Quote:
Originally posted by Mark Padgett
.....made me curious to take a poll on what call at the HS level is the most mis-called by officials.
|
Hands down, without a doubt, the kicking violation is the winner. Probably 80%-90% of the time that a ball is deflected, unintentionally, off a defender below the knee, a kick ball is called. Rule of thumb that works most of the time--if the defender's foot is on the floor when the ball strikes him, it wasn't intentional.
This just happened to me in the summer league I play in. The ball got fired off my foot on an entry pass, I'm going to run it down and the whistle blows. "Am I supposed to move my foot out of the way when he throws the ball at it?" was met by a blank stare.