Holding away from point of attack

[Dist8Ref]

In a jamboree last week we picked up 2 holding flags away from point of attack. Simply put, the acts did not affect the plays and weren't grossly committed, i. e., there was no take down or any kind of flagrant action.

We explained to the guilty players that next time we would enforce it and tried to coach them up a little bit. Of those players, we had no trouble the rest of the evening. The coaches were not disagreeable about it, either.

I think the philosophy behind it is good. If a foul occurs behind the point of attack or away from it and it is an overly aggressive or nearly flagrant foul, then it can be called as is or perhaps signified as an usportsmanlike foul. Otherwise they should be handled moreso with a preventive officiating action.

Just a few thoughts-hopefully this helps.