. If he is hit while throwing, with his arm going forward, but the impact is such that the initial direction of the ball is backward ... this is a FORWARD pass.