Fed One foot in one foot out?

[JJ]

Originally Posted by Robert E. Harrison

On a legal catch, can a foot be touching out of bounds (OOB)?
I have always heard this one foot in and one foot out from a lot of people but I have always thought that no foot can be touching OOB and still have a legal catch.
Thanks,
Robt

This is NOT a legal catch in NCAA. No "straddling" the line there. You must make the catch before you step into (or touch) dead ball territory with either foot.

JJ

[TussAgee11]

A careful reading of FED also indicates that a player can continually hop on one foot way into DBT, make a catch, hop back on that same foot, and back into the field, totally legally.

Unless the clarificiation that Tim C speaks off clarifies this (I do not have 2008 casebook in front of me).

[archangel]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

A careful reading of FED also indicates that a player can continually hop on one foot way into DBT, make a catch, hop back on that same foot, and back into the field, totally legally.

Unless the clarificiation that Tim C speaks off clarifies this (I do not have 2008 casebook in front of me).

I'd like to see the rule on this.......

[Richard_Siegel]

Originally Posted by archangel

I'd like to see the rule on this.......

I'm guessing that he is taking the phrase "steps into dead ball territory with both feet" to the extreme. Interpreting that as long as he only steps in DB territory with one foot and keeps the other one in the air he is still considered to be on live ball territory.

[TussAgee11]

Hey, I never said I'd call it, but as some say, words have meanings...