Punch Ball

[Gimlet25id]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My question: According to the spirit and intent of the rules, and the advantage, disadvantage, philosophy, if I was mistaken in calling this violation, then under what conditions would this violation be called correctly, again, according to the spirit and intent of the rules, and the advantage, disadvantage, philosophy. In other words, why is this rule in the rule book, if it's never, or almost never, called?

Let me ask you this? So if A1 bounce passes to A2 who kicks the ball up to himself wouldn't be considered a intentional kick?

I'm not sure what your partners were saying about intent, spirit, etc... I will say that the rule is CLEAR. Just as you can't intentionally kick the ball you can't intentionally strike the ball with a fist.

I'm thinking GOOD CALL!!! To ignore it would be to set aside a clear and precise rule.