Catch?

[yankeesfan]

Under NFHS, when a receiver catches a ball along sidelines in the air and is pushed out of bounds before getting one foot down even though he would of landed in bounds is still no catch correct?


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[SC Official]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan

Under NFHS, when a receiver catches a ball along sidelines in the air and is pushed out of bounds before getting one foot down even though he would have landed in bounds is still no catch correct?

Correct.

If he's carried out then it's a catch.

[Robert Goodman]

Looks like the criterion in terms of forces is whether the opponent puts upward force on the player with the ball to retard his return to the ground. Any other deflection of him to out of bounds can be ignored for this purpose. At least that's how I interpret "carry".

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Looks like the criterion in terms of forces is whether the opponent puts upward force on the player with the ball to retard his return to the ground. Any other deflection of him to out of bounds can be ignored for this purpose. At least that's how I interpret "carry".

Carry means that I "catch you" and then take you out of bounds. If I hit you and you fall out of bounds first, then that is not a catch. It does not matter the direction you are pushed.

Peace

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Carry means that I "catch you" and then take you out of bounds. If I hit you and you fall out of bounds first, then that is not a catch. It does not matter the direction you are pushed.

Interesting. So if you get under the player who caught the ball and "volleyball" him upward to where he lands out of bounds, that's not a carry-out. But if he catches the ball while moving toward the sideline, and you catch him before he comes down, and his momentum takes him out of bounds, that is a carry-out even if you didn't exert any upward force on him?

[HLin NC]

"Carry" essentially indicates that you have wrapped up or grabbed ahold of the receiver and ended his forward progress in bounds.

No need to complicate it with a bunch of physics. That's the NFL's job.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Interesting. So if you get under the player who caught the ball and "volleyball" him upward to where he lands out of bounds, that's not a carry-out.

No.

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

But if he catches the ball while moving toward the sideline, and you catch him before he comes down, and his momentum takes him out of bounds, that is a carry-out even if you didn't exert any upward force on him?

I really do not know what this means. I just know I would have to "catch" you for your forward progress to be stopped. Just hitting someone and them going out of bounds is not enough.

Again, do not over complicate this.

Peace