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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by JeffTheRef
Along the same lines, while kicking at the ball is not forbidden, any other kicking is, including feigning kicking at the ball. If, in the official's judgment a kick is being used as a threat, it's a T.
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I don't understand this. Could you repeat it in different words?
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The only legitimate kicking motion is an attempt to kick the ball. Every once in a while, some devilishly clever player will flash leg in the path of an opponent ('kick') for no purpose other than to divert the player from his or her path. It also happens sometimes when a player is on the floor. If the kick connects, we generally see it as a trip - but if it doesn't connect, and it has any effect, and perhaps even if it doesn't, it's a T, unsportsmanlike conduct. We need to discourage kicking . . . and punching.
Sat Dec 27, 2003, 10:29am
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