Kicking Violation Philosophy

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

The points that I have been trying to make throughout this entire thread are: (1) Kicking is an intentional act; (2) That except for very few exceptions, if the foot is in contact with the floor when contact between between the ball and the leg occurs, no violation has occured; and (3) That unless the kicking in intentional it is not a violation even if the contact creates an advantage for the player who kicked the ball, no violation has occured.

Whew...we actually agree. I was worried you had gotten into a stash of Padgett's meds.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

More and more officials are adopting the mind set that if the leg or foot made contact with the ball it is always a violation and it is not.

I have seen this in younger officials, but I haven't seen it that often in more experienced officials. Maybe it's because more and more officials are younger than us every year?

[HawkeyeCubP]

MTD -

I was imagining two of the exceptions that have been listed - the primary being the player laying or sitting on the floor and intentionally striking the ball with their leg or foot. I just meant I disagreed with it as a blanketing, universally true statement.